Week 7 literature review
Week 7 Literature Review
As the culminating project for the course, you will complete a comprehensive literature review on topic of your choice related to the concepts, theories, or evidence-based practices of crisis, trauma, emergency, and disaster intervention. Using the articles reviewed in the Week 4 annotated bibliography assignment, among other available research and course materials, present the findings of your literature review through a cohesive, critically analyzed, and integrated work on the selected topic. In your work, be sure to address and/or include the following elements:
- Identify the specific literature review topic, explicitly articulating a unifying, overarching theme that will guide the project.
- Define the major concepts, theories, and/or practices related to the selected topic.
- Ground these definitions in the information identified in the available research literature, clearly identifying the source.
- Determine how the topic has been addressed in the available research literature.
- Summarize the reviewed articles with detail, including the findings, how they were obtained, and any biases and limitations affecting the findings.
- Highlight significant or noteworthy similarities and differences among and between the various reviewed articles and the overarching topic of the literature review.
- Provide critical analyses of reviewed research literature.
- Articulate the importance of the findings of the literature reviewed.
- Explain why these findings are important to the understanding and practice of crisis and emergency intervention and the larger field of psychology.
- Extend knowledge through the integration of the literature review findings.
- Make recommendations for future research based on the literature reviewed and explain the rationale for the recommendations.
- Synthesize the research literature, redevelop existing models, or propose new models.
- Explain why these findings are important to the understanding and practice of crisis and emergency intervention and the larger field of psychology.
Include a minimum 15 to 17 pages, not including APA formatted required title, abstract, and reference pages; submit APA style in-text citations throughout the work as well.
The basic parts of a paper should also be included; these are the opening, introduction section, with a precise thesis statement, the body of the paper with clear, discernable headings formatted to APA style levels of heading where appropriate, and a conclusion that restates the thesis and summarizes the major points of the entire paper.
The APUS Library provides APA formatting resources at Writing@APUS. You may also see Purdue’s OWL https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/for general APA formatting information and for formatting help on many topics.
All submissions are due by the end of Week 7, Sunday at 11:55 pm ET.
See the Grading Rubric Below
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Satisfactory |
Needs Improvement |
Unsatisfactory |
Points Earned |
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Identify and Define Primary Topic 40 Points Possible |
Student identifies an overarching topic that unites the elements of the literature review and provides clear, substantiated definitions of foundational concepts and theories of the topic. |
Student identifies an overarching topic that unites the elements of the literature review; foundational concepts and theories of the topic may not be defined clearly or at all. |
Student does not identify or define an overarching topic or related concepts and theories that unite the elements of the literature review. However, a loose theme is observed in the work. |
An overarching topic is not identified, the work lacks a sense of cohesiveness linking elements together. |
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Review of Literature 65 Points Possible |
Student provides an accurate, thorough, critical review of the research literature related to the selected topic. |
Student provides an adequate review of the research literature related to the selected topic. |
Student provides a marginal review of the research literature related to the selected topic. |
A review of the research literature is not presented. |
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Analysis of Findings 65 Points Possible |
Student provides a thorough, evaluative analysis of the findings, articulating the value to the specific topic and larger field of psychology. |
Student provides a discussion of the findings, highlighting the importance of the information uncovered through the literature review. |
Student provides a marginal discussion of the findings. Sufficient details and supporting evidence of the value of the findings are not represented. |
An analysis of the findings of the literature review are not presented. |
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Future Research 40 Points Possible |
Student provides critically developed and insightful research recommendations aligned with the overall findings of the literature review. |
Student provides adequately developed research recommendations aligned with the overall findings of the literature review. |
Student provides marginal research recommendations, which are not fully aligned with the overall findings of the literature review. |
Future research recommendations are not included. |
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Formatting and Writing 25 Points Possible |
Work is presented in a logical and coherent way. Writing is clear, articulate, and error free. Formatting is complete, with all required elements, containing few or no errors. |
Work is grammatically sound with a few minor errors. Formatting is complete, with all required elements, containing errors, which do not significantly detract from the work’s quality. |
Work contains frequent grammatical errors. Formatting is incomplete, lacking several required elements, and/or containing significant errors. |
Work does not demonstrate appropriate graduate level writing and/or utilization of the expected formatting style. |
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