Lit Review Paper: How does participation in state-funded pre…

Summary of Assignment

The literature review provides an analysis of the contemporary research related to an area of research that you will be proposing in the research project. The topic should be based on your practice/internship experience, professional interests and/or goals. The focus of the proposal should be on a specific program evaluation of a specific program/service in social service agency. The program should be in any area of practice such as gerontology, child welfare, behavioral health, school social work, military social work, global social work, work with refugees, etc. You will describe, analyze, and evaluate past and current research, identify gaps in the research, and explain the uniqueness of your proposed research as it relates to the research question. You should use primarily journal articles for this assignment. The paper should be written and formatted in APA format 7th edition.

Expectations

1. Length: 1500-2500 words, 8 pages (not including the cover page, references, reaction paper)

2. Number of References: 15 references at minimum, with most current references (after 2012). You may use cite older references if the research is seminal work. When theres a lack of research or published research, you may make a case to use older references. But be sure to provide a rationale for this in the review.

3. Majority of the references used in the paper should come from peer reviewed journal articles rather than books, media resources or articles from commercial websites.

4. Cover page needs to be in accordance with APA format including running head, title of the paper, the author, the name of the course, and the name of the university

5. An abstract is NOT required

6. Start on a fresh page for the references page

7. The references page and the reflection paper is not part of the page count

8. You are not required to use the headings below but at minimum, you should begin with an introduction and end with the identification of the research question and the hypothesis

9. A hard copy of the assignment is NOT required.

• Introduction (5 points)
• Provide an overview or a snapshot of the research topic and identify the specific themes of the literature review.
• Suggested: Describe the general focus of the research, cite statistics to explain the problem, what is the impact of this problem, how does this affect the well-being, what main themes does the literature review highlight?
• A description of the problem statement (10 points)
• Describe the specific issue in greater detail, who and what does this problem affect? What are the consequences of this problem? Who is the problem affecting? What is the scope, relevance and severity of the problem? Why should practitioners, educators, practitioners, and/policy makers be concerned about this issue?
• Coverage of the literature (10 points)
• Clear evidence of a wide range of research
• Current and credible sources used to answer/explore the question
• Do the references come from a variety of/multiple sources?
• Do the majority citations come from peer reviewed articles and journals that are current?
• Are the references sufficiently comprehensive?
• What is the significance of your research proposal? (10 points)
• Identifies the strengths and limitations of the research
• Critically evaluates research in the field
• Identifies gaps in the research
• Provides a justification for the research topic based on the gaps in the conceptual research
• Explains the contribution of the research to the field
• Explains the uniqueness of the proposed research
• Why the proposed study different from those that were published earlier?
• If you are replicating a study, a strong rationale must be included for this.
• How else would you justify the need for the study? Consider its potential implications for policy, practice, training, and/or education.
• Practice Experience and Theory (10 points)
• Based on your practice experience or familiarity with the population, identify a theory that explains the outcome of the program. What is the theoretical basis of the research? Why was this theory picked?. How does your understanding of the population and/or your practice experience, influence the use of the theory for this research?
• Flow of the report (10 points)
• Information is presented in a logical manner that is easy to follow
• Writer made effort to organize the ideas, develop arguments that build on each other
• Sequencing of ideas within paragraphs and transition between paragraphs
• Information is presented in a logical manner that is easy to follow
• Writer made effort to organize the ideas, develop arguments that build on each other
• Suggested: Describe the general focus of the research, cite statistics to explain the problem, what is the impact of this problem, how does this affect the well-being, what main themes does the literature review highlight
• Uses of transitional statements
• Synthesis of writing (10 points)
• Summarizes and analyzes the research findings
• Critically evaluates information/evidence (eg. in terms of reliability, validity, significance, relevance, contradictions, linkage to theory)
• Discusses the implications of the previous research and discusses what this means for the current research
• Presents the ideas by themes rather than by specific journal articles
• Research question(s) and hypothesis (where applicable) (5 points)
• State the research question following the protocol taught in class
• State the hypothesis of the study (where applicable)
• Presentation: Clarity of writing (5), and APA format within text (5), APA format in references page (5) (Total = 15 points)
• Expression is clear, fluent, precise
• Research cited is focused on the question
• All source material is correctly acknowledged with appropriate and balanced use of paraphrasing, summarizing and quoting
• Keeps within word limit
• APA format is followed within text and in references page

I have come up with the question of: How does participation in state-funded pre-kindergarten programs influence fifth grade students social functioning?

I have four sources below but i need fifteen so i need about eleven more sources.