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Literature Review 4 AP Research

Lesson Plan for Librarians & Teachers

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by Dr. Olga Koz, Collegiate Librarian and IRML Evidence Synthesis Methodologist

Lesson objectives

Objective 03

Objective 04

Objective 02

Objective 01

Application
Evaluate
Understand
Understand

Responsibly apply relevant tools to the literature analysis

Understand the literature review role in research

Be able to select search strategies, techniques, technology and sources for evidence

Be able to distinguish between literature review during AP Seminar and AP Research

Definition

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LR Definition

Conducting a literature review as a part of a research study is a process of discovering, analyzing, and synthesizing scientific knowledge (research and theoretical works) on a particular topic or in support of a research question. You will document the process and the results.

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The myth..

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Types of Review

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L E A R N I N G

R E S E A R C H

Part of a AP Research Proposal

Argumentative essay/ AP Seminar

Preparation for Research

Part of a AP Research Study

LR

“Nested” or Part of a Larger Work

Topic & Question Development

“Stand-Alone” Work

Learning Assignment

Review as a research study

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Based on purposes and positioning of the reviews of the literature: https://libguides.kennesaw.edu/allLR

Literature Review Objectives

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AP Seminar
Teacher Notes
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Info

Literature Review Process
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Topic & Question

Transcript

Text button

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LR

Literature Review Process

Learn more about each tool

Q & Topic Development

Organization

Gray Zone

1. Academic databases

2. Open Access Academic Databases

Extracting

Summarization

Retrieval with AI

OA Academic

Gray Zone

Lesson completed!

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Academic Databases

for Georgia
Explora for High School
- Genially

State library consortiums provide subscriptions to academic databases to K-12 schools

Hybrid Search (EbscoHost)

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Summary

Custom GPT

Natural Language

Boolean search

Thesaurus button

ThesaurusBrowsing

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List of databases with a thesaurus and tutorials on how to do this search in a database. A short video on using thesauri in EBSCOhost databases.

Precise Search

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Whatever you do keyword search or "prompt" you should limit your search to research population, setting, type of research, publication date for precision, relevance

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Complementary tools to find more research

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Citation Chaining using AI tools

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Section 4 Analysis

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Organization of citations, documents, & research

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Zotero

Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research. Available for Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android Just need to create a quick bibliography? Try ZoteroBib.

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Systematic Search

Preliminary Search

Synthesis

Citation & Notes Manager

Extraction & Appraisal

Gap & Thematic Analysis

Citation Analysis & Mapping

Connected Papers Research Rabbit
  • Elicit
  • SciSpace
  • AnalyzeThis
  • Scite.ai
  • LitMap

Synthesis Matrix

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Gap Analysis

A lack of empirical evidence -no research supported

Evidence Gap

Knowledge Gap

A lack of scientific knowledge

Methodological Gap

A gap in theoretical understanding and conceptual models in a particular topic here

A gap in the research methods

Theoretical/Conceptual Gap

Lack of theories or conceptual models

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Extraction & Scanning - Research Gap

Check Future Research and Limitation sections 4 research gap

SciSpace

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Analysis Matrix

Synthesis Writing

Resources

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Quiz

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Quiz

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For those who selected discovery, analysis, or synthesis, I should emphasize that the question was about "generic generative AI" and "research review," this anwer was wrong from my perspective.

Reference

IRML AP Resources https://www.kennesaw.edu/irml/instructional-resources/ap-research-resources.php

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AP Research for High School Students https://libguides.kennesaw.edu/AP_Research

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Hopscotch Literature Review Design tool https://libguides.kennesaw.edu/LRD_thesis

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Advanced Search for Research Literature: https://libguides.kennesaw.edu/lit_search

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The review of knowledge is similar to the research process. At this point, no reliable or effective AI agent can go through this process and produce a critical, insightful, unbiased, and trustworthy review. As a student or a future scientist, you do not want to delegate learning to AI. Reviewing the literature in your area of interest and scanning the existing research helps you develop your research topic and question. Based on the topic and question, you begin to search more systematically for theoretical and research papers to frame your study, connect concepts or variables, and determine whether your question has been answered or there is still a knowledge gap. Reviewing the literature helps you position and justify your research.

