User:BarbourLA/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Assistive technology
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is the best written of the three I chose to look at. It is well organized and has an extensive table of contents. However, there are no references newer than 2017 and the bibliography has nothing printed in the last 6 years. So while this article is well written and easy to read the content is not up-to-date.
 * There are captioned pictures that are reflective of the section they are places.
 * Originated as a student article for a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment.
 * Rated a a B-class article.
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Option 2

 * Speech recognition
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article gives a clear desciption of what speech recognition is and what the components are. There is no description of the articles section, but there is an extensive table of contents.
 * There are brief references to use in Education and Everyday life and for peoples with disabilities. There is significant information on military and industry use.
 * Quite a few dead links and multiple missing citations.
 * Some use of pictures with captions.
 * The author reference 199 works ranging in date from 1969 to 2020.
 * The talk page is quite active with the most recent being September 2021 by a bot. The article is listed as a level-5 article with a c-class rating.
 * My overall impression is that article was very list like.
 * Talk:Speech recognition
 * My overall impression is that article was very list like.
 * Talk:Speech recognition
 * Talk:Speech recognition

Option 3

 * Virtual manipulatives for mathematics
 * The article lead does define the topic, but does not describe the topic in a way that a reader who does not already know what the topic is would understand.
 * In the lead the author references an article from 2005 which is not very current as the first reference. The second reference is more current from 2019, but makes assumptions for example the phrase "use of the well-known" is used in the article.  There are four references listed, the first two articles that over 10 years old have the same author, the second to articles also share a lead author.  The article mentions "many" - without saying who those many are.
 * There is also a broken link "Shodor".
 * Directly on the article there is a box that suggest the article is written like an advocacy. And while the article leans towards advocacy. The view point of the article suggests only the positives of the technology and only singles out one minority group that they tools may be helpful for (English Language Learners)
 * Over all the writing is not easy to read. and there are not enough sections that reflect the topic wholly.  There are no images to enhance understanding.
 * On the talk page shows that this article was part of an educational assignment. Which may explain the unfinished and incomplete nature of the article. This article could be improved on my adding current evidence-based research on the value and draw backs of the use of digital manipulatives, as well as clearly defining the various types of virtual manipulates and their uses.  A well captioned image or two could be added to enhance the understanding of the topic.
 * Talk:Virtual manipulatives for mathematics
 * Over all the writing is not easy to read. and there are not enough sections that reflect the topic wholly.  There are no images to enhance understanding.
 * On the talk page shows that this article was part of an educational assignment. Which may explain the unfinished and incomplete nature of the article. This article could be improved on my adding current evidence-based research on the value and draw backs of the use of digital manipulatives, as well as clearly defining the various types of virtual manipulates and their uses.  A well captioned image or two could be added to enhance the understanding of the topic.
 * Talk:Virtual manipulatives for mathematics
 * Talk:Virtual manipulatives for mathematics
 * Talk:Virtual manipulatives for mathematics
 * Talk:Virtual manipulatives for mathematics

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Article Evaluation
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Option 5

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