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1、Apeer-reviewedelectronicjournal.Copyrightisretainedbythefirstorsoleauthor,whograntsrightoffirstpublicationtothePracticalAssessment,Research&Evaluation.Permissionisgrantedtodistributethisarticlefornonprofit,educationalpurposesifitiscopiedinitsentiretyandthejournaliscredited.Volume14,Number13,June2
2、009ISSN1531-7714AGuidetoWritingtheDissertationLiteratureReviewJustusJ.RandolphWaldenUniversityWritingafaultyliteraturereviewisoneofmanywaystoderailadissertation.Thisarticlesummarizessomepivotalinformationonhowtowriteahigh-qualitydissertationliteraturereview.Itbeginswithadiscussionofthepurposesofa
3、review,presentstaxonomyofliteraturereviews,andthendiscussesthestepsinconductingaquantitativeorqualitativeliteraturereview.Thearticleconcludeswithadiscussionofcommonmistakesandaframeworkfortheself-evaluationofaliteraturereview.Writingafaultyliteraturereviewisoneofmanywaystopublicationinjournalsare
4、alsoflawed—seeAlton-Leederailadissertation.Iftheliteraturereviewisflawed,the(1998),GranteandGraue(1999),andLeCompte,remainderofthedissertationmayalsobeviewedasKlinger,Campbell,andMenck(2003).flawed,because“aresearchercannotperformsignificantGiventhatsomanyliteraturereviewsarepoorlydone,itresearch
5、withoutfirstunderstandingtheliteratureintheissurprisingthereisnotmorepublishedinformationonfield”(Boote&Beile,2005,p.3).Experiencedthesishowtowritealiteraturereview.BootandBeile(2005)examinersknowthis.Inastudyofthepracticesofwrite,Australiandissertationexaminers,MullinsandKiley(2002)foundthat,Doc
6、toralstudentsseekingadviceonhowtoimprovetheirliteraturereviewswillfindlittleExaminerstypicallystartedreviewingapublishedguidanceworthheeding....Mostdissertationwiththeexpectationthatitwouldgraduatestudentsreceivelittleornoformalpass;butapoorlyconceptualizedorwrittentraininginhowtoanalyzeandsynthe
7、sizetheliteraturereviewoftenindicatedforthemthatresearchliteratureintheirfield,andtheyaretherestofthedissertationmighthaveunlikelytofinditelsewhere.(p.5)problems.Onencounteringaninadequateliteraturereview,examinerswoul
