...and the journal is credited. Volume 14, Number 13, June 2009 ISSN 1531-7714 A Guide to Writing the Dissertation Literature Review Justus J. Randolph Walden University Writing a faulty literature review is one of many ways to derail a dissertation. This article summarizes some pivotal information on how to write a high-quality dissertation literature review. It begins with a discussion of the purposes of a review, presents taxonomy of literature reviews, and then discusses the steps in conducting a quantitative or qualitative literature review. The article concludes with a discussion of common mistakes and a framework for the self-evaluation of a literature review. Writing a faulty literature review is one of many ways to derail a dissertation. If the literature review is flawed, the remainder of the dissertation may also be viewed as flawed, because “a researcher cannot perform significant research without first understanding the literature in the field” (Boote & Beile, 2005, p. 3). Experienced thesis examiners know this. In a study of the practices of Australian dissertation examiners, Mullins and Kiley (2002) found that, Examiners typically started reviewing a dissertation with the expectation that it would pass; but a poorly conceptualized or written literature review often indicated for them that the rest of the dissertation might have problems. On encountering an inadequate literature review, examiners would proceed to look at the methods of data collection, the analysis...
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...Hand hygiene is a practise of evidence-based medicine and the number one way to prevent health-care associated infections (Garbutt, 2011). The term of hand hygiene applies to adequate hand washing, antiseptic hand-wash, antiseptic hand-rub, or surgical hand antisepsis (Garbutt, 2011). Evidence-based practices have been put into place to prevent such infections from occurring. The present paper will examine ways in which health professionals use the five steps of evidence based practices (EBP) to locate, appraise and apply the best available research evidence. In this case, the five steps of EBP will be assessed in conjunction to the practise of good hand hygiene. Liamputtong (2013, p.267) has explained evidence-based practise (EBP) as the use of the best research evidence, clinical expertise, available resources, and patient preferences in respect to clinical decision-making. EBP is taught and practised using five steps to reduce inconsistency and increase efficiency and effectiveness of health care (Liamputtong, 2013, p.267). According to Liamputtong (2013, p.267) the first step of EBP is to ask an answerable question stating the population, intervention, comparison and outcome of the question (PICO). Next, acquire the best available evidence using research strategies (Liamputtong, 2013, p.267). This evidence is then appraised to determine its quality and relevance (Liamputtong, 2013, p.267). The fourth step it to apply the evidence integrated with clinical expertise and...
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...Mohammed Rafi 1 Mohammed Rafi Mohammad Rafi Background information Born Origin 24 December 1924 Kotla Sultan Singh, Punjab, British India Indian Died 31 July 1980 (aged 55) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Genres Indian classical, ghazal, playback singing Occupations Hindi and Punjabi playback singer Instruments Vocalist Years active 1944–1980 Mohammad Rafi (Urdu: ,عیفر دمحمHindi: मोहम्मद रफ़ी; 24 December 1924 – 31 July 1980), was an Indian playback singer whose career spanned four decades.[1] He won a National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards. In 1967, he was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India.[2] In a career spanning about 40 years, Rafi sang over 26,000 film songs.[3] His songs ranged from classical numbers to patriotic songs, sad lamentations to highly romantic numbers, qawwalis to ghazals and bhajans, and from slow melancholic tunes to fast and melodious fun filled songs. He had a strong command of Hindi and Urdu and a powerful range that could accommodate this variety.[4] He sang in many Indian languages including Hindi, Konkani, Urdu, Bhojpuri, Oriya, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi, Sindhi, Kannada, Gujarati, Telugu, Maghi, Maithili and Assamese. He also recorded a few English, Persian, Spanish and Dutch songs. An article in Times of India, published on 24 July 2010 sums up his voice as, "If there are 101 ways of saying "I love you" in a song, Mohammed Rafi knew them all. The awkwardness of puppy love, the friskiness of teen romance, the philosophy of...
