WorksheetsCreating a Research Space
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which of these is an example of the most common mistakes made in reviewing research literature?
Sources in your literature review do not clearly relate to the research problem.
You do not take sufficient time to define and identify the most relevant sources to use in the literature review related to the research problem.
Uncritically accepting another researcher's findings and interpretations as valid, rather than examining critically all aspects of the research design and analysis.
All of these.
A ______ statement indicates to readers the kinds of ideas and evidence that will be explored in the essay body that follows.
Thesis statement
Purpose staement
A ______ is a sentence that summarizes the specific topic and goals of a document. It typically gives the reader an accurate, concrete understanding of what the document will cover.
Thesis statement
Purpose staement
Your goal at this stage is to explain the current state of scholarship in the field and answer the question, “Why is this general research area important?”
Establishing a Research Territory
Establishing a Niche
Occupying the Niche
Your goal at this stage is to explain how your research addresses the need you identified and list your specific research objectives, questions, or methods.
Establishing a Research Territory
Establishing a Niche
Occupying the Niche
Your goal at this stage is to prepare your audience to understand how your research relates to the background you have given, highlighting gaps/problems in current knowledge that justify or explain the need for further investigation.
Establishing a Research Territory
Establishing a Niche
Occupying the Niche
Previous studies of __________ have not examined...
Such studies are unsatisfactory because...
One question that needs to be asked, however, is...
Research on __________ has mostly been restricted to _________ so...
Language for Establishing a Research Territory
Language for Establishing a Niche
Language for Occupying the Niche
The purpose of this literature review is to...
This study aims to...
The evidence collected from this study demonstrates...
This review outlines/examines...
Language for Establishing a Research Territory
Language for Establishing a Niche
Language for Occupying the Niche
__________ has been extensively studied...
Interest in __________ has been growing...
Recent studies have focused on...
__________ has become a major issue...
Language for Establishing a Research Territory
Language for Establishing a Niche
Language for Occupying the Niche
Ideally, your literature review should be based on the research project topic that you studied at the end of last semester, as you will already have some familiarity and first-hand experience with research in this area
Yes!
No.
