Mythbusters Case Study

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“Mythbusters”: Dispelling the Culture of Poverty Myth in the Urban Classroom, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00221340903344953 , is the academic article I chose to take apart to address Jason A. Kaufman’s seven questions.
When considering the requirements of Kaufman’s first question, the article qualifies as an academic article. Retrieved from the Journal of Geography and considering the structure of the article suffices the requirements of an academic article. The article structure consists of an abstract, introduction, methods and results of collecting data, and provides a discussion and conclusion.
Through analyzing the academic article, it clearly states the article is a case study article involving researchers from a local university and

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