Description
1. What Is a Literature Review? 2. Different Orientations to a Literature Review 3. Choosing a Review Topic and Formulating a Research Question 4. Locating and Organizing Research Sources 5. Selecting, Analyzing, and Keeping Notes on Sources 6. Evaluating Research Articles 7. Structuring and Organizing the Literature Review 8. Developing Arguments and Supporting Claims 9. Synthesizing and Interpreting Literature 10. The Writer Voice and the Writing Process 11. Acknowledging Sources: Citations, Quotations, and Plagiarism 12. Putting It All Together Resources References Index About the Authors
Sara Efrat Efron, EdD, is Professor Emerita of Education at National Louis University. Her areas of interest include teacher research, mentoring, and moral and democratic education in times of crisis. Dr. Efron is coauthor with Ruth Ravid of Action Research in Education, Second Edition, and Writing the Literature Review, Second Edition. She has published numerous book chapters and journal articles and presents widely at national and international conferences. She has also written several foreign-language instruction books for middle and high school students. Ruth Ravid, PhD, is Professor Emerita of Education at National Louis University. Her areas of interest include educational research, action research, assessment, and schoolaEUR"university collaboration. Dr. Ravid has authored or edited eight books, including Writing the Literature Review, Second Edition, and Action Research in Education, Second Edition, both coauthored with Sara Efrat Efron. She has also written numerous journal articles and book chapters.