Instructions:
Description and Interpretation of material reviewed:
What did the scholars in the field find with regard to your topic of choice?
What types of research did they perform?
What types of data did they collect?
What evidence do they provide that explain why this particular topic?
What conclusions did they come to regarding your topic?
What types of questions do you think should be asked when doing a biopsyschosocial assessement with this population?
Guidelines for the literature review include:
At least 3 sources
A better literature review contains more sources than three, however to get started, you will have three sources – they should be no older than 5 years old (unless approved by instructor)
Your literature review should support your perspective of an overview of the topic using reputable sources
Your literature review should be at least five pages of typed paper (more is better)
There should also not be any cut-and-pasted tables in the paper. If you want to reference tables or charts, you should reference them as appendices and put them in an appendix section per APA format
The paper should be typed using Times New Roman 12 point font.
It should be double-spaced with one-inch margins
Written in a scholarly manner with an introduction, appropriate subheadings, and a conclusion using APA format
Please put your biopsychosocial assessment at the end of the paper as an appendix
This means that you should CITE properly within the review of the literature utilizing APA guidelines for citations
You should paraphrase – do not use word-for-word from your sources – your work WILL be submitted to Turnitin to check for plagiarism
Turnitin.com
Overall score is an indicator of what percentage of the submitted paper matches existing sources. This score is a warning indicator only and papers should be reviewed to see if the matches are properly attributed.
Scores below 15 percent: These papers typical include some quotes and few common phrases or blocks of text that match other documents. These papers typically do not require further analysis, as there is no evidence of the possibility of plagiarism in these papers.
Scores between 15 percent and 40 percent: These papers include extensive quoted or paraphrased material or they may include plagiarism. These papers should be reviewed to determine if the matching content is properly attributed.
Scores over 40 percent: There is a very high probability that text in this paper was copied from other sources. These papers include quoted or paraphrased text in excess and should be reviewed for plagiarism.
In addition to the literature review, you should include a proposed biopsychosocial assessment that you would use with your vulnerable population.
You may submit a draft of your literature review, and if you are not happy with that grade, you may revise it and resubmit.
follow the questions below to see how the essay should be written.
• Does the paper align with the course content?
• Are the sources peer-reviewed, scholarly sources that are current? Does the paper provide coverage of the topic emphasizing understanding of findings from the research?
• Is the topic covered with sufficient balance and depth?
• Is the paper free from spelling and grammatical errors with proper sentence structure used (no fragmented or run on sentences)?
• Is paper written in the third person (no “I” statements)?
• Does the paper “stick to the facts and refrain from making personal observations and opinions?
• Does the writer use paraphrasing resulting in a low Turnitin score?
Is the paper properly organized into introduction, body, conclusion?
• Is the body of the paper logically sequenced?
• Are paragraphs internally consistent with effective transitional sentences? Is the paper supported with in-text citations for the supporting evidence?
• Are the citations in proper APA forma?
• Does the paper have a reference page in proper APA format?