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Instructions: For this assignment, you will find, read, and summarize three high-quality articles from peer-reviewed journals and two websites for the domain related to the most critical area of need in the district you evaluated (identified in Running Project 1). Your final assignment will include summaries of these 5 articles/websites. You should be careful and deliberate in your search. Rather than settle on the first article you find related to your topic, look for articles and websites that can help you to address some of the weaknesses in your own school system. For example, if you select “Student Involvement” as your domain, you should find an article that relates to transition-age youth and transition planning. You would not earn full points for reviewing an article about self-advocacy in elementary school. To earn full points, at least one of your research articles and at least one website should address a diversity issue. For example, if your area of focus is family involvement in transition, one of your articles should discuss culturally diverse family involvement in transition. For a website example, you could search for a website that addresses diversity for families who have children with disabilities. There are several avenues for identifying articles and websites for your project. First, you can check the readings and additional resources from class related to the topic you have selected. Be sure to consider recent articles; do not go back beyond the year 2000. To get started, go to Google Scholar (Links to an external site.). If you are not familiar with this, get familiar with it! Search for some suggested journals: Career Development for Exceptional Individuals (this journal is the leading journal for transition), Exceptional Children, Journal of Special Education and Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, Journal of Learning Disabilities, Journal of Special Education and other professional journals with which you may be familiar. You can browse these journals by each edition and look at the table of contents for titles pertaining to your topic. This is a great way to identify current articles related to your topic. You may check the resources sections of the different topics covered in class to assist with finding websites. It is expected that you will use the American Psychological Association’s rules for citing references in APA style, using the APA Style Publication Manual (6th Edition). There are several excellent websites that provide good information about APA style. Both your research articles and your websites must be listed using APA format (6th edition). Guidelines: Please include the following information in your report. Use the headers listed as your major headers, as this will ensure you include all the critical information. 1. Brief description of the domain you have selected and a rationale. This is based on the results of your Quality Indicators results from Project 1. Be sure to reference your Quality Indicator results in your rationale. 2. Literature Review Table. For each of the research articles you review, you will fill in a row of a literature review table (template on page 3). The headings are as follows (see sample on next page): a. APA Citation of the Article b. Research Purpose c. Key Findings 3. Website Abstracts. For each of the websites, you create an abstract that includes the following information: a. APA Citation of the Website b. Website description (e.g. target audience, focus, description of resources and links) 4. Summary of Findings. Provide a brief (two to three paragraphs) summary of your findings and describe how this information might impact or influence your practice. Your summary should address the following: a. For the articles: i. What did you learn that was new? ii. What were common findings across all three articles? b. For the websites: i. What did you like about these websites? ii. How does the information relate to your priority transition domain? c. For the overall summary, describe how you will use the information you learned and apply it to your practice and/or make programmatic changes. Please save your work as one document that includes your rationale, literature review table, your website abstracts, and your summary of findings within this assignment. • To view the detailed rubric showing how you will be assessed is listed below on pages 4-8. • To access the literature review table template is listed below on page 3. Running Project Part Two Criteria Ratings Pts Description of the domain you have selected and a rationale 10 pts APA citations for websites and articles 10 pts Literature Review Table: Selection of appropriate articles 50 pts Literature Review Table: Research purposes 50 pts Literature Review Table: Key Findings 50 pts Website Abstracts: Selection of appropriate websites 50 pts Website Abstracts: Website Description 50 pts Summary of Findings 50 pts Total Points: 320 Literature Review Table (please use this template for your assignment) Study (APA Citation) Purpose(s) of Study Key Findings Fabian, E. S. (2007). Urban youth with disabilities: Factors affecting transition employment. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 50, 130–138. 1. To assess employment outcomes for urban, minority youth who participated in the Marriott Foundation’s Bridges from School to Work program (Bridges) 2. To identify predictors of employment outcomes for Bridges participants • 68% of Bridges youth secured a job (as compared to • Average earned wages varied by disability (EBD-low, speech & language- high) and race/ethnicity (African American-low, Asian-high). • Factors positively associated with employment outcomes included: male gender, previous vocational experience, and not receiving SSI benefits 0 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10 Description of the domain you have selected and a rationale. A description of the domain was not included. Domain selected is identified but not described in detail nor is the domain supported by the Quality Indicators data. Domain selected is identified. The choice was not based on the results of the Quality Indicators survey from project 1 or this link to the data was not described. Domain selected is identified and somewhat described. A rationale is not provided. The choice was based on the results of the Quality Indicators survey from project 1. Domain selected is identified and briefly described. A rationale is provided. The choice was based on the results of the Quality Indicators survey from project 1. Domain selected is identified and clearly described. A rationale is explained and is directly connected to project 1. The choice was based on the results of the Quality Indicators survey from project 1. APA citations for websites and articles No APA citations or reference list is provided. Less than 4 of the sources are properly formatted in APA style. More than 3 of the APA references have major errors (e.g., incorrect citation of a title, volume, authors, etc.) as well multiple as minor errors (e.g., punctuation). Citations are not always correct throughout paper and table. Quotes are not used appropriately. Less than 3 of the sources are properly formatted in APA style. More than 3 of the APA references have major errors (e.g., incorrect citation of a title, volume, authors, etc.) as well multiple as minor errors (e.g., punctuation). Citations are not always correct throughout paper and table. Quotes are not used appropriately. At least 3 of the sources are properly formatted in APA style. More than 2 of the APA references have major errors (e.g., incorrect citation of a title, volume, authors, etc.) as well multiple as minor errors (e.g., punctuation). Citations are not always correct throughout paper and table. Quotes are used appropriately. Most of the 5 sources are properly formatted in APA style. APA