practicum
Chamberlain College of Nursing NR621 Nurse Educator Continuing
Graduate Experience
Research Summary Table Template
For Week 3 Review of Literature Assignment
Author (Date)
Design
Sample/
Setting
Findings
Measures (Outcomes)
Limitations/Evidence Level
NR621_W3_Research Summary Table Template RS 2/2018 Week 3 Review of the Literature Paper
Guidelines and Scoring Rubric
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to assist students in developing a research summary table and synthesis of the literature based on the educational or other intervention the student proposes.
Due Date: Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 3
Total Points Possible: 150
Requirements:
You begin your Review of Literature in this assignment by constructing a research summary table. You will use the research summary table to synthesize the literature on your intervention into the Review of Literature paper.
1. The following information should be included in this section of your proposal.
a. Research Summary Table
i. Collect the ten research studies on your teaching intervention that were approved by your instructor. Only use these ten articles in your review of literature.
ii. Use the Research Summary Table Template to develop your table. Consulting the research articles approved by your instructor and fill in the table in your own words.
iii. Select 10 evidence-based articles on your intervention. Consult the examples in the Potential Education Practicum Paper Topics document to ensure that your articles are on the educational intervention you have chosen (an evidence-based teaching strategy) and not on the educational problem or issue.
b. Examining your table column by column, identify major themes in your articles.
c. Use your major themes to organize your Review of Literature under subheadings. You are likely to have two to five themes or subheadings.
d. Briefly summarize the major themes from your synthesis of literature to end your Review of Literature.
2. Place your Research Summary Table at the end of the template labelled Appendix A, Research Summary Table.
Preparing the paper
Chamberlain College of Nursing NR621 Concluding Graduate Experience I
Follow the instructions above. The paper should be two to four pages long. This is an estimate to guide you and not a strict requirement. The goal is for you to end up with a 15-page document suitable for publication when you have finished your Education Practicum Project in NR622. Please use the template you used for the Introduction for this assignment.
NR621 Week 3 Review of Literature
Grading Rubric
Assignment Criteria
Exceptional
(100%)
Outstanding or highest level of performance
Exceeds
(88%)
Very good or high level of performance
Meets
(80%)
Competent or satisfactory level of performance
Needs Improvement
(38%)
Poor or failing level of performance
Developing
(0)
Unsatisfactory level of performance
Content = 130 points
Research Summary Table
30 Points
27 Points
24 Points
12 Points
0 Points
Develops a Research Summary Table featuring at least 10 evidence-based articles on the intervention and not the educational problem or issue.
Develops a Research Summary Table featuring at least nine evidence-based articles on the intervention; one article is included on the educational problem or issue.
Develops a Research Summary Table featuring at least eight evidence-based articles on the intervention; two articles are included on the educational problem or issue.
Develops a Research Summary Table featuring seven or fewer evidence-based articles on the intervention; three or more articles are included on the educational problem or issue.
Does not develop a Research Summary Table.
Analysis of Articles
30 Points
27 Points
24 Points
12 Points
0 Points
Analyzes all of the articles in the table accurately with respect to design, sample/setting, findings, outcome measures, and limitations
Analyzes 9 of the articles in the table accurately with respect to design, sample/setting, findings, outcome measures, and limitations
Analyzes 8 of articles in the table accurately with respect to design, sample/setting, findings, outcome measures, and limitations
Analyzes 4-6 of the articles in the table accurately with respect to design, sample/setting, findings, outcome measures, and limitations
Analyzes 0-3 of the articles in the table accurately with respect to design, sample/setting, findings, outcome measures, and limitations
Themes and Subheadings
20 Points
18 Points
16 Points
8 Points
0 Points
Identifies several themes emerging from the research summary table and uses the themes for subheadings.
Identifies several themes emerging from the research summary table but a few of the themes are not described clearly.
Identifies several themes emerging from the research summary table but misses one or more important themes or summarizes articles without tying their results to a theme.
Identifies a few themes emerging from the research summary table but most of Review of Literature consists of article-by-article summaries.
Review of literature is a list of summaries of articles and does not reflect synthesis of the literature.
Description of each theme
30 Points
27 Points
24 Points
12 Points
0 Points
Thoroughly describes what was found in the literature about each theme.
Describes what was found in the literature about each theme but some areas are unclear.
Describes what was found in the literature about each theme but half of the synthesis is unclear.
Describes what was found in the literature about each theme but the entire synthesis is unclear.
Does not describe what was found in the literature about each theme but instead focuses on an article-by-article summary.
Summary of what was found in the review of the literature.
20 Points
18 Points
16 Points
8 Points
0 Points
Summarizes the major themes in the Review of Literature and relates them to the intervention and evaluation.
Summarizes the major themes in the Review of Literature but portions of the summary are unclear.
Summarizes the major themes in the Review of Literature but portions of the summary are unclear and the summary is not related to the coming intervention and evaluation paper.
Barely summarizes the themes in the Review of Literature.
Does not summarize what was found in the review of the literature.
Format
Possible Points = 20
Grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation
10 Points
8 Points
6Points
2 Points
0 Points
Proper grammar, spelling syntax, and punctuation are used, with no more than one to two errors.
Proper grammar, spelling syntax, and punctuation are used, with no more than three to four errors.
Proper grammar, spelling syntax, and punctuation are used to some extent, with no more than five to six errors.
Proper grammar, spelling syntax, and punctuation are not used; assignment contains seven to nine errors.
Proper grammar, spelling syntax, and punctuation are not used; assignment contains 10 or more errors.
APA title page, citations, and reference page
10 Points
8 Points
6 Points
2 Points
0 Points
Proper APA format is used, with no more than one to two errors.
Proper APA format is used, with no more than three to four errors.
Proper APA format is used to some extent, with no more than with five to six errors.
Proper APA format is not used, with no more than seven to nine errors.
Assignment contains 10 or more errors in APA format.
Total
_____of 150 points
