User:Gavin.mink/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Frog pond effect - Wikipedia

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose this article because I think it is a fascinating theory about how individuals interact with others. The idea that we view ourselves differently depending on the achievements of those around us is an interesting idea to think about. Why do we do this? How does this effect the way we communicate with others and our peers?

This topic matters mostly because of the questions I posed above. What is the reasoning to why we change views of ourselves depending on the group we are around? This also largely changes the way we communicate with others because if we see ourselves as subordinates to others, does that mean we don't talk to them as much, only listen to them, or only involve ourselves when we are asked to? Or does this even result in more depression or self hate?

My preliminary impression of the article also involved how this can change schooling systems. I saw all of the subheadings regarding competition, racial diversity, and schools. This instantly made me start to evaluate my entire schooling experience. This can be a huge factor in America's education system and how we go about grouping students.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

When evaluating the article, I thought it is a great base for the topic being discussed. The introduction is very reader-friendly with a clean definition and even a little back story of how the theory came about. With that being said, it is somewhat a brief article.

I would say most of the article is discussing situations where this theory can be seen. While the tone, balance, and citations for the article are all moderately well, this article doesn't go down a deep rabbit hole as I would expect it to with a theory like this. I believe it can go deeper into context of how it is affecting racial diversity in schools, go deeper into detail about moderators, and overall have more research done to it.

When it discusses the racial diversity, more research should also be done. It gives a very surface level explanation of how this theory changes students, but more research needs to be looked at and referenced. With that being said, I would say there is no favoritism shown in the article as it mentions both minorities and white students.

The citations appear to be very reliable as this article was actually made by a college student for a class project. The talk page is pretty short but the edits made were very productive. The changes made actually added more detail about the minority groups and the affects it has on students.

No images are shown at all for this article which might be a good addition.

Overall, I think this article is a great base for this topic. It sets a nice frame that can definitely be expanded upon. It is also a fairly newly created article so the potential is there. More studies, data, and solutions can all help to make this article better.