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Practical Research 2
Quarter I – Module 3:
Learning from other and Reviewing
the Literature
(Week 4-5)
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Subject: Practical Research 2
Grade & Section: Grade 12-ABM
Module No. 3
Week No. 4-5
Instructor: Ms. Camille N. Cornelio
Objectives:
Lesson
Review of Related Literature
1
A literature review is an evaluative report of information found in the literature
related to your selected area of study. The review should describe, summarize, evaluate
and clarify this literature. It should give a theoretical base for the research and help you
(the author) determine the nature of your research. Works which are irrelevant should
be discarded and those which are peripheral should be looked at critically.
A literature review is more than the search for information, and goes beyond
being a descriptive annotated bibliography. All works included in the review must be
read, evaluated and analyzed (which you would do for an annotated bibliography), but
relationships between the literature must also be identified and articulated, in relation
to your field of research.
"In writing the literature review, the purpose is to convey to the reader what
knowledge and ideas have been established on a topic, and what their strengths and
weaknesses are. The literature review must be defined by a guiding concept (e.g. your
research objective, the problem or issue you are discussing or your argumentative
thesis). It is not just a descriptive list of the material available, or a set of summaries.
Theories which the researchers use to explain the existence of a research problem
and used as bases in analyzing relationships between variables can be generated from
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reference books on theories or from related studies. The researcher therefore, must have
already read adequate literature at the start of the research activity.
Systematic reviews aim to find as much as possible of the research relevant to the
particular research questions, and use explicit methods to identify what can reliably be
said on the basis of these studies. Methods should not only be explicit but systematic
with the aim of producing varied and reliable results. Such reviews then go on to
synthesize research findings in a form which is easily accessible to those who have to
make policy or practice decisions. In this way, systematic reviews reduce the bias which
can occur in other approaches to reviewing research evidence.
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The following table shows the way several books on RRL. Compare and contrast the two
styles of RRL.
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Lesson
Referencing
2
REFERENCING IS IMPORTANT
1. It shows where you got information from (you are not making up)
2. It acknowledges the contribution of other people.
3. It helps other people find source you found if they want more detail.
4. It stops you being accused of plagiarism
5. It allows people to check the accuracy of your interpretation of other people‘s work
It is not just referencing that is important it is also the accuracy of the referencing and
the consistent use of a style. There are two places in research chapter where referencing
is placed: as cited in Chapter I and in the Reference List or Bibliography.
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Reference List: Basic Rules
Your references should begin on a new page separate from the text of the essay; label
this page references (with no quotation marks, underlining, etc.), centered at the top of
the page. It should be double-spaced just like the rest of your essay.
BASIC RULES
1. All lines after the first line of each entry in your reference list should be indented or
make hanging 0.5 inch from the left margin.
2. Authors' names are inverted (last name first); give the last name and initials for all
authors of a particular work unless the work has more than six authors. If the work
has more than six authors, list the first six authors and then use et al. after the sixth
author's name to indicate the rest of the authors.
3. Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last name of the first author of
each work.
4. If you have more than one article by the same author, single- author references or
multiple-author references with the exact same authors in the exact same order are
listed in order by the year of publication, starting with the earliest.
5. When referring to any work that is NOT a journal, such as a book, article, or Web
page, capitalize only the first letter of the first word of a title and subtitle, the first
word after a colon or a dash in the title, and proper nouns. Do not capitalize the first
letter of the second word in a hyphenated compound word.
6. Capitalize all major words in journal titles.
7. Italicize titles of longer works such as books and journals.
8. Do not italicize, underline, or put quotes around the titles of shorter works, such as
journal articles or essays in edited collections.
The following rules for handling works by a single author or multiple authors apply to all
APA-style references in your reference list, regardless of the type of work (book, article,
electronic resource, etc.)
Single Author
Last name first, followed by author initials.
Berndt, T. J. (2002). Friendship quality and social development. Current Directions in
Psychological Science, 11, 7-10.
Two Authors
List by their last names and initials. Use the ampersand instead of "and."
Wegener, D. T., & Petty, R. E. (1994). Mood management across affective
states: The hedonic contingency hypothesis. Journal of Personality & Social
Psychology, 66, 1034-1048.
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More Than Six Authors
If there are more than six authors, list the first six as above and then "et al.," which
stands for "and others." Remember not to place a period after "et" in "et al."
