REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

by Maryjoy Langub

​At the end of this learning activity sheet, you should be able to:

• Understand the purpose of writing review of related literature.

  ​ Identify the sources in writing review of related literature.

Multiple Choice

1. A literature review is best defined as_________.

• Doing an internet search on a topic and looking through the results

• The process of studying published research.

• The process of studying published research and the written review outlining what literature was reviewed.

• The written component of a research project that discusses the existing research the researcher reviewed.

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Multiple Choice

1. A literature review is best defined as_________.

• Doing an internet search on a topic and looking through the results

• The process of studying published research.

• The process of studying published research and the written review outlining what literature was reviewed.

• The written component of a research project that discusses the existing research the researcher reviewed.

Multiple Choice

2. Why does a researcher conduct a literature review?

• To familiarize themselves with the field.

• They are required to by other researchers.

• They are paid to review it.

• To reproduce existing research

Multiple Choice

3. If you are studying a specialized topic, like 'Common symptoms of mentally ill children', but search for something broad, like 'Psychology of children', you are likely to find:

• A small amount of non-relevant articles.

• A large amount of relevant articles.

• A small amount of relevant articles.

• A large amount of non-relevant articles.

Poll

4. The review of related literature allows us to identify the questions that are still needed to be answered regarding a research topic. Which of the following roles of RRL does this refer to?

• The RRL leads to definitions of problems, selection of methods, and interpretation of findings.

• The RRL states the stand of the researcher on conflicting views relative to the study.

• The RRL reports contribution of others to the study.

Multiple Choice

5. The review of related literature includes which of the following type of research sources?

• Primary Sources

• Online Sources

• Secondary Sources

• All of the above

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​REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

• ​A detailed review of existing literature related to the topic of a thesis or dissertation.

• ​It is also a survey of scholarly sources on a specific topic. It provides an overview of current knowledge, allowing you to identify relevant theories, methods, and gaps in the existing research.

​REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

• Writing a literature review involves finding relevant publications (such as books and journal articles), critically analyzing them, and explaining what you found.

​There are five key steps in writing REVEIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

1. SEARCH

​Search for relevant literature

Evaluate Sources

Identify themes, debates, and gaps

Outline the structure

Write your literature review

Multiple Choice

Identify the following if it is a literature or not.

1. A synthesis of range of sources

Multiple Choice

Simply a collection of texts that you think are interesting or every text that you have read

Multiple Choice

A place to present an argument, a clear articulation of your own position in relation to relevant literature

Multiple Choice

A compilation of all material related to your research

field, regardless of its relevance to your project

Multiple Choice

A critical evaluation of sources related to your research topic

​A literature review written in the early stages of research is

likely to change because you need to review and revise it from time to time and ensure it is up to date.

After selecting a topic to investigate, you will begin to locate and read sources. Then you will analyze, evaluate and synthesized the texts before organizing them into a logical structure that you will use to write your literature review. This is a cyclical, iterative process in that you will return to find and read more sources and incorporate them into your synthesis.

The literature review cycle

• Selecting a research question

• Searching the literature that has been published in the area

• Managing the literature search results

• Synthesizing the research literature

• Writing an assessment review

• Rethinking, refining, and reworking your review in an iterative process until you are satisfied

Open Ended

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