literature review

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Literature Review Outline (rev 210308) Manuscript specifications per APA7 Style Manual, p 8

RUNNING HEAD (every page) 1

Title of the paper (Title page, APA7 Manual p 77)

Authors names Institutional affiliation

(New Page) Title of the paper

Orient the reader to the facts about a problem or controversial issue in education Define problem or issue Who is involved in the problem or issue

What is the common understanding of the problem or issue? What are some facts about who is impacted What are the facts about the impact? (Document the facts with citations) (2-3 paragraphs)

State of the research

Introduce the reader to themes to be addressed in the headings

Heading 1 8 words or less to capture a common focus observed 4 or more empirical articles) (Left justified, bolded, upper lower)

Orienting sentence Summary of 4 empirical articles documenting the common focus, including for each article: citation, participants, measures, procedures/interventions and findings. Concluding sentence

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Heading 2 8 words or less to capture a common focus observed 4 or more empirical articles) (Left justified, bolded, upper lower)

Summarize previous investigations related to the heading Orienting sentence Summary of 4 empirical articles documenting the common focus, including for each article: citation, participants, measures, procedures/interventions and findings. Concluding sentence

Heading 3 8 words or less to capture a common focus observed 4 or more empirical articles) (Left justified, bolded, upper lower)

Summarize previous investigations related to the heading Orienting sentence Summary of 4 empirical articles documenting the common focus, including for each article: citation, participants, measures, procedures/interventions and findings. Concluding sentence

Heading 4 8 words or less to capture a common focus observed 4 or more empirical articles) (Left justified, bolded, upper lower)

Summarize previous investigations related to the heading Summary of 4 empirical articles documenting the common focus, including for each article: citation, participants, measures, procedures/interventions and findings

Conclusions

General conclusions related to the review Identify relations, contradictions, gaps and inconsistencies in the literature. Implications for education Next steps for addressing the problem Research question or area for exploration

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References APA style