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1、Writingaliteraturereview撰写文献综述Aliteraturereviewisaveryimportantpartoftheresearchproject.Itmaybeaself-containedrevieworapartoftheintroductiontoanacademicessay.Ineithercase,itspurposeistodemonstrateaclearunderstandingofthetopicbeinginvestigated.Namely,yourliteraturerevi
2、ewmusttellwhathasbeendoneonthetopic,whatdifferentscholarshavesaidabouttheirownresearch,whatmajorfindingshavebeenpublished,andwhatcontroversialareaexist.Agoodliteraturereviewcanenhancethecredibilityofyourresearchbyindicatingthatyourpresentstudyisbasedonathoroughandcrit
3、icalknowledgeofwhathasbeendoneinthefield.Beforewriting,tobecritical,youmustaskquestionsliketheseabouteachbookorarticleyouread:文献综述是研究项目的一个重要组成部分。它可以是一个独立的综述或是一个学术论文引言的一部分。在每一种情况下,它的目的都是表明对所研究的课题有一个清晰的认识。即你的文献综述必须告诉大家对这一主题已经做了什么,不同的学者是怎么说自己的研究的,什么结果是已经发表的,和什么地方是有争议存在的。
4、一个好的文献综述可以提高你的研究的可信性通过表明你目前的研究是基于在该领域已被报道的知识的全面的,批判的了解。在写作之前,关键的是,关于你读的每一本书或文章,你必须问这样的问题:.Istheproblemclearlydefined?Isitssignificanceclearlyestablished?.Couldtheproblemhavebeenapproachedmoreeffectivelyfromanotherperspectiveorananothertheory?.Istheauthor’sresearchorie
5、ntation(e.g.descriptive,critical,empirical)appropriate?.Isthereatheoreticalframeworkandisitappropriatetotheresearch(e.g.psychological,developmental,cognitive,feminist)?.Hastheauthorevaluatedtheliteraturerelevanttotheproblem/issue?Doestheauthorincludeliteraturetakingpo
6、sitionssheorhedoesnotagreewith?.Howreliablearethebasiccomponentsofthestudydesign(e.g.population,variables,outcome)?Howaccurateandvalidarethemethodsused?Istheanalysisofthedataaccurateandrelevanttotheresearchquestion?Aretheconclusionsvalidlybaseduponthedataandanalysis?D
7、oestheauthoravoidusingone-sidedexamples,orrhetorically-chargedlanguageandtone?Isthereanobjectivebasistothereasoning?Inwhatwaysdoesthisbookorarticlecontributetoyourunderstandingoftheproblemunderstudy,andinwhatwaysisitusefulforpractice?Whatarethestrengthsandlimitations?
8、Whilewritingyourliteraturereview,itisimportantforyoutotakethefollowingtips:.indicatetheobjectiveoftheliteraturereview;.searc