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Literature Review. For Today:. Discussion: What is a literature review? Work shop of your rough draft Prep Assignment for Next Class Peer Critique. Tell me, class: What is a Literature Review ?. What is a Literature Review?:. Takes a position on the RESEARCH, not the topic.
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For Today: • Discussion: What is a literature review? • Work shop of your rough draft • Prep Assignment for Next Class • Peer Critique
What is a Literature Review?: • Takes a position on the RESEARCH, not the topic. • What does that mean? • What is the difference between a literature review and an argumentative paper? • What is the difference between a literature review and an informative essay? • What is the difference between synthesis and summary?
Draft 1.1: Objective: To demonstrate your ability to analyze and synthesize research on a given topic and format that information into a literature review. A literature review discusses previously published information about a particular topic or issue in order to accomplish one or more of the following tasks: * show readers what has been written about a topic, so that they can understand a particular development of ideas concerning that topic * explain to readers why certain ideas or theories concerning a topic are being challenged or reexamined by researchers. * help readers understand more about why a topic is being examined by a researcher in a particular way
Draft 1.1 Grading: C1—Issue Identification and Focus Does the student do a thorough job of explaining his or her purpose for the review? Does the research/scholarly work take precedence? Is the significance of the scholarly work clearly stated? C3—Sources and Evidence Does the student use scholarly/reputable sources? Does the student synthesize the sources, not only summarizing the scholarly perspectives but also providing insight into the significance of the scholars’ contributions and their relationship to each other?
Draft 1.1 Grading: C5—Own Perspective Is the student’s voice apparent throughout the analysis? C6—Conclusion How effectively does the conclusion pull the analysis together? C7—Communication How effective is the organization of the review? How effective is the student’s writing at the sentence level?
Small Group Work: • Pull out your Prep Assignment. • Get into groups of 3. • Every group will work on ONE draft at at time. • Get out 3 pieces of paper—one for each draft in the group. Assign a group secretary. Put ALL group member names at the top of each sheet, but make sure it is clear whose draft you are critiquing on each sheet. • On the next slide are questions you must answer as you go through each draft—as a group. • The first slide will have questions about the draft’s introduction. Everyone will read the introduction of the first group member’s draft, and then answer the questions as a group. On all 3 sheets, title this section “Introduction.” • Repeat this process two more times for the other two group members’ draft introductions. • Then, we will go through the exact same process for the body sections of each group member’s draft. Title this next section “Body.”
Small Group Work (20 minutes) Introduction: • Does the first sentence introduce the subject in a way that grabs the reader’s attention? How? • Does the review provide any necessary definitions or context for the subject? • Is it apparent early on in the introduction that the focus of the literature review is theresearch, not the topic itself? • Does the introduction end with a thesis statement that appears as though it will fulfill one of the three purpose statements below?: * show readers what has been written about a topic, so that they can understand a particular development of ideas concerning that topic * OR explain to readers why certain ideas or theories concerning a topic are being challenged or reexamined by researchers. * OR help readers understand more about why a topic is being examined by a researcher in a particular way.
Small Group Work (20 minutes) • Body Sections: • Does the topic sentence in each body paragraph (1) let the reader know the section is focused on the research and (2) does it make a summative statement about what will appear below? For example: “Most research in this area has focused on X, but more scholars are beginning to explore Y concept.” • Do the body paragraphs have organized source synthesis? One paragraph in this section may synthesize sources on the “x” area of the discussion while a second synthesizes sources on the “y” discussion. Remember, you should be discussing more than one source in each paragraph. • Are the body paragraphs introducing authors and titles? Are the sources summarized effectively? Is too much space or too little space devoted to conveying the necessary information about each source? (After all, if the reader doesn’t know what each source is about individually, he won’t understand the synthesis of the sources together.)
What is a Literature Review?: • After having done the group work and listened to the discussion, how has your understanding of how to write a literature review changed?
Next Assignment: Peer Critique • You will be writing TWO critiques of Literature Reviews written by other students in 1302 this term.
For Next Class: • Reading 6 – on the syllabus • This is very boring reading (and long reading), so break it up however you need to. • Prep Assignment • Due in class next Thursday. • You will use the reading from the e-handbook, “Peer Review,” to help you critique a Peer Critique that another student wrote. Write three thoughtful comments on what the critique is doing well, or could do better. • See the handout for Peer Critique 1.1 preparation under “Prep Assignments” on the class blog.
