id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt istl-2504 How to Read Scientific Research Articles: .html text/html 2463 155 55 At the end of the session we wanted students to analyze an article's structure and content in order to distinguish research articles from review articles analyze elements of a database record in search results in order to classify an article as research or review understand what information can be found in sections of a typical research article in order to read more efficiently apply knowledge of reference tools in order to increase comprehension of research articles We began by having students talk about their previous experiences with scientific articles. We showed students an IMRaD-format research article and a review article and drew them into a discussion of the structural differences between research articles and review articles. cache/istl-2504.html txt/istl-2504.txt