ED/5010 ED5010 ED 5010 UNIT 6 Assignment 1
- capella-university / ED 5010
- 27 Dec 2017
- Price: $20
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ED 5010 UNIT 6 Assignment 1
Assignment 1
Literature Review
Overview
For the past couple of units, you have been focusing on the skills of locating, reading, and interpreting scholarly literature. To demonstrate the skills you have developed, for this assignment you will create a literature review addressing how multiculturalism affects curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
As a scholar, you are developing and demonstrating a number of academic skills by completing both parts of this assignment. Creating annotations of articles (Part 1) shows your ability to focus on the main components of an article and to think critically about empirical studies. Creating an integrated discussion of the literature that you read (Part 2) shows that you are able to think in a "big picture" way; synthesizing what you read into main ideas in order to draw conclusions and make recommendations demonstrates higher-order thinking skills. You will apply such skills as a master's-level educator.
Assignment Instructions
- Locate 4–5 articles, at least 3 of which have not been provided as readings in this course, on the topic of multiculturalism and how cultural issues impact curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Be sure to include both empirical articles and other types of articles about which you learned in the Unit 5 studies. Use current articles—those that have been published within the last five years.
- Complete Part 1: Draft an annotation for each article. Annotations are short summaries that encompass the main information from the article. For empirical articles, you should include the purpose of the study, data collection and analysis details, and the findings. Then, identify any limitations of the study. For other types of articles, include the author's main premises: describe the main ideas that the author discussed.
- Complete Part 2: Provide a 2–3 page summary in which you synthesize the research. This should be an integrated discussion of the literature you read; it should not read like a list of article summaries. When you synthesize the literature you read, you combine the different articles into a whole—an integrated discussion of the literature, not a list of article summaries. Usually, the articles you select on a topic can cluster around a theme. (In this case, the theme might be one particular issue related to multicultural issues related to curriculum, instruction, and assessment.) Link the article summaries together in a connected way.
In writing a synthesized summary:
- DO: Identify the theme/issue and discuss it, using citations from the articles. In your discussion, draw overall conclusions based on the literature you read, make recommendations for teaching practice, and connect the practice in your own setting to the research.
- DO NOT: Write a list of the main points of the articles as your summary. It should NOT read: this author said…this author said…this author said.
Combine both parts of the assignment into one Word document and submit that document in the assignment area.
Submission Requirements
- Parts 1 and 2 should be combined into one Word document.
- Written communication:Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
- APA formatting:Resources and citations are formatted according to APA style and formatting.
- Length:2–3 double-spaced, typed pages.
- Font and font size:Times New Roman, 12 point.
CRITERIA |
NON-PERFORMANCE |
BASIC |
PROFICIENT |
DISTINGUISHED |
Apply information literacy skills to locate relevant articles on multicultural issues in curriculum, instruction, and assessment. |
Does not apply information literacy skills to locate articles relevant to multicultural issues in curriculum, instruction, and assessment. |
Applies information literacy skills to locate articles, but not all of these articles are relevant to multicultural issues in curriculum, instruction, and assessment. |
Applies information literacy skills to locate relevant articles on multicultural issues in curriculum, instruction, and assessment. |
Applies information literacy skills to locate relevant articles on multicultural issues in curriculum, instruction, and assessment; the articles are drawn from recent peer-reviewed literature and reputable experts, professional journals, or organizations. |
Summarize articles on multicultural issues in curriculum, instruction, and assessment. |
Does not summarize articles on multicultural issues in curriculum, instruction, and assessment. |
Summarizes articles on multicultural issues in curriculum, instruction, and assessment, but misses key components. |
Summarizes articles on multicultural issues in curriculum, instruction, and assessment. |
Summarizes articles on multicultural issues in curriculum, instruction, and assessment; leverages direct quotes from the article as well as one’s own words to summarize key content and evidence in the articles. |
Synthesize literature addressing multicultural issues in curriculum, instruction, and assessment to inform personal educational practices. |
Does not summarize literature addressing multicultural issues in curriculum, instruction. |
Summarizes components of literature, but does not integrate the perspectives into a synthesized whole. |
Synthesizes literature addressing multicultural issues in curriculum, instruction, and assessment to inform teaching practices. |
Synthesizes literature addressing multicultural issues in curriculum, instruction, and assessment to inform teaching practices; provides specific examples of how lessons learned from the literature could be applied in one’s educational setting. |
Use effective writing style, grammar, usage, and mechanics. |
Does not write clearly and logically; includes grammar, punctuation, or mechanical errors that consistently interfere with the communication of ideas. |
Writing lacks clarity or logical flow at points; includes a few minor grammar, usage, or mechanical errors; these issues occasionally interfere with the communication of ideas. |
Consistently writes clearly and logically, with minimal errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics. |
Writes clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, usage, and mechanics throughout. |
Apply APA style to citations and references. |
Does not include citations or references. |
Minimally applies APA style to citations and references but contains pervasive errors in the application. |
Applies APA style to citations and references. |
Applies APA style to citations and references with no errors in formatting. |