Practical Research II

Draft of Literature Review

 Writing the Literature Review
- Literature review is one whole essay that has
its own introduction, body, summary and
conclusion.
- Start with your thesis statement and explore
on this in the body.
- Don’t just summarize the results of the studies
in this section; you also give your analysis of
these materials.
 Writing the Literature Review
- Remember that exciting literature reviews
present contrasting results or arguments as
well as the lack of studies on your topic.
- This sections has usually 2 parts: The
theoretical framework and the review of
related studies together with the hypotheses.
- It may be organized in several ways based on
the manner or style of writing it.
 Writing the Literature Review
What should be in your literature review and
how it would be organized:
1. Remember to select and analyze studies that
have been done about your topic.
2. Choose a consistent way of organizing your
literature.
Should it be chronological, thematic or
conceptual or methodological? (Assignment)
 Writing the Literature Review
What will be your section headings or subtitles?
3. Present how the previous studies relate to
one another. Present also the limitations of
these researches.
4. Discuss how your own research fits into the
literature. How does your study relate to the
previous study.
Situating the Theoretical Framework/Conceptual
Framework and Hypotheses in the Literature
Review
Ex. Conceptual Framework of the study.
Correlation of test anxiety to the student’s achievement,
process skills and attitude towards science.

Achievement in
Science

Test Anxiety in Integrated

Moving Science Process
Examination Skills

Attitude towards
Science
Situating the Theoretical Framework/Conceptual
Framework and Hypotheses in the Literature
Review
Research Hypotheses

The following research hypotheses are presented:

1. Test anxiety in moving examination does not
correlate to students’ achievement in science.
2. Test anxiety in moving examination does not
correlate to students’ integrated science process
skills.
3. Test anxiety in moving examination does not
correlate to students’ attitude towards science.
Situating the Theoretical Framework/Conceptual
Framework and Hypotheses in the Literature
Review
Research Design
The study utilized the prediction correlational
research design to examine how the test
anxiety in moving examination, the predictor
variable, correlates to students’ achievement,
integrated process skills and attitude towards
science, the criterion variables.
Extend your knowledge:

“Conceptual Framework: What Do You Think Is Going On?”

http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/48274_ch_3.pdf