BRE810 S117 Page 1 of 1 Assessment Item 2 Literature Review Description/Focus: Literature review Value: 35 % Due date: Midnight Friday Week 9 Length: 2500-3000 words Task: Undertake a literature search on a topic of your choice and select at least 2 – 4 academic journal articles and write a literature review. Presentation: Submission in a word document only. Include appropriate headings; font Arial 11. CDU Harvard referencing style required. Submissions via Learnline through safeassign submission point. Assessment criteria: Refer to the assessment rubric on learnline The task The assessment requires you to select at least 2-4 academic journal articles from the topic area of your choice / that are relevant to your research problem. A literature review requires you to engage with the articles that you have selected mainly by discussing, evaluating or critiquing the way in which the author has conducted and presented the research. You will need to: 1. Describe the main concepts (theories or models) put forward and / or applied in this article; 2. Critically discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the concepts (theories or models), their contribution to knowledge; 3. Debate and analyse the findings presented in that article. It is expected that you will critique these articles based on the concepts and understandings that you have gained about conducting research from this unit and the knowledge that you have in the area you have selected. ATTENTION: Your report will be checked for plagiarism (i.e. copy & paste / using any material from any kind of source without referencing it properly). Plagiarism will lead to a Fail and might trigger further consequences. Some useful sources Note: to access the links copy and paste them into your internet browser Charles Darwin University, Academic assignment- other assignment types- critiques, accessed 15.06.15 at http://learnline.cdu.edu.au/studyskills/studyskills/critiques.html University of the Fraser Valley, Article review/critique, accessed on 15.06.15 at http://www.ufv.ca/media/assets/writing-centre/article+review+and+critique.pdf University of New South Wales, Writing a critical review, accessed on 15.06.15 at https://student.unsw.edu.au/writing-critical-review