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Literature Review
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Copyright 2004 Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology
Research Methods for
Degree Study
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Topic & Structure of the lesson
What is a literature review?
The purpose of a literature review
Components of the Literature Review Elements of the Literature Review
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Learning Outcomes
Understand the importance of writing a
concise and complete literature review.
Comprehension and application ofeffective compilation of usable literature
reviews.
Application of literature reviews in usablesecondary research in tertiary education
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Main Teaching Points
What is a literature review?
The purpose of a literature review
Components of the Literature Review
Elements of the Literature Review
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What is a Literature Review?
A literature review is a body of text that
aims to review the critical points ofcurrent
know ledge on a part icu lar top ic .
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Literature Review
A literature review may constitute an essentialchapter of a thesis or dissertation, or may be a
self-contained review of writings on a subject. In
either case, its purpose is to:
Place each work in the context of its contribution
to the understanding of the subject under review.
Describe the relationship of each work to the
others under consideration.
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Literature Review
Identify new ways to interpret, and shed light onany gaps in, previous research.
Most often associated with science-oriented
literature, such as a thesis, the literature review
usually precedes a research proposal,
methodology and results section.
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Importance of Literature Review
To learn what one knows and do not know
To understand the subject matter better
To identify and highlight the important variables
To document significant findings from earlier
research that will serve as the foundation of the
new research
To resolve conflicts amongst seemingly
contradictory previous studies
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Importance of Literature Review (cont.)
To Identify areas of prior scholarship to prevent
duplication of effort
To develop hypotheses
To point the way forward for further research
To convince the reader that the researcher is
knowledgeable about the problem area
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Components of the Lit. Review
Components: development of the literaturereview requires four stages: Problem formulationwhich topic or field is being
examined and what are its component issues?
Literature searchfinding materials relevant to thesubject being explored
Data evaluationdetermining which literature makes
a significant contribution to the understanding of thetopic
Analysis and interpretationdiscussing the findingsand conclusions of pertinent literature
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Guidelines for a Good Lit. Review
An overview of the subject, issue or theory underconsideration, along with the objectives of the
literature review
Division of works under review into categories (e.g.
those in support of a particular position, those
against, and those offering alternative theses entirely)
Explanation of how each work is similar to and how it
varies from the others.
Conclusions as to which pieces are best considered
in their argument, are most convincing of their
opinions, and make the greatest contribution to the
understanding and development of their area of
research
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Conclusion
Its' ultimate goal of literature review is to bring
the reader up to date with current literature on a
topic and forms the basis for another goal, such
as the justification for future research in thearea.
It is a vital chapter in a thesis/report
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Useful Links for Lit. Review
Macauley, P. (2001). The Literature
Review.
http://www.deakin.edu.au/library/findout/resea
rch/litrev.php
http://www.deakin.edu.au/library/findout/research/litrev.phphttp://www.deakin.edu.au/library/findout/research/litrev.phphttp://www.deakin.edu.au/library/findout/research/litrev.phphttp://www.deakin.edu.au/library/findout/research/litrev.php -
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Tutorial
Students are required to write-up a
literature review (one page) using three
relevant academic articles of a particular
topic.
Topic and articles can be provided by the
tutor or identified by the students
themselves.
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Review Questions
1. Define the term Literature review.
2. Discuss in detail the importance of literature review.
3. What are the disadvantages if a research thesis has no
literature review chapter or a poorly done literaturereview?
4. What are the factors that need to be taken into
consideration in order to produce a good literature
review write-up?5. Discuss the four components of literature review.
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Q & A
Question and Answer Session
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