You will select
1 out of 4 suggested topics and conduct a mini literature review. You will
identify 3 articles from a scientific, peer-reviewed journal and synthesize
their findings This paper will be 8-10 pages in length (not including the title and reference pages) and will be
completed in APA format. Please see the rubric for specific instructions.
Introduction to paper is thorough and sets up exploration of topic (10 points)
Review of each individual article is detailed and thorough (20 points)
Findings from 3 articles are well synthesized into a summary section (20 points)
Relevance to course material is clearly explained (10 points)
Strengths and limitations of this body of literature are discussed (15 points)
Grammar, spelling, formatting (10 points)
APA format (10 points)
All 3 articles are from scientific, peer-reviewed journals (5 points)
To increase your clarity, you would benefit from labeling each section (with the
subtitles of the article labels reflecting the topic of that article (i.e., Father’s
involvement in Sweden):
Introduction
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
Strengths and limitations
Summary