Wr i t i ng Cha pt e r 2

Learning from Others and After this discussion, you are expected to
Reviewing the Literature have the ability to…

illustrate and explain conceptual

framework
select and synthesize
information from relevant define terms used in the study
literature present written review of related
cite related literature using literature and conceptual
standard style framework
write coherent review of
literature
follow ethical standards in

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writing
PRACTICAL
RESEARCH
 Chapter 2
REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE AND
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

Related Literature
Conceptual Framework
Definition of Terms
 Review of This is a written summary of journal articles,
books, and other documents that describes the
Related past and current state of information on the topic
of your research study.
Literature
to justify your choice of to prove researchers’
research question, familiarity with significant
theoretical or conceptual and/or up-to-date research
framework, and method; relevant to the topic; and
to establish the importance to establish your study as
of the topic; one link in a chain of
to provide background research that is developing
information needed to knowledge in your field.
understand the study;
RRL
Rolling out your
Writing the Review of Related Literature

Critically Organize Write a

Identify key Locate evaluate and
the literature
terms literature select the
literature literature review
 Last part highlights gaps

writing
your
RR in literature specifically
addressed by your study

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Use the statement of
problem as guide to
Use appropriate format
for citations and
structure and sequence of references
topics In-text citations should be
Avoid ‘copy/cut and congruent to bibliography
paste; all literature cited entries
must form a coherent
whole
 respecting
theWORKof
others If you refer to a work in the text of your
paper, place the author's last name and the
APA In-text Citation year of publication of the work in
parentheses at the end of the sentence.
If you use the name of the author(s) in
your writing, place the year of publication Ex. The research conclusively proved a
of the work in parentheses after the author correlation between the results (Mullane,
’s name. 2006).

Ex. Mullane (2006) conducted research

into the effect of…
 respecting
theWORKof APA Referencing Style

Book
others
Andreasen, N. C. (2001). Brave new brain: Conquering mental illness in the era of the
genome. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.

Journal
Potente, S., Anderson, C., & Karim, M. (2011). Environmental sun protection and supportive
policies and practices: An audit of outdoor recreational settings in NSW coastal towns.
Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 22, 97- 101.

Website
Satalkar, B. (2010, July 15). Water aerobics. Retrieved from http://www.buzzle.com
 At most five years old from the
year of publication with the
exception of well-cited
references on educational
Books

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ocating
theories, principles,
methods, etc.
iterature
At most five years old from the
year of publication and must
come from a legitimate source.
Journals

Elsevier (journals.elsevier.com);
Online Wiley (onlinelibrary.wiley.com);
Taylor and Francis
(tandfonline.com)
Sources Google Scholar
(scholar.google.com)