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...Study Guides and Lesson PlansStudy smarter. Welcome, Guest!Set Background Blackboard Green Chalkboard Desk Sign In Join eNotes . HOMEWORK HELPSTUDY GUIDESLESSON PLANSQUIZZESeBOOKS & DOCUMENTSETEXTSSHAKESPEAREMATH HELPSCIENCE HELPSUBJECTS subjects LITERATUREHISTORYSCIENCEMATHARTSBUSINESSSOCIAL SCIENCESLAW AND POLITICSHEALTHBLOGJOIN eNOTESeNOTES PEOPLE Homework Help Better Students Ask More Questions. In Macbeth, how does the sergeant characterize Macbeth in Act I? What images does he... user profile pic hyun980106 Student Undergraduate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- eNotes Newbie Up1 DownTopic: Macbeth In Macbeth, how does the sergeant characterize Macbeth in Act I? What images does he associate with Macbeth? Posted by hyun980106 on March 5, 2009 at 9:55 AM via web and tagged with act i, literature, macbeth, sergeants description, the tragedy of macbeth 1 Answer | add yours user profile pic mshurn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- College Teacher -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Level 1) Educator Emeritus Up2 DownFrom the sergeant's description of Macbeth in battle, we can conclude that Macbeth is a strong and valiant soldier who does not retreat, despite the odds against him. Macbeth fights furiously in defense of his King and country, his sword...
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...layout. The referencing style should follow the Harvard UTS Referencing Guide. You are expected to undertake a rigorous literature search of discovery on your chosen topic, which includes a minimum of five (5) recent and relevant academic refereed publications (which is a mandatory component of the report). The length of your report should be between 2,500 to 3,500 o undertake a rigorous literature search of discovery on your chosen topic, which includes a minimum of five (5) recent and relevant academic refereed publications (which is a mandatory component of the report). Life is full of surprises The presentation of your report must follow the generally accepted style of a research paper, including depth and breadth of discussion and analysis, language, referencing style and layout. The referencing style should follow the Harvard UTS Referencing Guide. You are expected to undertake a rigorous literature search of discovery on your chosen topic, which includes a minimum of five (5) recent and relevant academic refereed publications (which is a mandatory component of the report). The length of your report should be between 2,500 to 3,500 o undertake a rigorous literature search of discovery on your chosen topic, which includes a minimum of five (5) recent and relevant academic refereed publications (which is a mandatory component of the report). o undertake a rigorous literature search of discovery on your chosen topic, which includes a minimum of five...
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...“I thought to myself: I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything that is really good, but he thinks he has knowledge, when he has not, while I, having no knowledge, do not think I have.” ― Plato, Apology tags: apology, knowledge, plato, socrates, wisdom 23 people liked it like “Men of Athens, I honor and love you; but I shall obey God rather than you, and while I have life and strength I shall never cease from the practice and teaching of philosophy... Understand that I shall never alter my ways, not even if I have to die many tim Apology: Top Ten Quotes Top Ten Quotes | 1) "I am very conscious that I am not wise at all," (Socrates)2) "in my investigation in the service of the god I found that those who had the highest reputation were nearly the most deficient, while those who were thought to be inferior were more knowledgeable." (Socrates)3) "Either I do not corrupt the young or, if I do, it is unwillingly," (Socrates)4) "You are wrong, sir, if you think that a man who is any good at all should take into account the risk of life or death; he should look to this only in his actions, whether what he does is right or wrong, whether he is acting like a good or a bad man." (Socrates)5) "To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know." (Socrates)6) "I will not yield to any man contrary to what is right, for fear of death, even if I should die at once for not yielding." (Socrates)7)...
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...Harvard UWS Referencing Style Guide Overview Referencing Intellectual honesty and plagiarism About the Harvard UWS style In-text citation: Referencing sources within the text Reference list Electronic items Referencing secondary sources Different works of the same author and same year Books, book chapters and brochures Single author Two or three authors Four to six authors Corporate author / authoring body Edited book Chapter or article in book Other materials Acts of Parliament (includes bills) Australian Bureau of Statistics Brochure Government report Legal authorities (cases) Microfiche / microfilm document Patent/ Trademark (electronic database) Podcast (from the Internet) Government report (online) Image on the Internet Lecture (unpublished) / personal communication E-book Seven or more authors No author (incl. dictionary or encyclopaedia) Chapter or article in an edited book Standard Study guide Thesis / dissertation Tutorial / lecture handout Video recording, television program or audio recording Video or audio (from the Internet) Web page / document on the Internet Journal articles, newspaper articles and conference papers Journal article (print version) Journal article (full-text from electronic database) Newspaper article (available in print) ...
