EDUC 860

LITERATURE REVIEW: FINAL COPY ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

For this assignment, you will create a narrative review of the literature on your research topic.
The Literature Review must follow the basic structure of the Dissertation Handbook template
(quantitative or qualitative) for Chapter 2 and be at least 10 pages, excluding the title and
reference pages. Your Literature Review must include relevant citations from your Review
Forms and Literature Review: Outline, follow current APA format, and consist of at least 15
empirical, scholarly sources that have been published within the last five years. Use your
approved or improved Literature Review: Outline as a foundation for the Literature Review.

Specific Guidelines

 The Literature Review is not merely a series of summaries of individual studies; rather, it
is a coherent and cohesive synthesis of all your sources. Paragraphs citing only one
source are a prime example of summary instead of synthesis.
 The Literature Review will include the following required current APA formatted level-1
headings: Overview, Theoretical Framework, Related Literature, and Summary. The
body of the paper must be at least 10 pages.
 Begin the paper with a title page. Provide a brief narrative overview of the major content
of the literature and a brief narrative summary at the end of the body of the paper. End
the paper with a reference page of all sources identified in the Literature Review.
 The final product must comply with current APA format requirements and must be
submitted in a Microsoft Word document. The entire paper must be at least 3,500 words,
not including the title and reference pages.