Literature Review

Literature Review Scoring Guide

1) Explain how a research question relates to a specialization area in psychology and to a career vision.

Evaluates the importance of a research question to a specialization area in psychology and to a career vision.

2) Identify themes that are relevant to a research question and present in each scholarly resource cited.

Identifies themes that are relevant to a research question and present in each scholarly resource cited, and fully explains the connection between the research question and each theme.

3) Use critical thinking tools to synthesize a cohesive review of literature concerning a research question in psychology.

Uses critical thinking tools to cohesively synthesize relevant literature into well supported and original themes (themes not explicitly stated in the articles).

4) Apply the standard writing conventions for the discipline, including structure, voice, person, and tone.

Exhibits strict adherence to the standard writing conventions for the discipline. Elements of structure, voice, person, and tone are well matched to the intended audience.

5) Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references.

Exhibits strict and nearly flawless adherence to APA formatting of in-text citations and references.