User:Alvmundia/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Cognitive development

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose the article on Cognitive development because it is a very interesting filed of study for me, as it is used to help us understand the growing stages of human development. My first impression of the article was at the it was well presented as it provided a lot of information but presented in a digestible manner.

Evaluate the article
The lead section of the Cognitive Development article did give the reader an overview on what the subject was and provided a good definition of the topic. The lead section also gave the reader some information on what the main points of the passage would be. Although the introductory sentence was clear, I did not think it was concise as the sentence contained a lot of information, but it should be recognized that the subject at hand is a tough one to condense.

The content of the article covered many of the important aspects of Cognitive development that I am familiar with. Most of the content involved long known information in this field but the topics and material covered are still quite relevant in the field today. The content heavily focused on Jean Piaget’s work but did list other notable contributors to this filed of study. The tone and balance of this piece felt neutral as it did not try to persuade or guide the reader to make a particular assumption. I did find that although mentioned, we were not provided a lot of background information of minority or fringe viewpoints on the topic.

The facts presented in the article were backed by reliable sources and reference. The sources used to compose this article did include a diverse spectrum of authors and used sources from a wide range of historical periods and most current information. The article was well organized and was clear to read. The passage contained not easily identifiable grammatical or spelling errors. This Cognitive development article did not contain any images or media, which I do think would make the reading more appealing to the onlooker. I found no talk page discussion related to this article.

My overall impression on the Cognitive development article was that the passage was well written and finely presented. I found it useful that topic sections were separated by headings and layout, making it easy to return to particular information as needed. As far as improvements, I would recommend including images to the piece. As well as to incorporate more information in the Cognitive Development of Underrepresented Groups section.