LAE 773517 Research: Literature Review

Purpose:
Research participates in an ongoing scholarly conversation: as a researcher, you will articulate your own
projects in relation to what others have already written about those issues. Whereas citing others is
often the endpointthe evidencein school research papers, in Social Science research, the Literature
Review or history of the problem prepares readers to understand what you (have) planned to do and
why it matters.

Audience:
Each time you write about your work (from dissertation to articles to conference presentations) you will
compose a literature review. Thus the audience for this work may vary depending on the genre and
context. For this assignment, I encourage you to imagine your committee or an English Education
journal audience: like-minded professionals with experience in your discipline but who may not be
experts on your topic.

However, this is also writing to learn, and your audience will also be us: your colleagues (including Dr.
Sherry) in LAE 7735. You should expect to share your work and to read/respond to others during this
assignment.

Process:
For this assignment, you will turn in a Problem Statement and Literature Review (for more about what is
entailed in these sections, please see our CANVAS site.

Please keep in mind the following guidelines we have already discussed ( 2015-2016 Ann M.
Lawrence):

Problem Statement: announces the problem for study, or the purpose of the inquiry, and, in so doing,
invites the target audience to engage with the text.
Stakeholders in the Problem: Who is the target audience for this text?
Background of the Problem: What are relevant contributions of previous research on the topic of
this text?
Problem: What research remains to be done?
Proposed Response to the Problem: In broadly orienting terms: How does this text attempt to do
that research?

Literature Review ("History of the Problem"): derives the problem for study, or the purpose of the
inquiry, from a review of contributions and limitations of relevant previous research; strengthens the
target audience's engagement with the text as members of the target audience are cited and thus
honored in the Literature Review.

Study/Literature 1
o INtroduction of the study/literature (e.g., by providing author name(s) and date(s) of
publication)
o INsertion of relevant contributions of the study/literature
o INterpretation of relevant limitations of the study/literature, beyond which the current
text will attempt to make contributions
Study/Literature 2
 o INtroduction of the study/literature (e.g., by providing author name(s) and date(s) of
publication)
o INsertion of relevant contributions of the study/literature
o INterpretation of relevant limitations of the study/literature, beyond which the current
text will attempt to make contributions
Etc.

Rubric:
Criterion 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0
Alignment: Are the stakeholders in your problem for study those you
cite in your literature review? Is the background elaborated there? Is
the problem clearly outline by your INterpreted limitations of previous
research?
Relevance: Are the studies you cite relevant to your problem for study?
Comprehensiveness: Do the studies you cite include the most recent
contributions to the research on this problem? The original
articulations of this problem?
Rigor: Are the studies you cite from sources that your target audience
will consider to be rigorous and credible?


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Lawrence, A. M. (2016). Living with Writing.