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NZCEL level 5 academic reading in academic contexts

 

NZCEL LEVEL 5 ACADEMIC READING IN ACADEMIC CONTEXTS

LITERATURE REVIEW

 

TASK

  • Identify a major challenge or issue in one of the following sectors in New Zealand:
    • health
    • education (any level – early childhood, primary, secondary or tertiary)
    • business

Check and confirm your focus with your lecturer before commencing research.

  • Write a short literature review describing current research findings on this challenge or issue. Find at least 5 articles to review – they must all be scholarly articles – either from the library database or through google scholar.

 

Your literature review needs to cover the following points:

  • What has research revealed about the causes of this challenge/issue?
  • What has research revealed about the extent and seriousness of this challenge/issue?
  • What have the researchers suggested as possible solutions to this challenge/essay?

 

 

REQUIREMENTS

  • Literature Review length: 600-800 words.
  • Sources must be referenced correctly both in your Literature Review and in the Reference list at the end.
  • You should ensure your writing has as few errors as possible.
  • Texts must be completed on a word processor
    • Double space your writing
    • Font: Calibri or Times New Roman, Size 12
  • Include a header on each page with your full name, and student ID number. (Right aligned, font size 9).

 

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Completed assignment due in by 4.30 p.m. Friday, 2nd December, 2016

Email submission:  Submit your text either as an email attachment to:

marion.steward@manukau.ac.nz

OR a shared google.doc.

 

OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE REVIEW STRUCTURE  

  1. Introduction
  2. Define or identify the sector, and the challenge/issue of concern, thus providing a context for your review.
  3. Point out overall trends in what has been published about this challenge/issue (which you will discuss in more detail in the body paragraphs).
  4. Explain the organisation of the review; the order in which you will discuss different themes

 

  1. Body Paragraphs

 

  1. Group research studies and other types of literature ( reviews, theoretical articles, case studies, etc) according to common themes.

 

  1. Summarise individual studies or articles with as much or as little detail as each one deserves, remembering that length indicates significance.

 

  1. Synthesise the findings/conclusions of articles that have produced similar results.

 

  1. Indicate clearly with a topic sentence the focus of each paragraph, so that the reader is aware of which theme is being discussed.

 

  1. Conclusion

 

  1. Summarise the major themes of your review.

 

  1. Briefly evaluate the current state of research into this challenge/issue, and identify further research that needs to be done to provide answers to unresolved questions, and/or more data.

 

  1. Conclude with a brief evaluation (2-3 sentences) of the seriousness of this challenge and the effectiveness of any measures suggested to address it.


 

 

STUDENT CHECKLIST

Performance Criteria P
1. Literature Review is clearly organised around appropriate themes.

·         Introduction states topic and focus of review

·         Each paragraph identifies a main theme, and includes relevant material from sources.

·         Conclusion sums up the main points.

  
2. Relevant information is summarised.

·         Main points are summarised

·         Examples and details are not included.

  
3. Relevant information is synthesised.

·         Common points are combined

·         Ideas are paraphrased

  
4. A variety of referencing words and citation formats are used.

·         Several different words are used e.g. states, claims, suggests, advises

·         Varied use of quotations, indirect and external citations.

  
5. Sentence structures and vocabulary are academic and accurate.

·         Simple, compound and complex sentences used.

·         A range of academic vocabulary is used.

·         Reasonable level of accuracy.

  
6. Referencing is used accurately, according to APA style.

·         In-text citations are accurate.

·         Reference list is accurate.

  

 

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