RES 861 Grand Canyon Week 2 Assignment
RES 861 Grand Canyon Week 2 Assignment
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RES 861 Grand Canyon Week
2 Assignment
RES861
RES 861 Grand Canyon Week
2 Assignment
Mining Existing Literature
Reviews
Details:
The literature reviews of
existing dissertations can readily be mined for information regarding who is
publishing in a given field and what themes are being explored. In the
literature review, themes are the common ideas being discussed across the
literature on a given topic. In this assignment, you will mine the literature
reviews of three dissertations to guide your own search for information on your
intended dissertation topic.
General Requirements:
Use the following
information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:
- The ProQuest
Dissertation database has resources that may be helpful for this
assignment. You can access the data base by
.proquest.com.library.gcu.edu:2048/pqdthss/advanced?accountid=7374″>clicking
here.
- Instructors
will be using a grading rubrics to grade the assignments. It is
recommended that learners review the rubric prior to beginning the
assignment in order to become familiar with the assignment criteria and
expectations for successful completion of the assignment.
- Doctoral
learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The
APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.
Directions:
Locate three dissertations
on topics related to your own dissertation research. These may be the same
dissertations you located for your second discussion question in Module1.
For each dissertation,
locate the literature review (typically Chapter 2) and mine it by constructing
an outline of it. Use the given headings as Roman numerals and the subheadings
as capital letters in your outline. Follow standard APA outlining format to add
additional levels of detail.
Compile a single list of
the authors you see cited in each literature review, and identify the topics on
which each is writing. A table that identifies the author in one column and a
broad topic in a second column is an excellent way to preserve this
information.
Write a brief summary
(125-250 words) of the literature reviews you mined to submit along with your
outlines and author/topic list that you created. Address the following
questions about the literature reviews you have just mined:
1- What
do you notice about the organization of the literature reviews of the three
dissertations? Are they organized chronologically, thematically, or in some
other form (if other, identify)? Why might the researcher have chosen this
organizational structure?
2- As
you observe the content of the three studies, what common ideas (themes) do you
see?
3- How
do these themes relate to your dissertation topic?
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