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Enhancing Literature Reviews: Quality Criteria and Mapping Techniques

This resource addresses the essential components of a high-quality literature review, aligned with Lovitt's general criteria. It emphasizes the significance of originality, grasp of the subject area, and an exploratory mindset. The document highlights effective mapping techniques—such as feature maps, tree constructions, and mind mapping—essential for synthesizing information and organizing knowledge. It encourages a reflexive attitude towards classification, aiming for a balance between literature organization and analytical thinking. This guide is ideal for researchers seeking to improve their literature review processes.

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Enhancing Literature Reviews: Quality Criteria and Mapping Techniques

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  1. The Role of the LiteratureReview Tine Wirenfeldt Jensen CENTER FOR TEACHING DEVELOPMENT & DIGITAL MEDIA AARHUS UNIVERSITY

  2. A rubric for the quality of a literaturereview In pairs: look at Lovitts general criteria for a literaturereview and discusshowtheserelate to yourfield

  3. Outstandingliteraturereviews Identifies and organizesanalysisaroundthemes or conceptualcategories Lovitts, 2007

  4. Demonstratingoriginality • Requiresknowledge of the subjectarea • Requires a spirit of adventure (a willingness to explore new areas) Hart, 1998

  5. Mapping and analysingideas Mapping […] enables analysis and synthesis to beundertaken; in mappingwork on a topic, youundertake the task of construction, putting together the differentstrands and elements of workthatmake up a body of knowledge on the subject. Hart, p. 142

  6. A reflexive attitude Weneed to take a technical and reflexive attitude to classification, seeking to produce a symmetrybetweenorganizingideas in the literature and thinkingabouthowwe have carried out thatorganizing. Hart, p. 14

  7. Different types of maps • Feature maps • Treeconstructions • Content maps • Taxonomicmaps • Rhetoricalmapping and analysis • Citation mapping and analysis • Mindmapping • Building a case for yourapproach • Yourowncategories and ways to model relationshipsbetweenthem • Drawing as a method

  8. References • Hart C. (1998) Doing a literature review: releasing the social science research imagination. Sage Publications • Lovitss B. (2007) Making the Implicit Explicit. Stylus. • The Study Metro. http://studiemetro.au.dk/en/.

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