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APA Style 4

Review of the Literature (5-7 pages)

(This is your section header centered on the page)

Type your literature review here, double spaced, and cite in APA style throughout

Brief history

It is helpful to your readers to understand the context of your problem and the solutions

that have been attempted to date. Is this a recent problem? An on-going one? What

brought it to the attention of the public?

Review

You need to summarize what existing literature has to say about your problem and the

existing solutions: What has been tried, what has worked, what has not worked, why.

As you begin, you need to share your theory base with the readers so they understand

how what you are presenting is influenced by that theory base. As you read articles on your topic

look for what other authors have to say about a theoretical framework for understand the

problem and pointing a direction for solutions (refer back to your Micro Skills text for theories).

This section should flow from past to present. What where the earliest interventions or

solutions? What are the most recent? Be sure to present all sides whether or not they agree with

your hypothesis. Your research will typically involve some gap in information (why research

what we already know?).

After you present what is already known, make your case for your research either

answering a new question, getting a new answer to an old question, answering a question about a

new population, etc. After you have made your case that your research is going to give new

information, you will summarize the major points. Finally, you will formulate (in the last

sentence) your research question or your hypothesis.

Remember that the Introduction discusses the problem. The review of literature should

concentrate on solutions (those that exist, those that are still required).

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