• What was the purpose of this study?
• What were some of their hypotheses? What did they think they might find?
• What topics did they touch on in their Literature Review?
(Note: There are two ways to know if it is the literature review. First, if there are many in-text citations (citing numerous sources), and second, if it precedes the Methods section.)
• How did they choose their sample (participants)? How big was it?
• What else do they say about their sample (participants)?
• What type of instruments did they use to collect data?
• How did they analyze data? What procedures/tests/stats?
• What did they find out?
• What was easy to understand about this article?
• What was difficult to understand about this article?