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Article 1
Thapa, A., Cohen, J., Guffey, S., & Higgins-D’Alessandro, A. (2013). A review of school climate research. Review of Educational Research, 83(3), 357–385.
 

URL: http://rer.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/83/3/357?ijkey=CNF7f1i7rrhVE&keytype=ref&siteid=sprer
 

Questions that apply to this article:

1. What strategies did these authors use to help refine their focus for their literature review?
2. What technological tool(s) did the authors use to conduct their literature searches?
3. Which kinds of studies/articles did the authors decide to include in their literature review? What was the distribution of these?         

Article 2
Pattall, E. A., Cooper, H., & Allen, A. B. (2010). Extending the school day or school year: A systematic review of research (1985–2009). Review of Educational Research, 80(3), 401–436.
 

URL: http://rer.sagepub.com/content/80/3/401.full
 

Questions that apply to this article:

1. These authors summarized findings from past reviews on their topic in a table. What were the three aspects from the literature they reviewed that they highlighted in these summaries?
2. Which electronic databases did these authors use to conduct their searches for relevant literature? How did they initially determine what might be relevant among what they found?
3. What were the criteria for including studies to be reviewed?