Literature Review – (Lab Assignment)

Literature Review – (Lab Assignment)

The purpose of a literature review is to provide a critical review and analysis of the published literature pertaining to an identified issue or subject/topic. It begins with the topic you have chosen and a search through the databases to locate relevant literature. Review of the literature will then assist with narrowing the topic you have identified to study. The differing articles chosen for the literature review will provide research findings that can be summarized and compared; they will assist in offering various perspectives of the topic. Critical review will identify limitations or gaps in the research. This can then be used to form questions that future research might address.

Elements to be included:

7th Edition APA using 12-point font Times New Roman, double-spacing, and 1-inch margins.

Number of References: No Minimum, however, you must provide a minimum of 12 articles pertaining to current research findings related to your chosen topic.

Sources: You may use books or other scholarly publications for providing any basic theoretical information including history, however, the articles you will use to provide the current research findings must be no older than 2012. When searching the databases, be sure to include “peer-reviewed” in your search parameters and 2012 – 2020 for publication timeframe.

No article may be used that summarizes one or any number of articles and the research that was conducted in those articles and no meta-analyses may be used that contains summarized research. The point of this assignment is for you to become comfortable with accessing original work/research so that you can review and assess the information yourself, stretch your thinking skills, and draw your own conclusions rather than rely on others’ perspectives.

Length: 5 – 10 pages not including Title and Reference pages.