Instructions for the literature review worth 20% of your final grade, 2500 words ?email matthew.maccallum@koi.edu.au if you have any questions.
Goal of the assignment:
A postgraduate student has to be able to critically review literature, They have search for articles related to a particular problem themselves and critically review the literature, Most students find the easiest way to this is look at what has been done and think of what new research can be done, for example what factors have not been considered or if there different articles disagree how would you work out which article is correct. Follow the instructions given below and make sure you propose new research in the assignment you will have to refer to this new research in the exam. Some literature reviews are much more difficult for example they discuss why all the previous research is wrong, However most students find this difficult , I strongly suggest you matthew.maccallum@koi.edu.au if you want to argue that a journal article is totally wrong
Submission: ?
Upload a soft copy – Word .doc or .docx - to Turnitin.?
The assignment must be properly referenced, you must give a references to all the material you used to the write the assignment and you must have actually read all the references given in your assignment. If it is not clear you have done this you will be be sent an email requiring them to provide a separate file that has all the original source material used in there assignment.
Presentation: ?
2500 + 10% word critical review - Word .doc or .docx Title page, executive summary, table of contents, appropriate headings and sub-headings, recommendations/findings/ conclusions, in-text referencing and reference list (Harvard – Anglia style), attachments if relevant. Single spaced, font Times New Roman 12pt, Calibri 11pt or Arial 10pt Instructions:
*All the articles/reports used in the literature review must be related to the topic “cheating at university” ?
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* You have to demonstrate you understand what a literature review is, so make sure you have looked at the lecture slides explaining what a literature review is.
For your literature review you must refer to the article
TEQSA, n.d (no date), Report on Student Academic Integrity and Allegations of Contract
Cheatingby University Students. [online] Available at
http://www.teqsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/publication-documents/ ReportOnAllegationsOfStudentMisconduct.pdf
And you must use at least 3 free journal articles taken from https://scholar.google.com.au/scholar?start=10&q=cheat+use+website+university +assignment+journal+abstract&hl=en&as_sdt=1,5&as_ylo=2010&as_yhi=2016&as_vis=1
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You can add extra words to refine the search but you cannot delete words
3 articles is that it prevents them finding all the articles from Go to webpage that “helps” students write their essays and search for “literature review plagiarism”
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*You can use other sources as well however , as mentioned before, you must refer to
http://www.teqsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/publication-documents/
ReportOnAllegationsOfStudentMisconduct.pdf and refer to at least 3 articles taken from https://scholar.google.com.au/scholar?start=10&q=cheat+use+website+university +assignment+journal+abstract&hl=en&as_sdt=1,5&as_ylo=2010&as_yhi=2016&as_vis=1
(adding search terms is permitted deleting search terms is not)
Double check your assignment, make sure you have added references for all the journal articles you used in the assignment.
The reference for the TEQSA article is
TEQSA, n.d. (no date), Report on Student Academic Integrity and Allegations of Contract Cheatingby University Students. [online] Available at http://www.teqsa.gov.au/sites/ default/files/publication-documents/ReportOnAllegationsOfStudentMisconduct.pdf [Accessed 30 Janurary 2015].
You are supposed to paraphrase the material so there is no excuse for accidentally pasting in references you did not use.
Marking scheme and tips to get marks
Marking Guide: The following rubric will be used and the total mark scaled to a mark out of 20 note that the topic is “a literature review on plagiarism at university so students must demonstrate they have researched plagiarism AND they know what a literature review is
80%-100% Full understanding of the topic and its importance to the broader context. Evidence of conceptually sophisticated thinking e.g. by inclusion of personal views, connections with other subject areas etc. Arguments supported by evidence and examples.
Student will have consulted a wide range of appropriate sources (journal articles) ?. Appropriate referencing in a standard format with minimal errors.
Excellent overall standard of presentation, exhibiting a high standard of English and clarity of expression. Appropriate use of fonts and effects. Rich, flowing text, pleasure to read with minimal errors. Appropriate separation of text into sections/sub-sections.
Summarize all the results effectively for example use original tables and figures to summarize data from multiple sources to support an argument.
70%-79% Student will have demonstrated substantial understanding of the topic area and its place in the broader context. Critical evaluation and arguments supported by evidence and examples with some evidence of independent thinking, for example compare two of the articles, do the articles agree or disagree.
Evidence of consulting a range of appropriate
Sources (journal articles) which are appropriately referenced. No significant errors. High standard of presentation, exhibiting a good standard of English and clarity of expression. Appropriate use of fonts and effects. Writing is accurate
50%-59% Understanding of the topic demonstrated, but with limited evaluation of its importance. Restricted use of evidence and examples. Some errors. At least acceptable standards of English, but with ambiguities and awkward expression. Some attention to layout and formatting. References in text and bibliography correctly cited. Writing mostly accurate, but uninteresting.
Less than 50% Limited understanding of the topic area. Frequent factual or other errors. Inadequate standard of presentation. Poor use of English and inappropriate use of fonts and effects. Writing has frequent ambiguities, errors of expression, verbose or too brief. Insufficient reading around the topic. Referencing contains errors. Almost no attempt to provide a logical structure, or consider layout and formatting. No evidence of independent thought
Tips:
Tip 1
Also note that you are doing a literature review, it is OK to start of talking about plagiarism is general terms but at least some of you literature review should have a narrow focus, it should focus on specific issues.
Tip 2
In a literature review you have to summarize the existing research and then propose new research, ?
so you have to propose new research in your literature review. Not only do you have to propose new research in your literature review you have to refer to it in your final exam as well (refer to the sample final exams on moodle)
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tip 3
As for your own example you can discuss the assignment you are doing,?example ?
A good assignment is supposed to reduce cheating however a boring assignment may encourage students to cheat, If an assignment has specific instructions it makes it harder for students to use webpages that “help” students write assignments but do the instructions of this assignment help students write assignments, Do you think the instructions prevent cheating.
Tip 4 ?
Think of a specific problem related to plagiarism ?
For example Pretend you actually work at KOI, The government demands students do not cheat, It also demands there is a high pass rate, So you cannot simply fail the students that cheat you have to actually prevent them from cheating. There are examples of cheating given on moodle so make a report that discusses the problem and how journal articles can help fix the problem.