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...a student at the University of Kansas studying English and American Studies, and this may be a bit unorthodox, but I wanted to say that your book Writing Essays About Literature was one of the best books I have ever read in the world of academia! I am taking a Critical Theory class, and we were assigned only the first 55 pages, but I really could not put the book down. Your writing is magnificent, and I am constantly referring to the book when writing papers. You have done a brilliant job making essay-writing easy, structured, and actually enjoyable!" - Lauren Gaylor, University of Kansas "Katherine O. Acheson's Writing Essays About Literature is a concise, fully portable and very well-priced guide that gets it right. Acheson's emphasis on inductive reasoning is wonderfully refreshing. It really helps English professors persuade their students to argue from the specific to the general, to found their arguments on the details of evidence and on the careful—and affectively sensitive—analysis of that evidence. And the very best thing about this book is that Acheson's casual and unassuming prose style makes students want to read it. And they do. And then they bring it to class!" - Glenn Clark, University of Manitoba "For those of us interested in teaching writing through literature, Katherine O. Acheson's guide is an indispensable companion, teaching students that writing is more about process and less about imagined giftedness. The book begins by teaching students how to perform...
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...Hamza Ufitabe Gafurama 14002299 Information Systems Independent Learning and Role of the University Library in Conducting Research Assignment 1. How to Narrow Information When a topic is too broad that is not manageable you will find that there is too much information and therefore the focus would have to be narrowed. To help narrow focus a few simple questions can help achieve this • what you know or don’t know about the topic? • what time period you covering • what place or geographic area you will be covering • trying to focus your topic in terms of specific type or class, people, places or things e.g study of traffic patterns • choose one lens through which to view the research problem, e.g rather than studying the role of government in Eastern religions, study the role of government in Hinduism You can apply one or two of strategies above to determine if that gives you a manageable research problem to investigate. Combining multiple strategies risks creating the opposite problem, your topic may become too narrowly defined and you can't locate enough research or data to support your study. 2. How to Evaluate Information Questions that should be asked when evaluating sources. • • • • • • 3. How information was found - where information was found web or library catalog? where you found the information will help in determining its usefulness. Who is the intended audience - knowing the intended audience will help decide the usefulness...
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...and manipulate textual elements in writing to clearly and effectively convey a controlling idea or thesis. Student Published Portfolios: For each of the first three quarters, students are required to complete three to four published writing portfolio products. Quarter 4 is devoted to completion of the Laureate Research Project. . Pacing: This map is one suggestion for pacing. Springboard pacing guides precede each unit in the “About the Unit” sections and offers pacing on a 45-minute class period length. Prentice Hall Literature – Use selections from Prentice Hall throughout the quarter to reinforce the standards being taught as well as the embedded assessments within the SpringBoard curriculum. QUARTER #1 SpringBoard Curriculum Pacing Guide August 23 – October 22 Standards and Benchmarks | Unit Pacing Guide | SpringBoard Unit/Activities | Assessments | SpringBoard Unit 1Literature * The students will analyze and compare significant works of literature and id relationships among major genres * Analyze the literary devices unique to the literature and how they support and enhance theme and main ideaReading * The student will use pre reading strategies and background knowledge of subject/content area to make and confirm complex predictions * Determine main idea and essential messageWriting * Pre write by generating ideas...
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...IPL -- Arts and Humanities -- Literature 189 resources Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day Information including pronunciation, definition and background about words from Merriam-Webster Subject: The Penguin Podcast Book extracts, author interviews and other information, including links to purchasing sites from Penguin Books, UK Subject: Literature; NPR: Book Tour Podcast Modern authors read and discuss their work Subject: Literature; PRI: Selected Shorts Podcast Actors reading short stories, described as "story time for adults" Subject: Literature; World Book Club A discussion with world authors about their most famous works Subject: Literature; The Canadian Literature Archive A comprehensive collection of information about Canadian writers, novelists, poets, and playwrights, as well as books, archives, publications, and literary organizations. A good place to go for information on the Canadian literary scene. Subject: Literature; Dictionary of Symbolism Explanations for commonly used symbolism in literature. Searchable. Subject: Literature; Encyclopedia.com -- Flood This Encyclopedia.com entry on floods includes information about the flooding process, historical floods, and floods in myth and religion. Click on the tabs to find information on these different topics. Subject: Literature; Favorite Poem Project Robert Pinsky, a poet and the author of this site says, "If a poem is written...
