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Well wasn't that an interesting exercise? It's funny what you find on the 10th reading of something...I'm sure I would have found much more if I had more time... but I don't know that my authors would have stood up to the scrutiny.

For anyone who wants to read 20 pages 18,931 words about... who cares did I say there were 20 pages? What was I thinking? Surely there were more interesting and shorter articles on the planet... clearly I couldn't find one but don't take my word for it....here is link (you will have to sign into UOW library with your log on details.. but hopefully it should work)... please let me know if it doesn't....
http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.uow.edu.au/science?_ob=MImg&_imagekey=B6VCJ-4VHS7JV-1-9&_cdi=5956&_user=202616&_orig=search&_coverDate=05%2F31%2F2009&_sk=999479995&view=c&wchp=dGLbVtz-zSkzS&md5=7ea5ab36328a39679334e1f784251fc6&ie=/sdarticle.pdf

Did you get a load of the title? Talk about breathtaking. You might have noticed I haven't mentioned the name...I don't want the author to ignore me when I email her about Pattie Maes- I think she needs to look outside the square a little and maybe this should do it- and I don't want to alienate myself before I do.

Actually I started as an apologist but after the 10th reading (Ok maybe even the 5th) I became like a prison guard in one of Milgram's experiments... the power was exhilarating... only kidding...actually I was more like a detective- deducing this inferring that. It was fun.

I am really relishing this last subject.... I don't want this course to end... Better stop I'm getting nostalgic again (besides I can feel people rolling their eyes)...STOP IT! (I'm not parranoid- just perceptive:).

I still think my lead author used a lot from her dissertation about 10 years ago- I can't prove it because I haven't been able to track it down....YET....it is interesting how dogged some writers (and students) are.

I guess it's a bit like our assignments- it becomes your baby and it's so hard to let it go (but that's what 2nd 3rd 4th and 5th- and sometimes 6th drafts are for)....pretend you will come back to it.... but you don't and just have to be ruthless.

<-- This is Ranui my husband sending it off for me.... I couldn't press send I wanted to hang on till 2359hrs but was worried Bigpond would go down again! So reluctantly I had him send it...COWARD! (at 2346hrs if you look closely you may see my reflection on the computer screen...I'm the one waving..."bye baby".....

And this is him scoring it for ---> me (LOL).... I wonder if he realises it is out of 30 and not .03?
Objectivity (maybe even innovation for that matter) might be the difference between holding on and letting go... or maybe I just need to get some more sleep:)

:)PP

Attention fellow (late blooming) critical reviewers!!

For everyone who has just started their critical review (like me)...because there are too many researchers out there... and you have only just now decided on an article... I even found an excellent forensic article- A Motive Analysis as the First Step in Designing Technology for the use of Intuition in Criminal Investigation... just can't seem to shake off that forensic psychology course I deferred in my 2nd year (in 1998).

I hate smorgasbords and being spoiled for choice!

Anyway have I got one for you! I happened upon this link in my cybertravels.... http://arts.monash.edu.au/lls/critical-review-checklist.pdf and was excited enough about it to send it. Of course I discovered it after I had developed my own table/matrix. Anyway I just thought it might be helpful... I think it's a cool little tool and may help with that focus... I still might even use it. Of course you lineal thinkers have no idea what I'm talking about do you?

Now it's back to it (critical review... coffee and chocolate) for me!

Which reminds me... Ian... your teaching strategies (whilst they are clever- positively Machiavellian even...) ...are killing me! ARGH!

:)PP