Review of The Literature

Review of The Literature 授課老師：任維廉報告者：蕭宜家 2012/4/18

作者介紹 • John W. Creswell • Professor of Educational Psychology at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. • He specializes in qualitative and quantitative research designs and methods, multimethodresearch.

Outline • The research topic • The literature review 2.1 The use of the literature 2.2 Design Techniques 2.3 The definition of terms 2.4 A quantitative or mixed methods literature review • Summary

1. The Research Topic • The topic is the subject or subject matter of proposed study. • Draft a brief title to the study • Try to complete this sentence, ”My study is about…” • Creating title • Be brief and avoid wasting words • Make sure it includes the topic of the study • Pose the topic as a brief question

1. The Research Topic • Whether the topic can and should be researched ? • Can • If researcher have participants willing to serve in the study. • If investigators have resources to collect data and can analyze the information. • Should • Whether anyone outside the researcher’s own immediate institution or area would be interested in the topic. • Researcher’s personal goal

2. The Literature Review • It shares with the reader the results of other studies. • It provides a framework for establishing the importance of the study as well as a benchmark for comparing the results with other findings. • Should be brief and summarize the major literature on the research problem.

2.1 The Use of The Literature • Qualitative research • The literature is a manner consistent with the assumption of learning from the participant. • Need to be answered from the researcher’s standpoint. • Quantitative research • Provides direction for questions or hypotheses. • Introduce a problem or to describe the existing literature. • Compare finding. • Mixed methods study

2.2 Design Techniques-Step in conducting a literature review • Identify key word. • Search the databases. • Try to find about 50 reports of research or books related to your topic. • Skim and duplicate those that central your topic. • Identify useful literature. (literature map) • Draft summaries of the most relevant articles. • Assemble the literature review

2.2 Design Techniques-Search computerized databases • ERIC • Google scholar • Commercial database • ProQuest • Sociological abstracts • Social sciences citation index

2.2 Design Techniques-A priority for selecting literature material • Journal article • Easiest to locate and duplicate • Dissertation • Quality • Difficult to read • Web • Easy to access • Quality • Online journals

2.2 Design Techniques-A literature map of the research • Organize the literature • Build a visual picture of existing research • Way to organize the literature map

2.2 Design Techniques-A literature map of the research

2.2 Design Techniques-Abstracting studies • Mention the problem being addressed. • State the central purpose or focus of the study. • Briefly state information. • Review key results that relate to the proposed study.

2.2 Design Techniques-Style manuals • Provide guidelines for creating a scholarly style of a manuscript. • In-text references • End-of-text references • Headings • Footnotes • Tables and figures

2.3 The Definition of Terms • If there is any likelihood that readers don’t know the meaning. • When it first appears in the proposal. • Do not define the terms in everyday language. • Qualitative studies • Do not include the separate section • Quantitative studies • In the separate section • Mixed methods studies

2.4 A Quantitative or Mixed Methods Literature Review • The literature be composed of 5 components • Introduction • independent variable • dependent variable • relates the independent variable to the depend variable • summary

3. Summary • Identify your topic • Qualitative research • Literature helps substantiate the problem. • At the end of study. • Quantitative research • Literature helps substantiate the problem. • Not only helps substantiate the problem, but also suggests possible questions that needs to be addressed. • Separate section • Mixed methods research

3. Summary • Steps in conducting a literature review • Define the key terms

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