Each week students will be required to hand in a 1-2 page written critique of each of the assigned readings. Reports are not required by students on weeks they are presenting a paper.
Your goal in the written critique is to explain the nature of the problem, its significance, and your assessment of the contribution. You may write a separate critique of each reading on a given week, or one critique that discusses all of the assigned readings together.
As an aid to writing this critique, it is recommended that you follow the following review form as a guideline. Training yourself to critically evaluate your own work and that of others will help you significantly in your research career.