You must identify a minimum of eight peer-reviewed journal articles that have addressed this topic. Discuss those articles in a brief, integrated review of current (2010 to present) research on this topic. Your paper should be formatted according to the general rules of APA style and must include in-text citations, a title page, and a references page in addition to the body of the paper. You should upload this assignment as a Microsoft Word document to Canvas no later than the deadline. In addition to your paper, you must also upload pdfs of each of the journal articles that you included on your references page.
Assignment
requirements (papers without these elements are incomplete, will not be graded)
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Microsoft Word
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Document is 5 to 7 pages in length
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At least 8 peer-reviewed journal articles are referenced
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PDFs provided of all papers referenced
General
formatting Format total _____/5
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1.0” margins (1 point)
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Double spacing (1 point)
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12-point Times New Roman font (or other APA-recommended font and size) (1
point)
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Page number inside margin in upper right corner of each page (1 point)
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APA style for headings (1 point)
Title
page Title page total _____/5
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Title is centered, boldfaced (1 point)
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Author block includes name, affiliation, course, instructor, due date; centered
(1 point)
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Extra spacing between title and author block, otherwise everything
double-spaced (1 point)
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Title is no longer than 12-15 words (1 point)
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Paper looks exactly like the example paper on p. 32 of the APA Manual (1 point)
References
References total _____/10
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Starts on its own new page after the end of the literature review (1 point)
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Everything is double-spaced (1 point)
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References provided appropriately for each article cited (1 point)
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No references for articles not cited (1 point)
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APA style for references in Reference section (3 points)
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APA style for citations in text (2 points)
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Formatting: centered heading and hanging indents for all entries (1 point)
TOTAL
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