Literature Review Evaluation

3%

Structure. The document should have a coherent structure rather than just being a listing of references and summaries. Ordinarily the structure should be based on the points of intersection between the students' project and the existing related work. The review should give enough information about the project so that the structure can be motivated but this document is not a rehash of the project plan.

5%

Relevance. The review should be approached from the point of view of the project on which the student is working. Reviewed literature must be relevant to the project for some reason and that relevance should be discussed so as to put the project in context.

7%

Adequacy of coverage. Are the major works in the area covered to an appropriate depth? Too much depth can bad too (we want a review not a detailed survey). If the reader is not familiar with the area then this mark should be a measure of whether enough information was given to enable the context to be established by a non-expert.

5%

Writing style, grammar, presentation etc.