Literature Review: Rough Draft

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Overview

In this module, you will be provided with the skills needed to analyze various aspects of qualitative literature. This module will also help you learn to summarize and synthesize of literature.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

Identify the characteristics of qualitative research articles.
Analyze the quality of qualtitative research articles.
Differentiate between summarizing and synthesizing the literature.

Analyzing Qualitative Literature

LITERATURE REVIEW: ROUGH DRAFT ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
For this assignment, you will create a narrative review of the literature on your research topic.
The Literature Review: Rough Draft must follow the basic structure of the Dissertation
Handbook template (quantitative or qualitative) for Chapter 2 and be at least five pages,
excluding the title and reference pages. Your Literature Review: Rough Draft must include
relevant citations from your Forms: Research Review and Literature Review: Outline, follow
current APA format, and consist of at least ten empirical, scholarly sources that have been
published within the last five years. Use your approved or improved Literature Review:
Outline as a foundation for the Literature Review.
Specific Guidelines
 The Literature Review will include the following required current APA formatted Level
1 headings: Overview, Theoretical Framework, Related Literature, and Summary. The
body of the paper must be at least five pages. You can complete something in each
section or complete some sections and leave others in outline format, as long as at least
five pages are completed. Please show all headings to Level 3, if possible.
 Begin the paper with a title page. Provide a brief narrative overview of the major content
of the literature and a brief narrative summary at the end of the body of the paper. End
the paper with a reference page of all sources identified in the Literature Review. You
can reuse the overview and summary from the outline if they were adequately done.
Incorporate feedback as needed.
 The Literature Review is not merely a series of summaries of individual studies; rather,
it is a coherent and cohesive synthesis of all your sources. Paragraphs citing only one
source are a prime example of summary instead of synthesis.
 The final product must comply with current APA format requirements and must be
submitted in a Microsoft Word document. The entire paper must be at least 1,750 words,
not including the title and reference pages.

Literature Review: Rough Draft Grading Rubric
Literature Review: Rough Draft Grading Rubric
Criteria Ratings Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeLiterature Review Content
70 to >63.0 pts
Advanced
The Literature Review: Rough Draft includes at least 10 empirical, scholarly sources published within the last 5 years. The review is a coherent and cohesive synthesis of all the sources. The review includes the following required current APA level-1 headings: Overview, Theoretical Framework, Related Literature, and Summary. The review is at least 5 pages, not including the title and reference pages. The entire paper is at least 1,750 words, including title and reference pages.
63 to >58.0 pts
Proficient
The Literature Review: Rough Draft includes 8 -9 empirical, scholarly sources published within the last 5 years. The review is a mostly coherent and cohesive synthesis of all the sources. The review includes most of the required current APA level-1 headings. The review is 4 pages, not including the title and reference pages, and at least 1,500 words long.
58 to >0.0 pts
Developing
The Literature Review: Rough Draft includes fewer than 8 empirical, scholarly sources, and many are not published within the last 5 years. The review is mostly a summary of individual sources. The review includes some of the required current APA level-1 headings.

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