Literature Review Final Draft Assignment Instructions
Overview
A formal literature review should be approached strategically to ensure a high-quality review of the current literature that includes an analysis and synthesis of known research, knowledge, and thinking that precedes the proposed research.
Instructions
For this assignment, you will use the information from the textbook reading and from the Individual Scholarly Works Template and the Comparative Template to write a three-page literature review (excluding the title page and reference pages) on your topic that addresses how the literature informs your research topic. Do not include any information from the theoretical framework in this assignment. For additional information regarding the narrative review, see the example literature review in the textbook. Use the information from the textbook to guide your literature review.
The first page should be a correctly APA formatted title page that includes the title of your study written as a recommendation. Do not title this assignment “Literature Review Assignment.”
The second, third, and fourth pages should be a formal review of the literature related to your topic. Include at least 12 peer-reviewed scholarly articles using citations. You must use the articles from your Comparative Templates unless the articles were noted as not acceptable by your instructor. In that case, replace the article with a different scholarly article. All articles must have been published within the last five years. You may not go over the three page limit, and you must meet the three page limit (within ¼ of a page either direction). Writing concisely is a learned skill. This is your opportunity to practice. Your voice, as the researcher, must be evident in the paper. This review must include level one, level two, and level three headings. You may determine the headings to include in your literature review based on your topic, and the headings must be logical for the topic chosen. This must be submitted as one Word document.
All feedback from your instructor from the rough draft must be incorporated in this version.
Quotes should be avoided for this assignment. At most, one quote may be included.
The last page(s) must be the Reference page. A minimum of 12 current scholarly references are required for this assignment.
Content and format are expected to be flawless.
You must use the information from the textbook reading this week to be successful on this assignment.
Note: This assignment is intended to teach you the skills necessary to learn how to write a review of the scholarly literature. For your actual applied research report in EDUC 887, you will be required to write a full 20-page literature review.
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.
