Main content blocks
Section outline
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Theme content:
- Introduce first summative assessment
- What is a literature review?
- Identifying sources – review developing search terms – review skimming and scanning abstracts
- Developing notes
- Critiquing sources: - using critical reading and thinking skills
- Identifying approaches and methodologies
- Identifying trends
Reading
Read Chapter 6 of The Essential Guide to Doing Your Research Project-
Students mustMark as doneInteractive lesson on identifying important literature.
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Worksheet on the important language used in a literature review.
Required (Duration: 60 minutes+)
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Students mustMark as doneInteractive lesson to aid with identifying relevant sources.
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Students mustReceive a gradeGap fill activity with a brief literature review missing some key language. Follow up questions in handout below.
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Students mustMark as done
Literature review gap fill and follow up questions.
Required (Duration: 20 minutes)
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Students mustMark as done
Word document on identifying themes in the literature.
Required (Duration: 45 minutes)
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Students mustMark as doneTrue or false quiz on identifying and interpreting sources.
Required (Duration: 20 minutes)
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Students mustMark as done
Worksheet on including evidence such as data or sources in your writing. Mark this 'complete' to reveal an answer sheet.
Required (30 minutes+)
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Students mustMark as done
Worksheet on the language used to describe journal articles.
Required (Duration: 60 minutes)
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Students mustMark as done
Additional worksheet on giving more detailed analysis in your literature review.
Additional (Duration: 30 minutes)
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An in-depth look at the different ways of being critical in the literature review.
Required (Duration: 45 minutes)
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Worksheet introducing a new method for evaluating sources.
Required (Duration: 45 minutes)
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Students mustMark as done
Use this checklist to evaluate any articles in your literature review.
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Students mustMark as done
Week 5 - Lesson 2
Submit your completed 'identifying themes' worksheet here
Required (Duration: 1 hour)