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Homework
Purpose:
The goal in this homework is to write a literature review paper on your topic from homework one. This homework will also help you further refine the research problem used in homework one. It is important to note that the purpose of this homework is to review the current literature on a selected topic. You are expected to describe the major trends in a selected area, elaborate on several important solutions to past challenges, and identify the major challenges to be addressed in the future.
Directions:
I. Organize the literature that you reviewed in your annotated bibliography (i.e., a minimum of seven primary, peer-reviewed research articles that are no more than six years old) and any additional primary, peer-reviewed research articles related to your topic. Look at how the information in the articles elaborate on several important solutions to past challenges and identify the major challenges to be addressed in the future.
II. Write a synthesis of what you have found, supporting what you say with citations from the various articles. For each approach: discuss the problem(s) it addresses, methods used, theoretical foundation, the results of this approach, and any unresolved issues and study limitations. Compose an introduction to the synthesis that links your topic to the literature
III. Write strong clear paragraphs with transitions between ideas
IV. Use a logical flow within paragraphs and between them
V. State the connections between the synthesized research and your topic
VI. Cite and reference all sources. If you use the author's exact words, use quotation marks, cite, and include the page number. If you are using the author's ideas, cite the author(s) and date.
VII. Every article you use must appear in the reference section. A paper cannot appear in the reference section if it is not explicitly cited in the main body of the paper.