Key Themes
Your literature review should help to define this.
What is the specific thesis, problem, or research question?
The type of publications you will be using and the discipline you are working in.
What is the scope?
The book or article should contribute to this.
What is the understanding of the problem?
A question you may ask when only seeing one aspect of a problem.
What is another perspective?
True or False: In a literature review, starting every paragraph with the name of a researcher is often discouraged in favour of this approach.
True
Assessing literature and discussing their strengths and weaknesses.
What is critical analysis?
(Have I critically analyzed the literature?)
What should be clearly defined and highlighted as significant?
What is scope, severity, relevance
True or False: The structure of an author’s argument can be deconstructed to identify logical breakdowns, such as in establishing cause-effect relationships.
True
Your purpose in a literature review is to convey these things to the reader.
What are the knowledge and ideas that have been established?
(and what are their strengths and weaknesses?)
Have you ______ & ______ studies contrary to your perspective?
What is Cited & Discussed
Interpretative, critical science, and combination are all types of?
What is the authors Research Orientation
True or False: A book or article shouldn't be evaluated based on how it relates to the specific thesis or research question being developed.
False
The ability to apply principles of analysis to identify unbiased and valid studies.
What is critical appraisal?
The methodology, policy, quantitative research (eg: the effectiveness of a new procedure) & qualitative research (eg: studies) are all examples of this.
What is the type of literature review are you conducting?
(What issues of theory are being taken place?)
Psychological, developmental, feminist are all types of this.
What is the theoretical framework?
Before incorporating material into a literature review, asking this ensures the research problem is well-defined and meaningful.
What is, "Has the problem been clearly defined, and does the material establish its significance, scope, and relevance?"
The ability to scan the literature efficiently and to identify a set of useful articles and books.
What is information seeking?
Is your search wide, yet narrow enough to include/exclude relevant/irrelevant material? Is the number of sources used appropriate for your length of paper?
What is Information Seeking
In research, this evaluates the quality of the study design.
What is population, intervention, and outcome.
This critical question helps clarify whether the material selected for a literature review directly addresses the core research problem or guiding concept.
What is, "How does this material illuminate the specific question, problem, or concept of my research?"