ARTICLE SUMMARY A summary is written in your own words and is a short, concise statement of the main idea or ideas of the article. Please include the following as you develop your summary:
� Introduce the author and the title of the article in the summary.
� In your own words, briefly explain only the main points of the article as the author presents them. What is the author�s thesis? (Hint: This is also their primary normative claim.)
� Introduce the major stakeholders who have an interest in this controversy.
� List or describe the key (most important, not necessarily the ones listed first) empirical claims the author uses to back up their normative claim.
� List or describe the most important value claims the author holds that help inform their normative claim.
� It is best to put everything in your own words, rather than including a lot of direct quotes. If you do include any sentences or phrases from the article, be sure to put the phrase or sentence in quotation marks.
� Do NOT include your own commentary or interpretation in the summary!
DISCUSSION of the strengths and weaknesses of the author�s argument. You may wish to include some of the following in your discussion section:
� Dpes the author adequately support the thesis (or the final conclusion) with sufficient data? (Remember, empirical claims can be true of false, but either way they are verifiable).
� Does the author adequately and accurately present the views and values of all stakeholders in the controversy, and balance the needs of competing stakeholders in his or her final recommendation (normative claim) ?
� Explain why you agree or disagree with the author�s normative conclusion. What normative conclusion would you draw? If you are unable to give a definitive answer, what further information would you need before you can decide whether you agree or disagree with the author�s normative conclusion?
Instructions
a. Put your name on the document
b. Write in clear, well thought out sentences
c. Use good arguments to defend any claims you might make.
d. Spell check and grammar check your work- Your goal is 0 spelling errors and 0 grammar errors.
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