references are mostly written accurately with one major error (incorrect citation of a title, volume, authors, etc.) as well as minor errors (e.g., punctuation). Citations are correct throughout paper and table. Quotes are used appropriately. All 5 sources are all properly formatted in APA style. All APA references are written accurately with no mistakes or extremely minor mistakes (e.g., punctuation). In text citations using APA are made correctly throughout paper and table. Quotes are used appropriately. /20 0 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 Literature Review Table: Selection of appropriate articles The selected articles are not relevant to the targeted domain and are not from peer-reviewed research journals. The selected articles are relevant to the targeted domain, but none were directly relevant to the targeted domain, were too old, or unrelated to the topic and were not from peer-reviewed research journals. The selected articles are relevant to the targeted domain topic but two or more are not related to the specific area of need identified through the QI survey or the article was too old. The articles are all from publications but were not all peer reviewed journals (e.g., newsletter, monograph). None of the articles address diversity. The selected articles are relevant to the targeted domain topic but at least one is not related to the specific area of need identified through the QI survey or the article was too old. The articles are all from publications but were not all peer reviewed journals (e.g., newsletter, monograph). None of the articles address diversity. The selected articles are all relevant to the targeted domain topic and the specific area of need identified in the QI survey. The articles are all from publications but were not all peer reviewed journals (e.g., newsletter, monograph). None of the articles address diversity. The selected articles are all relevant to the targeted domain topic and the specific area of need identified in the QI study and are from peer-reviewed journals. At least one article addresses diversity. Literature Review Table: Research Purpose Research purpose not provided for two or more of the articles and the others were vague or missing critical information. Research purpose for two of the articles is vague or missing critical information or too wordy and containing unnecessary and irrelevant information. Research purpose for all three articles is present, but the descriptions for one article is vague or missing critical information or is either too wordy or contains irrelevant information. Research purpose for at least 1 of the articles is accurately and clearly described but the others were either too wordy or contain unnecessary information or were missing details. Research purpose for 2 of the articles is accurately and clearly described with enough information for the reader to understand the purpose of the study. Research purpose for all three articles is accurately and clearly described with enough information for the reader to understand the purpose of the study. The purpose for each article is consistently formatted and reads well. Literature Review Table: Key Findings The key findings were not provided for more than 2 of the articles The key findings are missing for one or more of the articles. The key findings for all at least 1 of the articles is accurate but the key findings for the other article are vague or missing critical information. Missing key information or is too wordy and contains unnecessary information. The section was inconsistently formatted and did not read well. The key findings for 2 of the articles are accurate but at least one article is either missing key information or is too wordy and contains unnecessary information. The section was inconsistently formatted and did not read well. The key findings for three articles are accurate with enough information for the reader to understand the results of the study. The section was inconsistently formatted and did not read well. The key findings for all three articles are accurately and clearly described with enough information for the reader to understand the results of the study. The key findings section is consistently formatted and reads well. Website Abstracts: Selection of appropriate websites All 3 of the selected websites was not relevant to the targeted domain topic and contain out-of-date information None of the websites address diversity. At least 2 of the selected websites was not relevant to the targeted domain topic and at least 2 current or contain out-of-date information None of the websites address diversity. At least 1 of the selected websites was not relevant to the targeted domain topic and at least one was current or contain out-of-date information None of the websites address diversity. The selected websites are somewhat relevant to the targeted domain topic but contain out-of-date information and at least one was not relevant. None of the websites address diversity. The selected websites are all relevant to the targeted domain topic and contain up-to-date information. None of the websites address diversity. The selected websites are all relevant to the targeted domain topic and contain up-to-date information. At least one website addresses diversity. Website Abstracts: Website Description No description provided or the descriptions provides were inaccurate, misleading and incomplete. Brief description of the website with at least 2 missing 2 or more of the following: a) overall purpose, b) layout, or c) target audience for the website. At least 2 of the websites Did not describe links and resources on site, but instead focused on a single resource or topic within website. Brief description of the website with at least 2 missing one of the following: a) overall purpose, b) layout, or c) target audience for the website. At least 2 of the websites Did not describe links and resources on site, but instead focused on a single resource or topic within website. At least 2 websites with clear description of the overall purpose, layout, and target audience for the website. Did not describe links and resources on site, but instead focused on a single resource or topic within website. General description of the overall purpose, layout, and target audience for the website. Describes the various links, media, and resources that are available. Does not include summary of navigation Clear description of the overall purpose, layout, and target audience for the website. Describes the various links, media, and resources that are available. Includes summary of site navigation. Summary of Findings No summary provided. Summary includes a reflection but does not specifically address the required questions. Summary answers the following questions: 1. How did you select the articles and websites? 2. What did you learn about your targeted domain as a result of this project? 3. How will you use the information you learned? Summary clearly and logically answers the following questions: 1. How did you select the articles and websites? 2. What did you learn about your targeted domain as a result of this project? 3. How will you use the information you learned? Summary clearly and logically answers all of the following questions: 1. How did you select the articles and websites? 2. What did you learn about your targeted domain as a result of this project? 3. How will you use the information you learned? Summary specifically mentions each of the reviewed sites. Summary clearly and logically answers all of the following questions: 1. How did you select the articles and websites? 2. What did you learn about your targeted domain as a result of this project? 3. Were there any similarities or differences in the findings or perspectives of these resources? 4. How will you use the information you learned? Summary specifically mentions each of the reviewed sites. /300 Total Points /320