The Literature Review: Choosing Relevant Information by Usic

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With a partner / small group, share and brainstorm some possible ideas and topics based on the two variables.

Keep your notes and ideas for use again later in the lesson.

Extra: can you use Scopus and Google Scholar to help? (If not, see the pre-class activity for lesson 2 this week.)

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Download the ‘CCTV notes under headings and subheadings’ document.

Skim-read the headings and subheadings.

1. How many headings / subheadings are there?

2. Do you think the student has included too few / a good number / too many headings and subheadings?

3. Are any of the headings or subheadings similar to topics you brainstormed in Activity 1?

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In pairs or groups, study the different note making styles on the following slides and consider these questions:

Do you already use any of these styles?

Are there any styles which could be useful for your literature review notes?

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Extra resources (please view these this week)

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•Cornell Note Taking Techniques (thinglink.com)

•Organising_and_Prioritising_final.pdf - Google Drive

•Reading and Note Taking at University - Reading and Note Taking at University (shef.ac.uk)

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Work in the same pairs / groups. Look at the CCTV notes again.

1. There are too many headings (six). Which two could be removed?

2. In the remaining four sections, which subheadings could be removed?

To help you answer these questions, consider the following:

• Avoid a long, general information section (background information should be included in the main Research Proposal Introduction instead).

• Don’t include sections that are too descriptive and / or that only cite one source.

• Make sure headings / subheadings are relevant to the two selected variables / selected ideas from the research focus.

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Each group must study and critique one section of the CCTV notes by answering the questions below.

Group 1: Costs

Group 2: Perceptions

Group 3: Effectiveness of CCTV

Group 4: Factors affecting effectiveness of CCTV

1. Are there up-to-date sources under each heading/ subheading?

2. Is there a variety of sources under each heading/subheading?

3. Does any heading/subheading rely too much on one source?

4. Is there enough information to write a section based on each heading and at least one paragraph based on each subheading?

5.Is there a mix of statistics, examples, quotes and paraphrases included under each heading and subheading?

activity5

2024-05-03 13:02:04 UTC

no only one source is in recent 10 years.
yes four different sources
not rely too much
one subheading on paragraph
no statistics; a example of police ‘power creep’; many quotes and paraphrase

2024-05-03 13:18:35 UTC