Literature Review-Final Paper
Literature Review-Final Paper
According to Machi and McEnvoy (2016), “a literature review is a written argument that supports a thesis position by building a case from credible evidence obtained from previous research (p.5)”.
The Literature Review Model
You must present a logical argued case about your topic. To do that you must present your literature review in two ways. First you will need to do the argument of discovery in which you discuss and explain what is known about the subject (Machi & McEnvoy, 2016). Then, you will utilized the argument of advocacy in which you analyze and critique the knowledge gained to answer the argument, which is the thesis statement (Machi & McEnvoy, 2016).
An argument is the logical presentation of evidence that leads to and justifies a conclusion (Machi & McEnvoy, 2016).
For example: More students are reporting depression since the shutdowns started (), there have been a high number of suicide deaths in 2020 (), and depression can increase the risk for suicide (), therefore; shutdowns during the Coivd 19 pandemic were damaging to student’s mental health. “Student’s mental health has been damaged during the Covid 19 pandemic” is the thesis of our argument ().
Make sure in your final paper that you can address the following questions.
1. What is the stated conclusion?
2. What is the evidence that supports this conclusion?
3. Is that evidence supported/convincing enough?
4. Does the evidence logically explain the conclusion?
In your final paper outline you should have stated several points or claims about your topic. Claims are declarations of a proposed truth (Machi & McEnvoy, 2016). You will need to provide evidence to support that claim. Evidence is your actual data or the data/ results from other studies (your sources). Providing the claim and evidence is not enough. You will need to also provide the warrant. The warrant provides the logic connection, whether it is indirect or not.
For example:
· You should not cross the street. (Claim)
· The signal is red. (Evidence)
· The unstated rule is that your stop on red. (Warrant)
Requirements of Literature Review
1. Follows APA style
2. 6 pages long of CONTENT
3. APA Student Title page
4. Reference Page
5. 8 sources (with 6 being quantitative research articles)
a. These should be the same sources that you choose for your annotations unless they do not meet the quantitative research requirement.
PY 205 Final Paper Grading Rubric
Student:
In the mechanics section, you are allowed 2 mistakes before points are deducted for each error. This can also serve as a checklist for you before submitting your work. I will refer to the type of error in the comments in the paper.
1. APA Style: (34 points)
Title Page: (6 pts – 2 pt each)
__________ Separate Title page
__________Page number
__________ Proper student title page elements
Citation: (6 pts)
__________In-text
Reference Page (8 pts – 2 pt each)
__________ Page Title
__________Alphabetical Order
__________ Proper Formatting of References
__________Indentation of References
Body: (14 pts- 2 pt each)
__________ Free of Extra Spacing
__________Page numbers
__________Title
__________Margins
__________Font (Double-Spaced)
__________Page Length
__________ Proper use of headings
2. Grammar & Mechanics (28 pts – 4 pts each)
__________Paraphrasing
__________ Contractions/Personal Pronouns
__________ Slang/Empty Phrases/Wordiness
__________Spelling
__________Punctuation
__________Clarity of Prose (basic grammar)
__________ Run-on and fragments
__________Organization
__________Quoting (Proper format)
3. Summary (Content) (38 points)
__________Introduce the topic (4 pts)
__________ Provide background info. (6 pts)
__________Synthesis of Articles/Description of the studies (12 pts)
__________Identification of problem or gap in research (12 pts)
__________ Conclusion (4 pts)
Comments
Points Possible: 100
Final Grade:
Claim
Evidence
Warrant
Reserach Interest
Identifies
Literature Review
Discovers and Advocates
Reserach Thesiss
Reserach Topics
Specifies and Frames
Ansewers
Literature R
eview
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Final Paper
According to Machi and McEnvoy (2016),
“
a literature review is a written argument that
supports a thesis position by building a case from credible evidence obtained from
previous research (p.5)
”
.
The Literature Review Model
You must present a logical argued case about your
topic. To do that you must present your literature review in
two ways. First you will need to do the argument of discovery in which you discuss and explain what is known
about the subject (Machi & McEnvoy, 2016). Then, you will utilized the argument of adv
ocacy in which you
analyze and critique the knowledge gained to answer the argument, which is the thesis statement (Machi &
McEnvoy, 2016).
Literature Review-Final Paper
According to Machi and McEnvoy (2016), “a literature review is a written argument that
supports a thesis position by building a case from credible evidence obtained from
previous research (p.5)”.
The Literature Review Model
You must present a logical argued case about your topic. To do that you must present your literature review in
two ways. First you will need to do the argument of discovery in which you discuss and explain what is known
about the subject (Machi & McEnvoy, 2016). Then, you will utilized the argument of advocacy in which you
analyze and critique the knowledge gained to answer the argument, which is the thesis statement (Machi &
McEnvoy, 2016).