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...Atwood’s Rapunzel Syndrome in “The Painted Door” Ever since it’s publishing by the Brothers Grimm in the early 1800s “Rapunzel” has become more than just another short story, it’s become an element of literature. The struggle between a woman and the ties holding her from happiness has become a vital part to an increasing number of literary works both Canadian and otherwise. Canadian literature can often be placed under Margaret Atwood’s literary analysis “Survival a Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature”. In this it is stated that women in Canadian literature frequently suffer from Rapunzel Syndrome (209). In the Rapunzel Syndrome there are four elements: Rapunzel the main character; the wicked witch who has imprisoned her [...]; the tower she’s imprisoned in [...]; and the Rescuer (Atwood 209). Sinclair Ross’s short story “The Painted Door” is an example of how all of these elements can be present in Canadian literature. The Rapunzel Syndrome requires a wicked witch who imprisones Rapunzel to her tower. In “The Painted Door” John can be seen as this wicked witch who is responsible for trapping his wife, Rapunzel to her tower. After deciding to visit his father before the storm his wife expresses genuine concern about the undertaking. John disregards her pleas to stay and convinces her that she will be safe. Although John is at fault for trapping his wife he is by no means wicked. He loves his wife deeply and has only good intentions in mind; keeping his father and her...
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...TRAINERS’ GUIDE: LITERATURE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP Susan Malone, 2010, Kabul WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES Participants will understand the purpose of developing graded reading materials in their languages They will know how to 1) write original stories in their language; 2) write songs, poetry, proverbs, folktales and other traditional literature from their own language; 3) edit their own writing; 4) edit other people’s writing; 5) put the stories (and songs, poetry, etc.) into books or posters. They will develop a plan for testing reading materials with Mother Tongue (MT) speakers of their languages. They will produce 1) at least 2 Stage 1 story book and 2 Stage 2 story books. They will also produce several posters with stories, songs, or poems for Stage 1 readers. They will be developing a plan for training other people in their language groups to produce Stage 1 and 2 stories. The goal is that they will have 30 Stage 1 and 15 Stage 2 stories ready for printing by the end of 12 months. Literature for promoting sustained literacy Ask: What kinds of traditional (oral) literature do you have in your languages? Examples are stories, songs, poetry, riddles, jokes, folk tales, and legends. Write the different kinds of traditional language on the board or a large piece of paper as people say them. Explain why they will need a lot of written literature, especially if they want people to be literate in their language. The problem in most minority language groups is that: People may learn to...
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...Abstract 4. Contains a short summary of the thesis and is usually no more than one page in length. Table of Contents 5. Numbering usually begins on the table of contents page. It is followed by a List of Figures page and a List of Tables (if needed). Thesis Body 6. The thesis usually begins with an introduction. Length of the thesis and style (MLA or APA) are determined by your major and department. Ads by Google References * ------------------------------------------------- Thesis Guidelines Resources * ------------------------------------------------- American Psychological Association, Publication Manual * ------------------------------------------------- Modern Language Association, The MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing Who Can HelpSponsored * ------------------------------------------------- Earn your associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree at University of Phoenix. Find out how. * ------------------------------------------------- Earn your degree from industry experts at University of Phoenix. Take the next step in your career. Thesis: Title Page and Table of Contents * Thesis: Abstract * Thesis: Introduction * Thesis: Methodology * Thesis: Results * Thesis: Discussion * Thesis: Conclusion * Thesis: Revising and Editing Introduction: In this chapter the introduction about the topic should be given. Means the topic you have chosen consists what? Need of the research:...
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...Literature is the foundation of life. It places an emphasis on many topics from human tragedies to tales of the ever-popular search for love. While it is physically written in words, these words come alive in the imagination of the mind, and its ability to comprehend the complexity or simplicity of the text. Literature enables people to see through the lenses of others, and sometimes even inanimate objects; therefore, it becomes a looking glass into the world as others view it. It is a journey that is inscribed in pages, and powered by the imagination of the reader. Ultimately, literature has provided a gateway to teach the reader about life experiences from even the saddest stories to the most joyful ones that will touch their hearts. From a very young age, many are exposed to literature in the most stripped down form: picture books and simple texts that are mainly for the sole purpose of teaching the alphabet etc. Although these are not nearly as complex as an 800-page sci-fi novel, it is the first step that many take towards the literary world. Progressively, as people grow older, they explore other genres of books, ones that propel them towards curiosity of the subject, and the overall book. Reading and being given the keys to the literature world prepares individuals from an early age to discover the true importance of literature: being able to comprehend and understand situations from many perspectives. Physically speaking, it is impossible to be someone else. It is impossible...
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