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The document discusses literature reviews, which analyze existing scholarly research on a topic to provide an overview of current knowledge, gaps, and trends. A literature review educates the researcher on the topic and helps shape arguments. It extracts and synthesizes key points, findings, and research methods from sources to build a coherent argument leading to a proposed study. Literature reviews are essential for identifying existing work, determining trends, aggregating evidence, generating frameworks and theories, and identifying areas needing more research. A good literature review is focused, concise, logical, developed, integrative, and current. There are four main types: traditional/narrative reviews analyze and summarize literature; systematic reviews use a rigorous approach; meta-analyses statistically analyze findings;

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The document discusses literature reviews, which analyze existing scholarly research on a topic to provide an overview of current knowledge, gaps, and trends. A literature review educates the researcher on the topic and helps shape arguments. It extracts and synthesizes key points, findings, and research methods from sources to build a coherent argument leading to a proposed study. Literature reviews are essential for identifying existing work, determining trends, aggregating evidence, generating frameworks and theories, and identifying areas needing more research. A good literature review is focused, concise, logical, developed, integrative, and current. There are four main types: traditional/narrative reviews analyze and summarize literature; systematic reviews use a rigorous approach; meta-analyses statistically analyze findings;

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Lesson Sixteen: Literature Review

Reporter 15: Manabat-Ponce

LITERATURE REVIEW

 is an analysis of existing scholarly research and literature on a specific topic, providing, an


overview of the current knowledge, gaps, and research trends
 provides a systematic and rigorous examination of the existing literature, enabling
researchers to assess the strengths and weaknesses of previous studies, identify research
gaps, and propose novel research directions.

The purpose of a literature review is simple; it is to educate oneself in the topic area and to
understand the literature before shaping an argument or justification. A literature review is “an
important chapter in the thesis, where its purpose is to provide the background to and justification
for the research undertaken” (Bruce, 1994, p. 218). The writer “extracts and synthesises the main
points, issues, findings and research methods which emerge from a critical review of the readings”
(Nunan, 1992, p. 217) to build a “coherent argument which leads to the description of a proposed
study” (Rudestam and Newton, 2007, p. 63).

Literal Review are essential for:

(a) identifying what has been written on a subject or topic;

(b) determining the extent to which a specific research area reveals any interpretable trends or
patterns;

(c) aggregating empirical findings related to a narrow research question to support evidence-based
practice;

(d) generating new frameworks and theories; and

(e) identifying topics or questions requiring more investigation

A Good Literature Review is:

Focused - The topic should be narrow. You should only present ideas and only report on studies that
are closely related to the topic.

Concise - Ideas should be presented economically. Don't take any more space than you need to
present your ideas.

Logical - The flow within and among paragraphs should be a smooth, logical progression from one
idea to the next

Developed - Don't leave the story half told.

Integrative - Your paper should stress how the ideas in the studies are related. Focus on the big
picture. What commonality do all the studies share? How are some studies different than others?
Your paper should stress how all the studies reviewed contribute to your topic.
Current - Your review should focus on work being done on the cutting edge of your topic.

Four Types of Literature Review

 The primary purpose of a traditional or narrative literature review is to analyze and


summarize a body of literature. This is achieved by presenting a comprehensive background
of the literature within the interested topic to highlight new research streams, identify gaps
or recognize inconsistencies. This type of literature review can help in refining, focusing and
shaping research questions as well as developing theoretical and conceptual frameworks
(Coughlan et al., 2007). conceptual frameworks (Coughlan et al., 2007).
 The systematic literature review in contrast undertakes a more rigorous approach to
reviewing the literature, perhaps because this type of review approach to reviewing the
literature, perhaps because this type of review is often used to answer highly structured and
specific research questions.
 The meta-analysis literature review involves taking the findings from the chosen literature
and analyzing these findings by using standardized chosen literature and analyzing these
findings by using standardized statistical procedures (Coughlan et al., 2007). Polit and Beck
(2006) argue statistical procedures (Coughlan et al., 2007). Polit and Beck (2006) argue that
meta-analysis methods help in drawing conclusions and detecting that meta-analysis
methods help in drawing conclusions and detecting patterns and relationships between
findings. patterns and relationships between findings.
 They also discuss meta-synthesis, which is a non-statistical procedure; instead, it evaluates
and analyses findings from qualitative studies and instead it evaluates and analyses findings
from qualitative studies and aims to build on previous conceptualizations and
interpretations. aims to build on previous conceptualizations and interpretations.

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