This accessible text provides a roadmap for producing a high-quality literature review--an integral part of a successful thesis, dissertation, term paper, or grant proposal. Each step of searching for, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing prior studies is clearly explained and accompanied by user-friendly suggestions, organizational tips, vignettes, and examples of student work. Also featured are excerpts from peer-reviewed quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods articles.
This accessible text provides a roadmap for producing a high-quality literature review--an integral part of a successful thesis, dissertation, term paper, or grant proposal. Each step of searching for, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing prior studies is clearly explained and accompanied by user-friendly suggestions, organizational tips, vignettes, and examples of student work. Also featured are excerpts from peer-reviewed quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods articles.
Sara Efrat Efron, EdD, is Professor of Education and Director of the Doctoral Program in Curriculum, Advocacy, and Policy at National Louis University. Her areas of interest include teacher research, mentoring, and moral and democratic education in times of crisis. Dr. Efron is coauthor, with Ruth Ravid, of Writing the Literature Review and Action Research in Education, Second Edition. She has published numerous book chapters and journal articles and presents widely at national and international conferences. She has also written several foreign-language instruction books for middle and high school students. Ruth Ravid, PhD, is Professor Emerita of Education at National Louis University. Her areas of interest include educational research, action research, assessment, and school-university collaboration. Dr. Ravid has published numerous journal articles, book chapters, and books, including Writing the Literature Review and Action Research in Education, Second Edition, both coauthored with Sara Efrat Efron.
Inhaltsangabe
1. What Is a Literature Review? 2. Different Orientations to a Literature Review 3. Choosing a Review Topic and Formulating a Research Question 4. Locating and Organizing Research Sources 5. Selecting, Analyzing, and Keeping Notes of Sources 6. Evaluating Research Articles 7. Structuring and Organizing the Literature Review 8. Developing Arguments and Supporting Claims 9. Synthesizing and Interpreting the Literature 10. The Writer Voice and the Writing Process 11. Acknowledging Sources: Citations, Quotations, and Plagiarism 12. Putting It All Together References Index
1. What Is a Literature Review? 2. Different Orientations to a Literature Review 3. Choosing a Review Topic and Formulating a Research Question 4. Locating and Organizing Research Sources 5. Selecting, Analyzing, and Keeping Notes of Sources 6. Evaluating Research Articles 7. Structuring and Organizing the Literature Review 8. Developing Arguments and Supporting Claims 9. Synthesizing and Interpreting the Literature 10. The Writer Voice and the Writing Process 11. Acknowledging Sources: Citations, Quotations, and Plagiarism 12. Putting It All Together References Index
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