Week 09 - Literature Reviews: Getting Down to Writing

A presentation at Heritage University at CBC Week 09 in October 2019 in Pasco, WA 99301, USA by Jacob Campbell

SOWK 486 Fall 2019 Planning: Class 09 — 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 — Agenda
Use our outline to create a well written literature review

The Big Picture — 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 — 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 — Flow of Citations
Parenthetical citations
Narrative citations
Quantity of citations

Topic Sentence — Topic Sentence
Importance

Transition Sentences — Transition Sentences
Importance

If your paragraphs need it... — 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! — 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 — Discuss
What is useful about transitions

More Literature Review Rules to Live By — 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 — Use Headings to Break up the Paper
Pro Tip: For most papers you will likely not use more than these two

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

Summary — Summary
Example of summary

Summarizing Your Literature Review — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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

Jacob Campbell
@campjacob

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An examination of some ideas for writing a lit review. The agenda is:

Use our outline to create a well written literature review