Literature Review 4 AP Research
Lesson Plan for Librarians & Teachers
START
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
02
01
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.
Transcript
The myth..
01
Read transcript
Types of Review
01
Read more
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
Transcript
Based on purposes and positioning of the reviews of the literature: https://libguides.kennesaw.edu/allLR
Literature Review Objectives
01
AP Seminar
Teacher Notes
Learn more
Info
Literature Review Process
02
Topic & Question
Transcript
Text button
02
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!
03
Academic Databases
for Georgia
Explora for High School
- Genially
State library consortiums provide subscriptions to academic databases to K-12 schools
Hybrid Search (EbscoHost)
03
Summary
Custom GPT
Natural Language
Boolean search
Thesaurus button
ThesaurusBrowsing
03
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
03
Whatever you do keyword search or "prompt" you should limit your search to research population, setting, type of research, publication date for precision, relevance
Transcript
Complementary tools to find more research
03
Citation Chaining using AI tools
04
Section 4 Analysis
start
Organization of citations, documents, & research
04
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.
04
Systematic Search
Preliminary Search
Synthesis
Citation & Notes Manager
Extraction & Appraisal
Gap & Thematic Analysis
Citation Analysis & Mapping
Connected Papers Research Rabbit
- Elicit
- SciSpace
- AnalyzeThis
Synthesis Matrix
Transcript
04
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
Transcript
04
Extraction & Scanning - Research Gap
Check Future Research and Limitation sections 4 research gap
SciSpace
04
Analysis Matrix
Synthesis Writing
Resources
Transcript
Quiz
start
Quiz
Wrong!
Oops!
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
01
AP Research for High School Students https://libguides.kennesaw.edu/AP_Research
02
Hopscotch Literature Review Design tool https://libguides.kennesaw.edu/LRD_thesis
03
Advanced Search for Research Literature: https://libguides.kennesaw.edu/lit_search
04
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.
Learn more
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.
Read more here
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.
Read more here
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
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Literature Review 4 AP Research
Lesson Plan for Librarians & Teachers
START
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
02
01
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.
Transcript
The myth..
01
Read transcript
Types of Review
01
Read more
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
Transcript
Based on purposes and positioning of the reviews of the literature: https://libguides.kennesaw.edu/allLR
Literature Review Objectives
01
AP Seminar
Teacher Notes
Learn more
Info
Literature Review Process
02
Topic & Question
Transcript
Text button
02
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!
03
Academic Databases
for Georgia
Explora for High School
- Genially
State library consortiums provide subscriptions to academic databases to K-12 schools
Hybrid Search (EbscoHost)
03
Summary
Custom GPT
Natural Language
Boolean search
Thesaurus button
ThesaurusBrowsing
03
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
03
Whatever you do keyword search or "prompt" you should limit your search to research population, setting, type of research, publication date for precision, relevance
Transcript
Complementary tools to find more research
03
Citation Chaining using AI tools
04
Section 4 Analysis
start
Organization of citations, documents, & research
04
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.
04
Systematic Search
Preliminary Search
Synthesis
Citation & Notes Manager
Extraction & Appraisal
Gap & Thematic Analysis
Citation Analysis & Mapping
Connected Papers Research Rabbit
Synthesis Matrix
Transcript
04
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
Transcript
04
Extraction & Scanning - Research Gap
Check Future Research and Limitation sections 4 research gap
SciSpace
04
Analysis Matrix
Synthesis Writing
Resources
Transcript
Quiz
start
Quiz
Wrong!
Oops!
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
01
AP Research for High School Students https://libguides.kennesaw.edu/AP_Research
02
Hopscotch Literature Review Design tool https://libguides.kennesaw.edu/LRD_thesis
03
Advanced Search for Research Literature: https://libguides.kennesaw.edu/lit_search
04
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.
Learn more
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.
Lorem ipsum dolor
Consectetur adipiscing elit
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.
Read more here
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.
Read more here
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