When writing a critical literature review, you will need to summarize, evaluate, and offer critical comments on the ideas and information that the author(s) presents in the literature.

Your goal should be to read and understand the literature, analyze the findings or arguments, and evaluate and comment on the literature.

Ask yourself these questions:

Be sure to address the following issues within your literature review:

• Name of article and journal cited in proper APA format
• Where did you find this article? How did you know that it was a reliable and valid site?
• What is the issue that the article is specifically addressing? Is this a significant problem or issue related to the concepts and theory in this course? Why or why not?
• What references did the author use in this article?
• Did the article contain research? What data was used? What instruments, if any, were used to collect data?
• What were some of the conclusions, if any, to the research in this article?
• Was the article reliable and valid? Explain.
• Was this article wellwritten? Thoughtful and reflective?Applicable for the classroom teacher?
• What were the limitations in this article? Any variables?
• Any other thoughts, comments?