Group 15 – Mixed Majors

Francis D. Davalos Carina Labtic

MaEd – Science Education MaEd – Basic Education

Maria Ruth Cuazon

MaEd – Filipino Education
Laila Dalumpines Agullana Rushel L Caspe
MaEd – Science Education MaEd – Special Education

Topics 2: Tips in Writing the Review of Related Literature

Tasks for Discussion/Pointers:

 In bullet form, enumerate ways on how RRL section of a research paper should be done.
 What is the importance of RRL in one's research paper?

A. RRL Section of Research Paper

Synthesis of Literature Review

Focus -> main problem, it underscores EXPERIENCE, it also discuss THEORY
Research Anxiety and Research Productivity
Thematic reviews of literature are organized around a topic or issue, rather than the
progression of time.
What is source critical approach?
Being source critical means evaluating the information you find. Firstly, this means
understanding that some sources have greater credibility than others and, secondly,
being aware that the originator of the information has an objective.

First Paragraph – always the introduction of the problem. 

Research is an essential element of the Senior High School Curriculum. The idea
of research cascades with the constructivist view that knowledge is created rather than
continuously consumed. Last Second Semester of 2016, the Senior High School
Department introduced the first Research Subject in the Senior High School department
and that is Practical Research 1 (Qualitative Research). This is followed by Quantitative
Research and Research Project as part of the Immersion, Inquiries and Investigation
Course. Concerns on the preparation of the research course arise on the part of the
teachers and students. Subject readiness became a question while the acquisition of
prerequisite skills became an integral question among students. Research anxiety
became a jargon among students, teachers and curriculum planners.
Second Paragraph – “coffee table meeting of authors’
Research anxiety is described by Ulla et al (2016) as the experience of fear
towards research. Anxiety is a psychological phenomenon characterized by an
unknown fear. In the case of the problem, defined above, the fear refers to the research
capability of the person. In their discussions, the revealed manifestations about
research anxiety such as (1)..
A citation is a way of giving credit to individuals for their creative and intellectual works
that you utilized to support your research. It can also be used to locate particular
sources and combat plagiarism. Typically, a citation can include the author's name,
date, location of the publishing company, journal title, or DOI (Digital Object Identifer).
Third Paragraph – “coffee table of antagonists”
 Group 15 – Mixed Majors
Francis D. Davalos Carina Labtic
MaEd – Science Education MaEd – Basic Education

Maria Ruth Cuazon

MaEd – Filipino Education
Laila Dalumpines Agullana Rushel L Caspe
MaEd – Science Education MaEd – Special Education

Weakness on the provided thoughts from the second paragraph

(the second and third paragraph can be repeated)
Fourth Paragraph
The synthesis or the making meaning aspect provided by the researcher
What is source critical approach?
Being source critical means evaluating the information you find. Firstly, this means
understanding that some sources have greater credibility than others and, secondly,
being aware that the originator of the information has an objective.

B. What is the importance of RRL in one's research paper?

A review of related – and preferably recent – literature is meant to set your research in the
context of what is currently known about the topic and to establish that what you have to offer
is novel, something different from what has been already attempted.

A literature review is a comprehensive summary of previous research on a topic. The literature

review surveys scholarly articles, books, and other sources relevant to a particular area of
research. The review should enumerate, describe, summarize, objectively evaluate and clarify
this previous research. An RRL reviews as much of the literature possible around a particular
research problem. This literature can include various article types, including theoretical
articles, reviews, protocol papers, opinions, and policy statements.

A review of related literature is important in one’s research paper because it is meant to set
your research in the context of what is currently known about the topic and to establish that
what you have to offer is novel, something different from what has been already attempted. A
review of related literature (RRL) is important for obtaining an overview of the current
knowledge on the topic. It provides the researcher with a framework on which to build an
appropriate hypothesis.