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    This document provides guidance on conducting a literature review. It discusses why literature reviews are important, including to reflect on your own problem through other perspectives, find support for your work, be challenged by other research, and determine what has already been done related to your topic. The document advises reviewing only literature directly related to your specific problem and notes that when investigating a new area, you should review any somewhat related study. It then outlines steps for searching computer databases and the internet, evaluating sources, annotating sources, analyzing and organizing the literature, and reporting the findings of the literature review.

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    This document provides guidance on conducting a literature review. It discusses why literature reviews are important, including to reflect on your own problem through other perspectives, find support for your work, be challenged by other research, and determine what has already been done related to your topic. The document advises reviewing only literature directly related to your specific problem and notes that when investigating a new area, you should review any somewhat related study. It then outlines steps for searching computer databases and the internet, evaluating sources, annotating sources, analyzing and organizing the literature, and reporting the findings of the literature review.

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    This document provides guidance on conducting a literature review. It discusses why literature reviews are important, including to reflect on your own problem through other perspectives, find support for your work, be challenged by other research, and determine what has already been done related to your topic. The document advises reviewing only literature directly related to your specific problem and notes that when investigating a new area, you should review any somewhat related study. It then outlines steps for searching computer databases and the internet, evaluating sources, annotating sources, analyzing and organizing the literature, and reporting the findings of the literature review.

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    Chapter 4: Review of Related

    Literature

    Presented by: Diya Blanchard; Emily Xu


    Why Should We Review the Literature?
    ● Allow you to reflect on your own problem through
    someone else’s lens.
    ● Find support for what you are doing.
    ● Be challenged by what other researchers have done.
    ● Determine what has already been done that related to
    your topic.
    ● Discover research strategies and specific data collection
    approaches .
    ● Facilitate interpretation of your study results.
    What if you cannot find any published
    research related to your area of
    researchers?

    ● It is not worthy of investigation!!


    ● However, it doesn’t mean your topic is not important!
    How Broad and Comprehensive should Literature Review Be?
    ● Avoid the temptation to include
    everything you find in your literature
    review.
    ● Review only those works that are
    directly related to your specific
    problem.
    ● When investigating a new or little
    researched problem area, review any
    study related in some meaningful way
    to your problem.
    Steps for Searching Computer Databases

    1. Identifying Keywords

    E.g. The Effect of Interactive Multimedia on the Achievement of Tenth-grade Biology Students

    Key words: interactive multimedia; biology

    2. Select the appropriate databases

    For example, ERIC, Education Full Text, PsycINFO, Google Scholar

    3. Initiate a search using your keywords selectively.

    4. Reformulate your search using appropriate subject headings, combining terms as


    appropriate.
    Steps for Searching Computer Databases
    5. Check the item record for links to additional subject headings or descriptors, etc.

    6. Most databases provide a link that will create a citation in various formats, including APA.

    7. Many databases allow you to create an account, so you can log in to save and manage
    your searches and your relevant research articles.
    Searching the Internet & World Wide Web
    Refer to page 88 CONSIDER YOUR SOURCE! Page 93

    Use: Google Books or Google Scholar Websites need to be closely scrutinized for:

    Usa.gov ★ Bias
    ★ Subjectivity
    Professional Organizations: ★ Intent
    ★ Accuracy
    NCTM NSTA
    ★ Reliability
    NCSS NEA

    ILA
    Evaluating Your Sources
    Refer to figure 4-6 on page 97 See Sample Literature Matrix

    Make an Outline by asking…. Analyze each reference in terms


    of your outline…..
    1. What is the problem of study?
    2. Is the study relevant given your Utilize the 5 W’s & 1 H and one H
    research intent? to you to determine the validity
    3. Who was studied? of your sources.
    4. Where was the source published?
    5. When was the study conducted?
    6. How was the study conducted?
    Annotating Your Sources
    Involves creating summaries by:

    ➢ Locating
    ➢ Reviewing
    ➢ Summarizing
    ➢ Classifying your references

    * Annotations assess the quality, relevance and accuracy of a source;


    articulate your response to a source & indicate why the source is important to
    your resource. Often times It’s beneficial to start with the most recent studies.
    Analyzing, Organizing & Reporting the Literature
    Make and outline

    Sort references by topic

    Analyze Similarities & differences between references in a given subheading

    Give a meaningful overview & conclude with a brief summary of lit review
    Thank you for you attention!

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