At 01:28 PM 3/31/99 -0600, you wrote:
>The way you ask the students to write a lit review means
>that they do not learn how to integrate the literature - a key part of
>writing a literature review is that it is more than a summary of
>articles.
I see the problem of literature integration as one of the most pervasive
weaknesses in student writing. The couple of books that I am acquainted with
on how to write psychology papers provide very little insight into this issue.
Most focus on the "mechanics" of how to write an introduction (e.g., what to
include and how; APA style). I suppose that this is the type of skill that
only develops through experience reading and writing literature reviews, and/or
through the kind of "intimacy" with the literature that cannot be acquired from
the point of view of the "detached" student who "has to write this annoying
paper for this course".
If anyone is aware of any book, paper, or, if you've developed a handout that
discusses this problem I would love to hear from you.
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