Reading And Writing: Literature Review PDF

# Reading and Writing ## Objective 1. identify the unique features of a Literature Review and its requirements that are useful across disciplines 2. write a simple yet comprehensive literature review. ## Review Time 1. What is a book review? 2. Discuss the structure of a book review. 3. How...

# Reading and Writing ## Objective 1. identify the unique features of a Literature Review and its requirements that are useful across disciplines 2. write a simple yet comprehensive literature review. ## Review Time 1. What is a book review? 2. Discuss the structure of a book review. 3. How to start writing a book review? ## What's New List down the sources that you used in your Grade 10 Science Investigatory Project or any research in English. Separate the sources taken from databases, websites, or textbooks. ## Literature Review ## What is Literature Review? A literature review is a type of academic writing that provides an overview of a specific topic. It surveys scholarly work such as academic books (but not textbooks), computerize databases, conference proceedings, dissertation’s/theses, empirical studies government reports, historical records, journal article, monographs, and statistical handbooks. ## As an advance form of academic writing, a literature review critically analyzes the relationship among the scholarly works and the current work. It can be written as a stand-alone paper or as part of a research paper explaining a theoretical framework and related studies. Unlike an annotated bibliography which presents a summary and synthesis (i.e., linking different sources). ## Below are the differences among the sources. | Annotated Bibliography | Book Review | Literature Review | |---|---|---| | Summarizes the references and explain how important they are in addressing the research questions | Evaluates a book Review | Reviews a significant number of scholarly work in order to identify what is known and not known about a topic | ## Functions of a Literature Review This type of a review has the following roles. - Justifies a research questions, method or theoretical and conceptual framework - Establishes the relevant of the topic - Provides necessary information to better understand a specific topic or study - Shows reviewers familiarity and mastery of the topic - Establishes a niche of the study - Resolves conflict among contradictory studies ## Literature reviews consist of the following components and purposes: ## Introduction - defines the topic and the scope being considered - notes intentional exclusions - states the general findings of the review and the availability of the sources ## Main Body - Organizes the evaluation of the sources whether chronologically or thematically - showcases the critical summary and evaluation of the research premise, methodology, and conclusion - uses grammatical connectors, relational words or phrases, and transitional devices ## Conclusion - summarizes the key findings of the review - offers the reviewer's justification of the conducted research ## References - reflects the in-text citations - contains complete and correct citations ## Here are four literature review strategies: | | | |---|---| | Summary | State briefly the argument and main points of relevant research. | | Analysis | Examine closely the elements or structure of the research. | | Synthesis | Combine ideas to form an integrated theory or system through critical evaluation, compare/contrast, etc. | | Evaluation | Assess the research based on the criteria or rubric that you choose, state, and explain. Support it with another similar research. | ## What's More Read the literature review of your previous research outputs (like your Grade 10 science investigatory project or any research in English). Rate the said review based on the rubric below. ## | | Target | Acceptable | Not acceptable | |---|---|---|---| | Content | The inquiry question was well established in the broader context of an educational topic. (2 points) <br> At least five articles were selected and each specifically related to the initial inquiry question. (5 points) <br> The findings/results of articles were thoughtfully compared, contrasted and/or connected to each other. (5 points) <br> The conclusion of the review summarized the knowledge found from this review and related the knowledge gain to the inquiry question. (2 points) <br> The references were cited using CMOS or the Chicago Manual of Style. (2 points) | The inquiry question was established in the context of an educational topic. (2-1point) <br> At least five articles were selected and related to the initial inquiry question. (5-4 points) <br> The findings of articles were compared, contrasted and/or connected to each other. (4 points) <br> The conclusion of the review summarized the knowledge found from this review. (1 point) <br> The references were listed. (1 point) | The inquiry question was not established in the context of an educational topic. (0 point) <br> At least five articles were selected; some minimally related to the inquiry question. (3-0 points) <br> The findings of articles were mentioned with little and or no comparison or connection to each other. (3-0 points) <br> The conclusion of the review did not summarize the knowledge found from this review. (0 point) <br> The references were not listed. (0 point) | | Organization | The review was organized using subheadings. The review was suitably organized considering the contents of the selected articles. (2 points) <br> There were no grammatical, spelling and/or punctuation errors and transitional phrases were used to guide the reader throughout the text. (2 points) | The review was suitably organized considering the contents of the selected articles. (1 point)<br> There was an occasional grammatical, spelling and/or punctuation error that did not distract the reader. (1 point) | The review was minimally organized, and writing was difficult to follow throughout. (0 point) <br> There were many grammatical, spelling and/or punctuation errors that distracted the reader from the content of the writing. (0 point) | ## Life Application How can conducting a literature review enhance your ability to make well-informed decisions or solve problems in real-life situations? ## Let's Generalize 1. The basic parts of a literature review are: ____________________________. 2. The four literature review strategies are: _________________________. ## Let's Evaluate Improve the literature review that you have evaluated in What's More. Please refer to the previous rubric for your guidance. ## Additional Activity Write a literature review on the topic of your choice (like Facebook Page Netiquette, Cyberbullying in Your School, Courtship among Millennials, etc.). Please refer to the rubric in What’s More.