Harris, M., Karper, E., Stacks, G., Hoffman, D., DeNiro, R., Cruz, P., et al.
(2001). Writing labs and the Hollywood connection. Journal of Film
and Writing, 44(3), 213-245.
Berndt, T. J. (1981a). Age changes and changes over time in prosocial intentions
and behavior between friends. Developmental Psychology, 17, 408-416.
Berndt, T. J. (1981b). Effects of friendship on prosocial intentions and
behavior. Child Development, 52, 636-643.
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of
Periodical, volume number (issue number), pages.
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Article in a Magazine
Henry, W. A., III. (1990, April 9). Making the grade in today's schools. Time,
135, 28-31.
Article In A Newspaper
Unlike other periodicals, p. or pp. precedes page numbers for a newspaper reference in
APA style. Single pages take p., e.g., p. B2; multiple pages take pp., e.g., pp. B2, B4 or
pp. C1, C3-C4.
Schultz, S. (2005, December 28). Calls made to strengthen state energy policies.
The Country Today, pp. 1A, 2A.
Review
Baumeister, R. F. (1993). Exposing the self-knowledge myth [Review of the book The
self-
knower: A hero under control ]. Contemporary Psychology, 38, 466-467.
Multivolume Work
Wiener, P. (Ed.). (1973). Dictionary of the history of ideas (Vols. 1-4). New
York: Scribner's.
Encyclopedia Americana (2008) Electricity (Vol. 3) New York: Phoenix Pub.
Government Document
National Institute of Mental Health. (1990). Clinical training in serious mental
illness (DHHS Publication No. ADM 90-1679). Washington, DC: U.S.
Government Printing Office.
Conference Proceedings
Schnase, J.L., & Cunnius, E.L. (Eds.). (1995). Proceedings from CSCL '95: The
First International Conference on Computer Support for Collaborative
Learning. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
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REFERENCE LIST: ELECTRONIC SOURCES
Bernstein, M. (2002). 10 tips on writing the living Web. A List Apart: For People
Who Make Websites, 149. Retrieved May 2, 2006, from
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/writeliving
Motion Picture
Basic reference list format:
Producer, P. P. (Producer) & Director, D.D. (Director). (Date of publication). Title
of motion picture [Motion picture]. Country of origin: Studio or distributor.
Note: If a movie or video tape is not available in wide distribution, add the following to
your citation after the country of origin: (Available from Distributor name, full address
and zip code).
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Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907)
Television Broadcast or Series Episode
Producer, P. P. (Producer). (Date of broadcast or copyright). Title of broadcast
[Television broadcast or Television series]. City of origin: Studio or
distributor.
A Television Series
Bellisario, D.L. (Producer). (1992). Exciting action show [Television series].
Hollywood: American Broadcasting Company.
Music Recording
Songwriter, W. W. (Date of copyright). Title of song [Recorded by artist if
different from song writer]. On Title of album [Medium of recording].
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Lesson
Research Ethics
2
Research Ethics is the highest ethical standards shall be applied to basic education
research. Whether or not human subjects are involved, researchers must ensure that the
study will not cause people harm. Research participants should have informed consent,
must be cognizant about the general purpose of the study and should not be exposed to
unusual risk. Consistent with the principle of excellence, integrity also requires
honesty and accuracy in the collection, analysis and reporting of data.
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(3) Subject deception
Meaning: ‗no full or erroneous information‘
Logic: It is often difficult to find naturalistic situations in which certain behaviors
occur frequently
Warning: Many studies cannot be carried out unless some deception of subjects
take place; but it would bring questions on the reputation of the scientific
community, or to the researcher himself.
Tip:
a. Whenever possible, do not deceive.
b. If no alternatives are possible, weigh the study‘s benefits to prospective scientific,
educational and applied value
c. If participants are deceived, ensure sufficient explanation as soon as possible.
2. Failing to inform your collaborator that your are filing a patent of the research
3. Writing the name of your colleague as one of the writers even though he did not
participate in any part of the conduct of the research
4. Discussing with your colleagues data from the paper that you are reviewing for a
journal
7. Making the results of a study publicly known without first giving the peers the
opportunity to review the work
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Lesson
Conceptual Framework
3
A conceptual framework is an analytical tool with several variations and contexts. It
is used to make conceptual distinctions and organize ideas. Strong conceptual
frameworks capture something real and do this in a way that is easy to remember and
apply.
