Your paper should begin with a brief introduction that states your question and explains why it is relevant. In the next section, describe how each of the four papers you reviewed contributes to answering your question. Make sure to mention to what extent the papers agree and disagree with each other. Based on your review of the papers, you are now ready to formulate a tentative answer to your question. The final section of your paper should identify limitations, controversies, and open questions and provide a suggestion for future research.
Reminders:
Throughout this paper make sure to follow APA conventions as you refer to the information gained from your references.
All assignments should be double-spaced and use 12-point Times New Roman font with 1” margins. Pages should be numbered. Papers that deviate from the length requirements will have points deducted. Please include a cover page (not counted towards your page total).
Rubric
Introduction (5 points)
- State your research question
- Explain why it is relevant or important
How your papers contribute to answering your question (10 points)
- How do each of the four papers you reviewed contribute to answering your question?
- To what extent do the papers agree and disagree with each other?
- All sources selected are clearly relevant to the purpose. Relevance is clearly articulated.
A tentative answer to your research question (10 points)
- Based on these four papers (not on personal opinion), what is the tentative answer to your research question?
- What is the evidence that supports your tentative answer?
- Organization pattern demonstrates understanding of the topic (historical, general to specific, segments of the topic, etc.) and organizational plan enhances the presentation, promoting ease in reading.
- Summarizes and insightfully synthesizes the literature information, including analysis of gaps in and/or limitations of the research.
Limitations, controversies, open questions, suggestions for future research (10 points)
- What are the limitations of this body of research, based on your four papers?
- Are there any controversies of this body of research?
- Are there any open questions?
- Provide a suggestion for future research.
- What could be improved?
- What new questions were raised?
- Where should researchers go next?
References and Formatting (5 points)
- All parts reflect proper APA formatting (Please refer to this document Download documentfor assistance. Also, this website (Links to an external site.) is a great resource).
- four articles
- All articles from 2012 or later
- no review articles
- All assignments should be double-spaced
- 12-point Times New Roman font
- 1” margins
- Pages should be numbered
- Papers that deviate from the length requirements will have points deducted.
Incorporating feedback (10 points)
- Please pay close attention to all of the feedback you receive (from peers and the instructor)
- Be sure to incorporate all necessary feedback.