Identify at least three key themes, or focuses of inquiry, that are relevant to your research question and present in each article. These themes may be based on:

Complete the following in your assessment template:
INTRODUCTION
State your research question and explain how it relates to your specialization and professional interests.
SYNTHESIS OF LITERATURE INTO A COHESIVE REVIEW
Identify at least three key themes, or focuses of inquiry, that are relevant to your research question and present in each article. These themes may be based on:
Related aspects of research questions.
Related or differing conclusions.
Other factors or ideas the studies have in common.
Other points of contrast between the studies.
Use concise formulations of these themes as headings for the next sections of the paper. In these sections, compare and contrast your resources’ positions relative to each theme, and then synthesize your own position relative to the theme. Support your conclusions by citing your references.
Granello’s 2001 article, “Promoting Cognitive Complexity in Graduate Written Work: Using Bloom’s Taxonomy as a Pedagogical Tool to Improve Literature Reviews,” provides a framework and strategies to help you work through this part of your assessment.
CONCLUSION
Restate the conclusions you came to regarding the themes you explored with your research. Support your conclusions by citing your references. However, if you find that more research would be needed to decide a question, briefly outline ideas of how you could undertake that research.

Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
Competency 1: Analyze the role of the practitioner-scholar model in guiding professional development.
Explain how a research question relates to a specialization area in psychology and to a career vision.
Competency 4: Apply critical thinking and effective decision making.
Identify themes that are relevant to a research question and present in each scholarly resource cited.
Use critical thinking tools to synthesize a cohesive review of literature concerning a research question in psychology.
Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for professionals in the field of psychology.
Apply the standard writing conventions for the discipline, including structure, voice, person, and tone.
Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references.

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