Learning Objectives
After studying Chapter 5, students will be able to do the following:
- Describe the various purposes of conducting a review of related literature
- Discuss what is meant by objectivity in a literature review
- Distinguish between and provide examples of primary and secondary sources of information
- Conduct searches for related literature using ERIC, Google Scholar, and ProQuest
- List and describe various keys to organizing a literature review
- Locate both primary and secondary sources of information appropriate for a topic of interest
- Write a review of related literature for a topic of interest