• Present a schematic diagram of the paradigm of the research and discuss the
relationships of the elements/variables therein
• The conceptual framework serves as basis for the research paradigm and
objectives of the project
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The conceptual framework lies within a much broader framework called
theoretical framework. The latter draws support from time-tested theories that embody
the findings of many researchers on why and how a particular phenomenon occurs.
Before you prepare your conceptual framework, you need to do the following things:
1. Choose your topic. Decide on what will be your research topic. The topic should be
within your field of specialization.
2. Do a literature review. Review relevant and updated research on the theme that
you decide to work on after scrutiny of the issue at hand. Preferably use peer-reviewed
and well-known scientific journals as these are reliable sources of information.
3. Isolate the important variables. Identify the specific variables described in the
literature and figure out how these are related. Some abstracts contain the variables and
the salient findings thus may serve the purpose. If these are not available, find the
research paper‘s summary. If the variables are not explicit in the summary, get back to
the methodology or the results and discussion section and quickly identify the variables
of the study and the significant findings. Read the TSPU Technique on how to skim
efficiently articles and get to the important points without much fuss.
4. Generate the conceptual framework. Build your conceptual framework using
your mix of the variables from the scientific articles you have read. Your problem
statement serves as a reference in constructing the conceptual framework. In effect,
your study will attempt to answer a question that other researchers have not explained
yet. Your research should address a knowledge gap.
Example:
Notice that the variables of the study are explicit in the paradigm presented in Figure 1.
In the illustration, the two variables are 1) number of hours devoted in front of the
computer, and 2) number of hours slept at night. The former is the independent variable
while the latter is the dependent variable. Both of these variables are easy to measure. It
is just counting the number of hours spent in front of the computer and the number of
hours slept by the subjects of the study.
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Assuming that other things are constant during the performance of the study, it will be
possible to relate these two variables and confirm that indeed, blue light emanated from
computer screens can affect one‘s sleeping patterns. (Please read the article titled ―Do
you know that the computer can disturb your sleeping patterns?‖ To find out more about
this phenomenon) A correlation analysis will show whether the relationship is
significant or not.
Again, review the abstracts carefully. Keep careful notes so that you may track you‘re
thought processes during the research process.
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Name:_____________________________ __Score: _____________
Strand/Section/Grade:___________________Date: ______________
Directions : If you are unfamiliar with APA citation styles, you may find it helpful to
review the material inside the "Citing sources using APA citation style" folder before
beginning this assessment.
a. Jenkins, Henry. Fans, bloggers, and gamers: exploring participatory cultures. New
York: New York University Press, 2006.
b. Jenkins, H. Fans, bloggers, and gamers: exploring participatory cultures. New York
University Press, New York. 2006.
b. Flava 'n Gorillaz: Pop group names. (2004). In V.J. Cook, Accomodating Brocolli in
the Cemetary (pp. 21-22). New York: Simon and Schuster.
c. Flava 'n Gorillaz: Pop group names. In Cook, V.J. Accomodating Brocolli in the
Cemetary (pp. 21-22). New York: Simon and Schuster, 2004.
d. V.J. Cook. 2004. "Flava'n Gorillaz: Pop group names." In Accomodating Brocolli in
the Cemetary, pp. 21-22. Simon and Schuster: New York.
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a. Weickgenannt, Nicole. (2008). The Nation's Monstrous Women: Wives, Widows and
Witches in Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children. In Journal of
Commonwealth Literature. 43.2, pp. 65-83. Retrieved October 31, 2008, from
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b. Weickgenannt, Nicole. "The nation's monstrous women: Wives, widows and witches
in Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children." Journal of Commonwealth
Literature 43.2 (June 2008): 65-83. Humanities International Complete.
EBSCO. Bowling Green State University Libraries, Bowling Green, Oh.. 31 Oct.
2008 <http:// 0-search.ebscohost.com.maurice.bgsu.edu/ login.aspx?
direct=true&db=hlh&AN=32541323&loginpage=login.asp&site=ehost-
live&scope=site>.
d. Weickgenannt, N. (2008, June). The nation's monstrous women: Wives, widows and
witches in Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children. Journal of Commonwealth
Literature, 43(2), 65-83. Retrieved October 31, 2008, from Humanities
International Complete.
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