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Literature Reviews

Literature Reviews. How to Read and Write Literature Reviews. Guidelines for Writing a Lit Review (Pyrczak & Bruce). Start intro by describing problem area (5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.4) Lit review is a persuasive review of literature (5.6; 5.15) Use direct quotations sparingly (5.14)

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Literature Reviews

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  1. Literature Reviews How to Read and Write Literature Reviews

  2. Guidelines for Writing a Lit Review (Pyrczak & Bruce) • Start intro by describing problem area (5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.4) • Lit review is a persuasive review of literature (5.6; 5.15) • Use direct quotations sparingly (5.14) • Point out trends/themes and gaps (5.8; 5.9; 5.7) • Conclude with your research question and how your study differs from previous studies (5.11)

  3. Tips for Writing Lit Reviews • Read numerous reviews of literature (see homework assignment) • look at how it was organized • how were transitions made from one topic to another • Write an outline • give it to team member to review • Let others read it and give feedback • Revise and rewrite • writing is a process; expect to revise/rewrite

  4. More Tips: See also…. • Galvan text • Chap.1 (pp. 6-9) • Chap 2 (pp. 13-14) • Chap 3 (lit searches) • Chap 4 (evaluating lit) • Chap 6 *(analyzing lit) • Chap 7 (writing 1st draft) • Chap 8-11 (writing the lit review) • Appendix A and B (electronic searches)

  5. Lit Review Assignment: 2 Parts • Read “Individual differences in Student Cheating” • answer questions (see next slide for ques) • Complete Exercise for Chap 5 (# 1 or #2) with one article or thesis

  6. Questions for Article: Part 1 • What categories were used by the authors to group the articles they reviewed? • Describe one case in which the authors have identified a gap in the literature. • Note another example in which the authors explicitly comment about other kinds of relationships between studies (i.e., similarities, differences, etc.)

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