Assignment Description:

Applying the knowledge of how to synthesize findings to the evidence that you have gathered and appraised will transform your annotated bibliographies into a literature review. As creating a synthesized scholarly literature review is often challenging, this will be approached in three stages.

First, you will create a draft of your literature review, following the embedded template. This draft will allow you to present your thought in an organized, synthesized, and professional manner.

Second, you will exchange papers within your pre-set groups and conduct a peer review. The peer review process serves multiple purposes. It allows others to give feedback on formatting concerns that may exist in the paper, as well wording that may not be clear or may not have been full explained. Often, when reading multiple pieces of literature, the author of a literature review may use terms that are not familiar to those who have not studied a topic extensively. Having an “outside set of eyes” review the paper can help identify and address language that may need more clarification. Also, it is commonly easier to spot errors or concerns in others’ papers than in ones’ own, as each person brings their own writing knowledge and skills to a review. By collaborating in the peer review process, each individual will end up with a stronger final product.

Finally, you will review the feedback that you have received from your peers, and make any appropriate edits. At that point the final product should be ready to submit.

The first two steps will be completed in this assignment, and the final step will be completed during Week 12.

Assignment Directions:

1. Complete your Literature Review Draft. Be sure to include the following format specifications (lengths indicated next to headings are guidelines, not exact parameters):

• • • APA 7th ed. (12 pt. Times New Roman font, double-spaced, 1″ margins)
    • Focus on the following elements of scholarly writing:

• • • • Cover page
      • Page headers (including page numbers)
      • Headings within the body of the paper
      • Proper grammar, spelling, and paragraph construction
      • Citations & References
    • Concisely address the following components in the literature review:

• • • • Introduction [1-2 paragraph(s)]
      • Evidence-based Practice Question [1 sentence]
      • Selection Procedure (how was the evidence identified) [1 paragraph]
      • Review of Evidence [3-4 pages]
        • Include themes as secondary headings (organized by similar findings in multiple sources of evidence)
        • This section must by synthesized and is NOT the same as an annotated bibliography
      • Practice Implications [1-2 paragraph(s)]
      • Conclusion [1-2 paragraph(s)]
      • References

2. Submit your literature review draft as a document in the discussion page, for your peers to review . DUE END OF WEEK 10 (worth 5 points, submissions after the end of Week 10 will receive no points in the corresponding portion of the rubric when graded at the end of Week 11).

You must title your document using the following naming convention:

CourseLastnameFirstinitialAssignmentDate

Example: NRSG4200WildcatWLitReviewDraft11_10_20

3. Review three (3) group member’s literature review draft. Be sure each student’s draft is reviewed by at least three other students. DUE END OF WEEK 11.

• • • Download each draft to your computer
    • Thoroughly review the draft for layout, spelling, grammar, APA 7th edition formatting (including citations and references), and synthesis. Indicate areas where more details or explanation may be recommended, or areas that may be redundant. Also, include positive feedback on areas that are strong within the draft.
    • Make constructive suggestions for edits using the “Track Changes” feature in Word
      • Click on the “Review” tab in the paper’s top navigation bar
      • Click on the icon for “Track Changes”
      • Click on “Track Changes” from the drop down menu
      • Make suggestions/edits/etc. accordingly
      • As you save the edited document, add “_[your initials]_EDIT” to the document name

Example: NRSG4200WildcatWLitReviewDraft11_10_20_KPC_EDIT