Chapter 2 is the Literature Review section of your research paper. The website academiccoachingandwriting.org explains it this way, "At its most basic, a literature review provides your readers with an overview of the ideas, theories, and significant literature currently published on your topic." In other words, the Literature Review explains what other research has been done on your topic and what other people are thinking about your topic.
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Specific Requirements for Chapter 2: Literature Review
Specific Requirements
- Provide citations for all of your research.
- You will need at least three citations (you will probably have more).
- Define all technical words in terms of your research.
- Support all predicted cause and effect relationships.
- At least one of your citations should be a journal article.
There are a number of sites that will point you in the direction of journal articles about your topic, but I have had good luck with the website below.
CORE - Journal Search
The link below will take you to websites that will assist you in creating your bibliography entries.
Citation Machine
The link below will take you to websites that will assist you in creating your bibliography entries.
Citation Machine
Literature Review
Let's pretend you are examining whether listening to music while studying improves learning. The following would be an example of one possible Literature Review section.
Complete Example of Chapter 2
Chapter 2: Literature ReviewAccording to Palmer (1996), students who study while listening to music do not do as well on tests as students who do not listen to music while studying. Along these same lines, the web site learning.com states that listening to music can inhibit learning in a variety of ways. The site goes on to say that although some types of music seem to have less of an effect on learning, all types of music seem to have a negative impact of learning.
Charles (2002) states that certain types of music may have a positive effect on learning but the research is inconclusive and difficult to interpret. Charles goes on to suggest that the volume of the music may also have an impact on learning. Finally, memorylearning.com says that where music is concerned "the memorization of strings of numbers was negatively affected by the presence of music in the learning environment." The site goes on to say that students who listen to music while studying seem to score lower on achievement tests. |