Expert answer:There are lots of resources to help students understand the Literature Review in this week’s study material. Please browse these resources and then complete the discussion post below. the article by Ted Zorn and Nittaya Campbell, “Improving the Writing of Literature Reviews through Literature Integration Exercise” — this article is available in the e-reserves section of this class. To access the article, please take the following steps: oclick Content oselect Class Resources oselect eReserves oselect the icon for eReserves in the middle of your page. oin the list of items that appears, locate this article and download it. the tutorial from UMUC’s Effective Writing Center on writing the literature review. It is linked to at the top of the Content for this week. Task: One of the most important aspects of your Literature Review will be the development of categories or themes. These are the sub-topics or issues that will help you to organize or synthesize your information when writing the paper. After reviewing the material on the Literature Review posted above, please return to your annotated bibliography and begin developing “categories” or themes to help you to organize your sources. You will need at least three or four categories unless you decide to go for a “For / Against” or “Advantages / Disadvantages” type of organization. This is possible for a few topics, as explained in Module 3. As an example, the Sample Student Paper which we read last week and discussed on the Discussion Board stated in the first paragraph: “This review will introduce what virtual school is, the different types of virtual classrooms that exist, the benefits this type of schooling has on the students, and the negative consequences virtual classrooms can have.” So she had four categories or themes that she would discuss in her paper. And of course, as you know by now, she didn’t give her own thoughts on those topics, but instead used her articles to report on what the experts in the area had to say about those points. State your proposed categories below. Explain whether you have settled on these categories or are still working to refine them, and whether or not you already have enough articles to support your discussion of each of these categories or points in detail. Provide the APA reference for at least one source that will apply to one of your categories and state which one. What concerns do you still have regarding the organization of your Literature Review paper?
