Main content blocks
Section outline
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Theme content:
- Reconsidering research questions
- Developing a thematic approach to writing
- Frameworks for writing
- Synthesising sources
- Referencing skills – using in text citations
- Review of academic integrity
- Evaluating sample literature reviews
- Identifying gaps in understanding
- 1-1 Support
- Presentation of ideas and peer review (Reflection)
- Receive feedback 1-1 support
- Applying ethical principles to own research – primary and secondary; introduction to data collection, datasets, and ethics
Reading
Read Chapter 6 of The Essential Guide to Doing Your Research Project-
Students mustMark as doneInteractive lesson on structure and synthesis in literature reviews.
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Students mustMark as doneQuiz on how to structure a literature review.
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Worksheet giving additional advice on literature review structure.
Additional (Duration 45 minutes)
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Worksheet analysing the structure of literature reviews.
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Folder containing samples of literature reviews for the worksheet above.
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Students mustMark as doneInteractive lesson on structure and synthesis in literature reviews.
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Worksheet on how to synthesise or combine sources in a Literature Review.
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Worksheet analysing an example of a synthesised paragraph.
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Worksheet demonstrating how to build a synthesis grid. The final task is the weekly task for this week.
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Students mustMark as doneLesson introducing different research approaches and research design.
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Video showing how to create and refine a useful research question.
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Students mustMark as doneVideo giving more advice on how to create a research question.
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Worksheet containing Information about different aspects of RQs, plus evaluation of examples.
Required: (Duration: 45 minutes)
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Worksheet to encourage understanding of what information to include in the Research Questions section of the Literature Review & Research Questions assignment.
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Students mustMark as doneWorksheet with additional example research questions to analyse.
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Worksheet to help Business, Economics, Finance, Law, Social Science, Arts and Humanities students develop research questions.
Additional (Duration: 30 minutes+)
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Worksheet to help Science, Engineering, Medicine, Veterinary and Life Sciences Students develop research questions.
Additional (Duration: 30 minutes+)
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Students mustReceive a gradeInteractive lesson on avoiding issues with academic integrity.
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Worksheet to review of what counts as academic misconduct.
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Worksheet reviewing different types of citation.
Required (Duration: 60 minutes+)
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Worksheet on quality academic writing in Literature Reviews.
Additional (Duration 60 minutes+)
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Complete this before submitting your Literature review - make sure you can answer yes to all these questions.
Required (Duration: 10 minutes)