Literature Review Assignment
***Submit your Appendix and Reference page separately, to keep them out of Unicheck.
Summarizing, Evaluating, and Synthesizing Research
including title page, abstract, body, and references
Required: Four (4) articles
Core Article: You need one core article, a robust, thoughtful study relating to your change project.
Follow-up articles: Supported by 3 articles of your own choosing – choose articles whose main findings either (a) provide additional background or supporting evidence for the main article, or (b) highlights a limitation of the main article that leads to your summary/evaluation.
**Review Rubric
Additional Readings and Resources
APA Manual (7th Edition), as specified below.
For this assignment, you will summarize and synthesize Chosen articles.
Your paper will be 6-8 pages, including a title page, body, Reference page and Appendix.
Your paper should include
A brief introduction describing the main theory being tested in the core article and your thesis (how well supported the theory was after synthesizing the core and follow-up articles).
A summary of the Core article written in two paragraphs. The first paragraph begins with a topic sentence that describes the main point/purpose of the study (1 – 2 sentence), then summarizes and the main methodology employed to test the hypotheses (~3-5 sentences).
The second paragraph summarizes the main results (~2-4 sentences) and the authors’ discussion and conclusions (~2-3 sentences). The conclusion should address the primary purpose or question of the article.
Briefly summarize 2 – 3 articles that either
provide additional background or supporting evidence for the main article, or
highlights a limitation of the main article that leads to your summary/evaluation.
Describe a limitation of the core article that leads to what was done in the follow-up article. Then, summarize the follow-up article as described above.
Doing this goes beyond just summarizing and works on evaluation and synthesis skills.
A brief conclusion/discussion that summarizes the “state” of the theory based on the two studies reviewed.
End with stating your hypothesis
Appendix – Literature review table
Reference page
Use your APA Manual and pay special attention to the following aspects of APA style:
Citing References in Text
Acronyms
Reference List
Numbers, APA
Writing Clearly and Concisely
Especially passive vs. active voice
Final Instructions
You will receive feedback from instructor.
You may be asked to make relevant revisions, paying special attention to those aspects noted by the instructor, and consulting the APA manual as directed