Week 09 - Literature Reviews: Getting Down to Writing

SOWK 486 Fall 2019 Planning: Class 09

Location: CBC Campus - Tuesday T-336 & SWL-220 Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30-8:15 Week 09: 10/14/19 — 10/20/19 Reading Assignment: DeCarlo (2018) chapters 9 and 10 Topic and Content Area: Literature Reviews Assignments Due: Assignment 08: literature review is due Friday 10/18/19 at 11:55 PM via M Other Important Information: N/A

Agenda

• Use our outline to create a well written literature review

The Big Picture

Two Parts of a Lit Review

• Body
• Summary

(It starts with “The UIFM Journey: Immigrants as Trauma Survivors”)

• What makes this a good literature review?
• What could be better?

Baranowski, K. A., & Simith, L. (2018) Working with undocumented immigrants from Mexico: Experiences of practioners in New Mexico and Texas. _ Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 49_(3) 185-192. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pro0000191

Literature Review Rules to Live By: The Paragraphs

• You should have at least two citations in each paragraph.
• Citations must be connected by a common idea.
• The common idea that connects the citation should be summarized in the topic sentence.
• Findings from articles should be summarized (in your own words) with appropriate APA citations.
• If possible, transition words should be used within the paragraph to connect ideas.

Flow of Citations

• Parenthetical citations
• Narrative citations
• Quantity of citations

Topic Sentence

• Importance

Transition Sentences

• Importance

If your paragraphs need it...

Elaborate upon the ideas set forth in the literature.

Add summarizing or concluding sentences at the end of your paragraphs.

You try it!

Organize your outline into paragraphs. Try this formula:

Topic sentence (Transition) Summarize literature (Transition) Elaborate (Transition) Summarize literature (Transition) Elaborate (Transition) Summarize or conclude

Discuss

What is useful about transitions

More Literature Review Rules to Live By

Add a transition word to the topic sentence of each paragraph to indicate how the information

Use Headings to Break up the Paper

Pro Tip: For most papers you will likely not use more than these two

Quality Check

You should be able to read the topic sentence of each paragraph, in order, and get an overvi

Summary

Example of summary

Summarizing Your Literature Review

Literature Review

Summarize the research. (Look at your topic sentences and re-word them, with transitions!) Highlight gaps in the research that justify your own study. (Example: “While we know much about…, little research exists on…..”)

You Try it

Write your summary. Try this formula:

(Transition) Topic sentence re-stating importance of issue (from your introduction) (Transition) Summarize finding/paragraph 1 (Transition) Summarize finding/paragraph 2 (Transition) Concluding sentence highlighting research gaps and need for current research

Rubric - Evidence

• Intial: Either little appropriate evidence is presented, or the evidence presented is not tied to either the argument or the research questions
• Emerging: Weak / not clearly relevant research is weakly presented
• Developed: Somewhat relevant research is clearly presented
• Highly Developed: Relevant research is clearly presented

Rubric - Academic References

• Intial: Research from fewer than eight academic/peer-reviewed articles is presented
• Emerging: Research from at least eight academic/peer-reviewed articles is presented
• Developed: Research from at least ten academic/peer-reviewed articles is presented
• Highly Developed: Research from more than ten academic/peer-reviewed articles is presented

Rubric - Organization

• Intial: No attempt at organization or thesis is evident
• Emerging: Research is weakly organized and synthesized
• Developed: Research is adequately organized and synthesized
• Highly Developed: Research is well organized and synthesized