In Week 7 of this course, you will be asked to submit an introductory literature review similar to the introduction of the manuscript for a research paper. This will provide a concept

Week 5 Theories of Learning and Motivation

Overview

Long Term Memory

Chapter 8: Nature of Knowledge

Activities

1. Discussion: Learning

2. Assignment: Draft Literature Review

Discussion Board Imagine you are running a support group or giving a presentation for/to an audience/population with which you are familiar. You have 30 minutes to communicate something important to this group.

Describe your group and topic. Then, explain in concrete terms how you could use each of the following four strategies in your lecture/presentation to maximize the likelihood that your group members would engage in effective encoding of your content:

a. meaningful learning

b. internal organization

c. elaboration

d. visual imagery

Rough Draft Lit Review/Outline

• For Week 5 (this week), you will submit an outline of the introductory literature review.

• It should include in-text citations and references to at least 10 peer-reviewed journal articles that report on original studies that have been conducted (not secondary sources).

1. Brief overview of what your paper topic is and what you will accomplish in the paper (thesis statement)

2. Headings to group the major themes (and subthemes)

3. Under each heading, give a brief description of what you will discuss in the section and use in-text citations to support the major points you will make. Expect to have multiple citations under each heading. If you have a proposed section with only one citation, make a note that you will search/include more in the final paper.

4. Use at least 10 scholarly peer-reviewed empirical articles. You may include more as 10 is the minimum (not maximum).

5. Be sure to use APA style, including title page, appropriate grammar, spelling, and mechanics, as well as citations and references.

Provide a short paragraph introducing the reader to the main topic and the key concepts that will be addressed in the literature review

Theme 1 (heading)- describe the first main topic of your literature review. Next, describe the information you will discuss in your literature

review paper and cite articles that will support your discussion.

Theme 2 (heading)- describe the second main topic of your literature review. Next, describe the information you will discuss in your literature

review paper and cite articles that will support your discussion.

Add themes (headings) as needed

Include subheadings if needed

References (centered on new page)

list all references included in the outline

Outline version

-Use headers (and subheadings) to highlight main themes -Describe what you will discuss in the section -Use 10 in-text citations to support each section. -Each citation should match one reference -Double check APA style for references

Synthesis

To combine

Literature reviews are a synthesis of results across multiple

studies

Focus on the important findings, the big picture or question.

Group your studies according to the point you want to make

Introduction:

Looks across research for

commonalities

Focus on findings

Does NOT- go into any

previous research at length

-Starts a paragraph with the

authors

-Includes research but not

synthesis or connections

between the research

-Leaves the main point and so

what? factor for the reader to

figure out

-Starts a paragraph with the main

point

-Includes transitions to link

together and help support the

main point

-Emphasizes and explains the

main point and so what? factor to

the reader

UNSYNTHESIZED

SYNTHESIZED

Writing Style: Formal Writing

1. Unbiased & fact-based argumentation

2. Impersonal (do not use personal pronouns such as “I”, “you”, “we”)

-Can use when referring to your own study/hypothesis

-“We” is always reserved for 2 or more authors

If there were a formula;)

Main point of paragraph

Evidence that supports

More evidence that supports

Conclude with restating main point

Become very aware of what you include and what you do not.

Ask yourself if every paragraph answers the So What? Question.

Use transitions to help create your argument