Introduction
The first step in any research project, is to review the existing literature in order to be informed of what knowledge already exists on the subject. Using the ICT skills you have learned (conducting searches for research articles, using social bookmarking, converting an online article to PDF, etc.) work as a team to explore the existing research on the issue your project addresses. Use your Communication Plan to coordinate efforts in order to maximize the variety of research articles on your topic.
On March 3rd we will be facilitating a process that will help create the group literature review. You should bring your Praxis Phase II worksheets with you to class that day. Each student will have reviewed two research studies on the topic. The group literature review will weave together the findings of those studies.
Literature Review
A literature review surveys the research that has already been done on your topic in order to inform the research you will conduct. The final literature review will be a collaboration of many authors, but should read as a single document. You should determine as a team how tasks can be divided and how the work can be combined in the end to have a clearly organized writing structure and a single voice.
A good literature review is not simply a list of research articles in a list, but has grouped the research into themes in order to create a picture of what is known and where there are gaps that have not been investigated. It also addresses what is known to be true in one context, with a certain set of people, or under certain conditions and what may or may not be true other conditions.
General Guidelines
Each wiki screen should be at least 750 words long. You should draw from many sources (be sure to cite them). Since you are writing for a wiki, whenever possible you should link to a PDF of the article being cited. List the student authors at the top of each page.
Literature Review due: 3/27, 11pm. 50 points.