In this fifth assignment for Ed 603, you are going to prepare an outline for your review of literature, place your article codes in the outline, and write your review of related literature.
After you reviewed the articles which you identified in your computerized search of the literature, you have coded the articles by content and abstracted them to your satisfaction. You now have the information you need to write an outline for your review of the literature, put your article codes in the outline, and write your review of the literature, considering the suggestions that were made in Lesson 4.
Your literature review should run a minimum of 8-10 pages. It should be single spaced, but double spaced between paragraphs. Your text gives some suggestions for writing your lit review on pages 46-70 (Gay & Airasian, 2003). In a nutshell, they suggest "...make an outline; sort your references into appropriate topic piles; analyze the relationships and differences between references in a given subheading, do not present your references as a series of abstracts or annotations; discuss references least related to the problem first, and conclude with a brief summary of the literature and its implications." (Gay & Airasian, 2003, page 69). This summary should lead directly into your research problem. It anticipates the research problem and indicates why you are investigating this particular problem.
You should create a word processing document for the assignment. As you did for previous assignments, at the top of the page, on the first line record the following: Ed 603, Lesson 5 Assignment. On the second line record your name and student number at MSUM (if you have one). On the third line record the date you completed the assignment.
In the assignment you should include the following four items:
After you have completed the assigment (and saved it on your computer) send e-mail to your instructor indicating that you are sending the lesson 5 assignment in and then attach the file for the assignment to your email message. The e-mail address for the instructor, John Wasson, is wassonj@teleport.com
Here is an example of what a completed assignment for lesson 5 could look like. For this example I am using the same research topic we used to model the ERIC search in the body of Lesson 4.
Ed 603, Lesson 5 Assignment
John Wasson, Student Number 710967
December 12, 2001
Research Topic: The educational characterisitcs of gifted students with learning disabilities at the middle school level
Outline: The educational characteristics of gifted students with learning disabilities: Implications for educational planning
A. Introduction
1. The articulated problem of the education of gifted students with learning disabilities (the problem of providing an appropriate educational plan for gifted students with learning disabilities) (Bender, 2001, p. 71), (Brody, 1997), (Dansinger, 1998), (Miller, 2000, Brody article), (Walther-Thomas, 1999)B. Who are the gifted learners with learning disabilities?2. Special problems in providing an appropriate education plan for gifted students with learning disabilities in the middle school
1. Definition of gifted and talented learners (Clark, 1992), (Fetzer, 2000)2. Definition of specific learning disabilities (Bender, 2001), (Fetzer, 2000)
3. Definition of gifted learners with learning disabilities (Beckley, 1998), (Cline, 1999, section 2), (Mills, 1999), (Webb, 2000)
C. What are the educational characteristics of gifted students with
learning disabilities?
1. Preschool and elementaryD. Which characteristics seem to be the most important for identifying and planning for gifted students with learning disabilities in the middle school?
a. Characteristics of gifted students with learning disabilities in the preschool and elementary school (Miller, 2000, Abelman article), (Robinson, 1999), (Zentall, 1997)2. middle school and high schoolb. Implications for instruction or suggested learning strategies at the preschool and elementary school level
a. Characteristics of gifted students with learning disabilities in the middle school and high school (Arehole, 1999), (Dole, 2000), (Hayes, 1998), (Rigo, 1998), (Shaywitz, 2000)b. Implications for instruction or suggested learning strategies at the middle school and high school level (Bees, 1998), (Deshler, 1997), (Inglehart, 1998),
3. Post secondary and adult
a. Characteristics of gifted students with learning disabilities at the post secondary and adult levels (Ferri, 1997), (Fiedler, 1999), (Holliday, 1999), (Reis, 2000), (Thrailkill, 1998)b. Implications for instruction or suggested learning strategies at the post secondary and adult level (Bartolussi, 1997, Brandli article), (Reis, 2000)
E. What specific research problem does this lead to?
F. Summary
Literature review: Under construction
Please check back later to see the sample review of related literature
References:
Baum, S. (1990). Gifted but learning disabled: A puzzling paradox [On-line]. Available: http://members.aol.com/discanner/ld.html
Beckley, D. (1998). Gifted and learning disabled: Twice exceptional students. Storrs, CT: National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 424 711)
Brody, L. E., & Mills, C. J. (1997). Gifted children with learning disabilities: A review of the issues. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 30, 282-296.
Dix, J., & Schafer, S. (1996). From paradox to performance: Practical strategies for identifying and teaching GT/LD students. Gifted Child Today Magazine, 19(1), 22-25, 28-31.
Doney, C. J. (1995). Creating opportunities, or what is it like to be a WHALE? Journal of Learning disabilities, 28, 194-195.
Hannah, C. L., & Shore, B. M. (1995). Metacognition and high intellectual ability: Insights from the study of learning-disabled gifted students. Gifted Child Quarterly, 39, 95-109.
Hishinuma, E., & Tadaki, S. (1996). Addressing diversity of the gifted/at risk characteristics for identification. Gifted Child Today Magazine, 19(5), 20-25, 28-29, 45, 50.
Norton, S., Hartwell-Hunicutt, K., & Norton, R. C. (1996). The learning disabled/gifted student. Contemporary Education, 68(1), 36-40.
Silverman, L. (1997). Gifted children with learning disabilities [On-line]. Available: http://members.aol.com/discanner/gtld.html