Purposes of literature revews

Let us compare the objectives of three types of evidence reviews: the one nested in a research study, the proposal, and the concept paper. The aim of the literature review in a concept paper is to connect concepts to frame the proposed research. A review of research in the research proposal focuses on proving the viability of the proposed study and finding evidence gaps, while in the research study itself, the emphasis is on conducting in-depth and critical analysis and synthesis of previous research.

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Most of the academic databases include filtering based on rich metadata and descriptors for each record. You can limit to peer-reviewed journals only, to a specific research method, by publication type, by publication timeframe, or by subject. Unfortunately, this is not the case with AI-based tools; hybrid (lexical + semantic) search engines allow results to be limited by study design, population, setting, and publication type.

Now, once your findings (articles, books, other secondary sources) are analyzed and classified, you are ready to consider approaches to integrating and synthesizing them into a coherent, purposeful, and logical description. Even if you make sense of knowledge that has already been analyzed and organized, synthesizing it into a coherent whole that informs future research and actions remains the most challenging task. Usually, a thematic funnel structure works the best to position your study among other studies and reveal research gaps or unexplored themes. Consult the writing instructor on rhetorical strategies you might use to synthesize the literature.

The analysis of search results is a multi-step process that combines initial visualization (Research Rabbit, Connected Papers, systematic organization, and advanced AI-powered techniques). This workflow enables researchers to move from an initial exploration of the literature to a deep, critical appraisal of the evidence and to identify research gaps and key discussions.

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A literature review is a common college assignment where students summarize literature or annotate journal articles to understand a subject better. When it is a part of a research proposal, students synthesize research to reveal gaps in research or frame future studies. There are different types of literature reviews, each with specific purposes. The requirements for literature types, search techniques, and analysis methods can also vary significantly based on the review types.

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Literature review

What is a literature review? Composing a literature review is a process of discovering, analyzing, and synthesizing knowledge on a particular topic or research question. You will document the process and the results. Like any research process, it requires applying methods and design. As with any documentation, it follows a particular genre, style, and format.

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Now, when your findings are analyzed and classified, you are ready to consider approaches to integrating and synthesizing them into a coherent, purposeful, and logical description, a synthesis of knowledge into a coherent whole that informs future research and actions is still the most challenging task. Synthesize E-Lecture from the Harvard U. Gutman Library Sandelowski, M., & Barroso, J. (2007). Handbook for synthesizing qualitative research. New York: Springer Pub. Co. Lern more here https://libguides.kennesaw.edu/lr/synthesis

Since 2022, when the first ChatGPT app appeared, students have been bombarded by salesmen of new miracle AI tools. They claim that the new tools will not only enable writing literature reviews but also facilitate finding, analyzing, and summarizing numerous academic articles.

Good research requires a clear and convincing rationale, and claiming a gap (conceptual, methodological, evidence, and knowledge) is a widely used approach to justify and prioritize a worthy contribution. You should not just claim a gap in the literature, but it should be ‘worthy’ to examine it. Supporting it with evidence (an evidence analysis matrix) is important for developing a research question in the first place, crucial throughout the research process, and essential for advancing knowledge in a field.If you are a novice researcher, solving a small problem or adding a tiny piece of knowledge is a tremendous achievement.

LR as a part of AP research

The literature review is a key step in performing good, authentic research or solving practical problems. However, it is not a one-step process. During preliminary review of the potential area of study during AP Seminar, you scan the literature to formulate a topic and research question, and to plan the study or project. During AP Research, your focus is on topical research gap analysis, framing, and positioning your study in the literature