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Literature Review
2000 – 2500 words, APA Style manuscript format (excluding title page, abstract, main review, references section)
Purpose
Develop and demonstrate the ability to synthesize psychological theory and research to address a research question appropriate to the discipline of psychology.
Demonstrate mastery of APA style writing.
General Instructions
You will complete a 2000 – 2500 word APA style literature review in several steps throughout the semester.
Research Topic and Question Proposal Midterm 1 (see relevant assignment instructions)
APA Formatted Reference Page Midterm 2 (see relevant assignment instructions)
Evaluation of Database Scholarly Articles Midterm 3 (see relevant assignment instructions)
Literature Review Draft 1 (instructor feedback; turnitin.com; other feedback as instructed)
Literature Review Final Draft (turnitin.com)
You will have the opportunity to receive feedback from a variety of sources and revise your work prior to turning in the final literature review.
Readings
APA manual (7th edition), as needed
Additional resources, as needed
Draft 1 Instructions
Papers should be typed, double-spaced, with 1 margins
Papers will be in APA style, and include a title page, running head, page numbers, headings, abstract, and a reference page (see relevant sections in APA manual).
10 or more references
There will be a mix of full article summaries (3 – 4), brief summaries, article evaluation, and so forth that support the main points you wish to make in answering your research question.
Incomplete drafts (e.g., missing introduction, no reference section, etc.) will be immediately returned to the student. Incomplete drafts will not receive feedback until they are completed.
HIGHLIGHT IN YELLOW AREAS OF THE ROUGH DRAFT WHERE YOU CONTRIBUTED SOMETHING ORIGINAL e.g. your evaluation of scholarly articles.
Draft 1 Grading
Papers will be evaluated on clarity of writing, adherence to APA style, accuracy in summarizing research, quality of synthesis and critical evaluation pertinent to the paper question posed, and completeness.
Literature Review Conference
Attendance is optional but encouraged (see extra credit assignment)
Literature Review Final
Students will have 1 more opportunity to revise the literature review prior to turning the final paper.
I encourage you to use whatever resources are available to you (e.g., Writing Center) as you prepare your final paper.
Grading
The Final Draft will be worth up to 100 points.
Papers will be evaluated on
relevance of topic to psychology
quality of research question
accuracy in summarizing research
organization and coherence
quality of synthesis and critical evaluation pertinent to the paper question posed
clarity of writing (grammar, preciseness, etc.)
adherence to APA style
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