User:Js11323/Evaluate an Article
Evaluate an article
[edit]This is where you will complete your article evaluation. Please use the template below to evaluate your selected article.
- Name of article: Inclusion(Education) Inclusion (education)
- Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. It is very helpful for my research paper in the few months, and I can learn more about the inclusive education.
Lead
[edit]- Guiding questions
- The Lead clearly describes the article's topic, and include a good brief description of the major sections. In general, the Lead of this topic is easy for me to understand. Moreover, the Lead also provides some reasons why the inclusion arose, for instance, some students with disabilities and upon respect for their social, civil, and educational rights.
- Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
- Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
- Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
- Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?
Lead evaluation
[edit]Content
[edit]- Guiding questions
- The content of this article is broken down into many sections, and each section describes the aspects of inclusion, such as background, special education policies, legal issues, etc... This article totally deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps. This page was last edited on 22 September 2020, so the contect is up-to-date and there is no content not belong to it.
- Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
- Is the content up-to-date?
- Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?
- Does the article deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps? Does it address topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics?
Content evaluation
[edit]Tone and Balance
[edit]- Guiding questions
- The article is neutral. The whole article is described in the third person,this is enough to prove that the article does not try to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another.
- Is the article neutral?
- Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
- Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
- Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?
Tone and balance evaluation
[edit]Sources and References
[edit]- Guiding questions
- There are 96 references cited in this article, when I checked the references, most of them came from universities and books. Some of them came from the journals and reports, which could be said reliable secondary sources of information, and the sources are thorough. Most of the sources before 2000, and when I checked a few links, I found that some of them became the PDF, but they still work.
- Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
- Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
- Are the sources current?
- Are the sources written by a diverse spectrum of authors? Do they include historically marginalized individuals where possible?
- Check a few links. Do they work?
Sources and references evaluation
[edit]Organization
[edit]- Guiding questions
- The article is easy to understand and thorough. As for me, I cound not say the article have any grammatical or spelling errors. And as I mentioned before, the article is well-organized, the content of this article is broken down into many sections.
- Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
- Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
- Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?
Organization evaluation
[edit]Images and Media
[edit]- Guiding questions
- There are two images in this article and well-captioned but these two images cound not enhance understanding of the topic. All images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations but they are not laid out in a visually appealing way.
- Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
- Are images well-captioned?
- Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
- Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?
Images and media evaluation
[edit]Checking the talk page
[edit]- Guiding questions
- The talk page in this article said that the page lacks references, this article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, which is c-class rate.
- What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
- How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
- How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
Talk page evaluation
[edit]Overall impressions
[edit]- Guiding questions
- Overall, this article is good for students to understand what the inclusion is. As the talk page said, this article needs more references. From my aspects, it should provides more images to attract readers. In my opinion, this artilce is well-developed.
- What is the article's overall status?
- What are the article's strengths?
- How can the article be improved?
- How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?
Overall evaluation
[edit]Optional activity
[edit]- Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback
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