Week 7 Lesson PR2
Week 7 Lesson PR2
Literature
Lesson 8, Week 7
At the end of the lesson, you are
Learning able to:
Objectives: present written review of related
literature.
Review of related literature is a compilation of
studies related to a specific area of research.
These are the three (3) ways of using literature
review in the discussion of your study:
Review of
a) providing context as a foundation to develop
Related
your ideas,
Literature
b) comparing your findings from other previous
related studies, and
c) stating what contribution your study has made
in the field.
1. To discover the connection of your research to the existing body of
knowledge and to the real-life situations.
2. To identify more theories or concepts as the foundation of your
research study and learn from them.
3. To determine the relationship of your research with previous research
studies to prevent duplication and to acknowledge other researchers.
4. To acquire knowledge on the accuracy and significance of your
Purpose of a research questions.
Literature 5. To acquaint yourself with the technical terminologies relevant to your
Review study.
6. To determine possible gaps, conflicts, and open questions left from
other researches
which might help you in formulating and justifying your research ideas.
7. To clarify misconceptions on previous researches and help refocus,
polish, and contribute to the development of the body of knowledge.
You have learned that there are two basic methods of
reviewing related literature: traditional and systematic
review. Traditional is for qualitative research; systematic, for
quantitative research. Systematic review, ‘a question-driven
methodology’ is used by quantitative researchers who begin
RRL in their research work by asking questions—one big question
Quantitative that states the main problem of the research and a set of sub-
Research questions that deal with specific aspects of the research.
Qualitative research likewise begins with research questions,
but these are open-ended and subjective questions, in
contrast to quantitative questions that aim at obtaining exact,
specific, and objective answers whose origin or sources are
easy to trace. (Ridley 2012, p. 189; Jesson 2011)
1. Clarifying the research questions
2. Planning the research based on your understanding of the
research questions
3. Searching for literature
Steps in 4. Listing criteria for considering the values of written works
5. Evaluating the quality of previous research studies
Conducting a 6. Summarizing the various forms of knowledge collected
Systematic Obtaining results of the review of related literature by means
Review of systematic review that takes place in a step-by-step method
is a scientific way of conducting a re-examination of reading
materials that have close connection with your research.
Adopting a systematic review of related literature
prevents you from being bias in dealing with the varied
form of literature.
1.Books
Where can 2.Scholarly Journals
you find 3.Dissertations
related
literatures? 4.Government Documents
5.Policy Reports and Presented Papers
1. Google Scholar
2. Sparrho
3. Microsoft Academic