EDH 491/492 Honors Education Research: Home

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Definition:

A literature review assesses a body of research that is connected to your research question.

Purpose:

A literature review

• Identifies what is already known about an area of study
• Includes all the facets that might touch the topic
• Helps identify questions a body of research has yet to answer
• Makes a case for why further study of research questions is important

Process:

It is a journey that is cyclical rather than linear.  Expect to return to and refine earlier efforts as your understanding of the research changes and grows.  

• Framing a research question
• Searching through the existing work
• Managing your search results
• Synthesizing the content from the research literature you've selected
• Writing an assessment of the existing literature

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