Application: Literature Review Step II Completing a literature review requires higher-order and critical-thinking skills. In a literature review, you extract themes and key information and synthesize them to illustrate your point. In Discussion 2, you selected four articles about a topic and then organized the information about the four articles by identifying and summarizing them. In essence, you completed the first step of a mini-literature review. In this Assignment, you complete the next step of a mini-literature review by critically analyzing the information you have gathered. In Discussion 1, you answered the question: What information is available on the issue and what does it say? In this Assignment, you want to answer questions such as: What themes can I identify? How does this information relate to the issue I am exploring? What information is most important, and why? What problem(s) related to the issue do the authors address? What problems still need to be addressed? To prepare for this Assignment, review the required readings (e.g., APA readings) related to literature reviews. Be sure to review the rubric for this Assignment to understand how the literature review will be evaluated. QUESTION: Submit (of Module 3) a 2- to 3-page literature review based on the four articles you collected. Be sure your literature review reflects the questions posed in the opening paragraphs of this Assignment. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Module 3: Research and Analysis Introduction Laureate Education (Producer). (2014h). Module 3: Research and analysis [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author. Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 2 minutes. Accessible player Learning Objectives Students will: Evaluate information related to education-related issues Justify positions related to education-related issues Evaluate research organizer tools Conduct literature reviews ____________________________________________________________________________________ Required Resources Readings American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. o Chapter 1, Writing for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Section 1.02 Literature Reviews o Chapter 6, Crediting Sources o Chapter 7, Reference Examples Walsh, M. L., Pezalla, A., & Marshall, H. R. (2014). Essential guide to critical reading and writing.Baltimore, MD: Laureate International Universities Publishing. [Vital Source e-reader]. o Chapter 3, Form and Purpose, (pp. 2744) o Chapter 6, Paraphrasing, (pp. 6980) Case Study Documents (PDF files) o Document Set 2 (Documents 58) Document Set 2 provides you with additional information related to each case study. Read the documents related to the case study you have selected. Media Kishwaukee College Library. (2012, August 21). How to read a scholarly journal article [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEVftUdfKtQ Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 5 minutes. Laureate Education (Producer). (2014n). The literature review [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author. Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 3 minutes. Student interviewees address how they narrowed the focus of their topics. They also address how they considered various perspectives of their topics and how this helped them approach their end products. Accessible player Western University. (2012, April 26). How to read a scholarly article [Video file]. Retrieved fromhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SmOq6gENPM Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 2.5 minutes.

Application: Literature Review Step II Completing a literature review requires higher-order and critical-thinking skills. In a literature review, you extract themes and key information and synthesize them to illustrate your point. In Discussion 2, you selected four articles about a topic and then organized the information about the four articles by identifying and summarizing them. In essence, you completed the first step of a mini-literature review. In this Assignment, you complete the next step of a mini-literature review by critically analyzing the information you have gathered. In Discussion 1, you answered the question: What information is available on the issue and what does it say? In this Assignment, you want to answer questions such as: What themes can I identify? How does this information relate to the issue I am exploring? What information is most important, and why? What problem(s) related to the issue do the authors address? What problems still need to be addressed? To prepare for this Assignment, review the required readings (e.g., APA readings) related to literature reviews. Be sure to review the rubric for this Assignment to understand how the literature review will be evaluated. QUESTION: Submit (of Module 3) a 2- to 3-page literature review based on the four articles you collected. Be sure your literature review reflects the questions posed in the opening paragraphs of this Assignment. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Module 3: Research and Analysis Introduction Laureate Education (Producer). (2014h). Module 3: Research and analysis [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author. Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 2 minutes. Accessible player Learning Objectives Students will: Evaluate information related to education-related issues Justify positions related to education-related issues Evaluate research organizer tools Conduct literature reviews ____________________________________________________________________________________ Required Resources Readings American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. o Chapter 1, Writing for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Section 1.02 Literature Reviews o Chapter 6, Crediting Sources o Chapter 7, Reference Examples Walsh, M. L., Pezalla, A., & Marshall, H. R. (2014). Essential guide to critical reading and writing.Baltimore, MD: Laureate International Universities Publishing. [Vital Source e-reader]. o Chapter 3, Form and Purpose, (pp. 2744) o Chapter 6, Paraphrasing, (pp. 6980) Case Study Documents (PDF files) o Document Set 2 (Documents 58) Document Set 2 provides you with additional information related to each case study. Read the documents related to the case study you have selected. Media Kishwaukee College Library. (2012, August 21). How to read a scholarly journal article [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEVftUdfKtQ Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 5 minutes. Laureate Education (Producer). (2014n). The literature review [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author. Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 3 minutes. Student interviewees address how they narrowed the focus of their topics. They also address how they considered various perspectives of their topics and how this helped them approach their end products. Accessible player Western University. (2012, April 26). How to read a scholarly article [Video file]. Retrieved fromhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SmOq6gENPM Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 2.5 minutes.