CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
PREPARED BY:
CRISTINA CECILIA B. MANALO, MAT – SCIENCE
RESEARCH INSTRUCTOR
WRITING CHAPTER II
(REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE)
• THE RESEARCHER MUST DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING:
• THEMATIC/TOPICAL APPROACH WHICH PRESENTS THE CONCEPT, IDEA,
OBSERVATION, BELIEF, METHODOLOGY, ETC. USED IN THE STUDY.
• EXISTING STUDIES/PRIOR ARTS WHICH PRESENTS RELATED OR EXISTING
STUDIES, AND DESIGNS RELATED TO THE STUDY BEING CONDUCTED.
• SYNTHESIS WHICH CONNECTS THE CONCEPTS AND PRIOR ART TO THE STUDY
AND ADDRESSES THE GAP OR PROBLEM ONE IS TRYING TO ADDRESS.
AS STATED IN BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY LIBRARY WEBSITE [2] A REVIEW OF
RELATED LITERATURE IS DONE TO COMPREHENSIVELY SUMMARIZE PREVIOUS
RESEARCHES RELATED TO THE TOPIC ON HAND.
THE REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE SHOULD INCLUDE SURVEYS SCHOLARLY
ARTICLES, BOOKS, AND OTHER SOURCES RELEVANT TO A CONDUCTED
RESEARCH.
THIS SHOULD OBJECTIVELY ENUMERATE, DESCRIBE AND SUMMARIZE THE
THEORETICAL BASIS FOR THE RESEARCH AND WHICH MAKES THE AUTHOR AND
THE READERS UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THE RESEARCH.
THIS WILL HELP THE RESEARCHER ASSURES THE READERS THAT THE STUDY WAS
THOROUGHLY CONDUCTED.
• ACCORDING TO OBICO [3], THE REVIEW OF RELATED
LITERATURE HELPS THE RESEARCHER IN LOOKING FOR OR
SELECTING A BETTER RESEARCH PROBLEM.
• REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ENSURES THAT THERE WILL BE
NO DUPLICATION OF RESEARCH WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY
CONDUCTED.
• MOREOVER, THE REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE PROVIDES
CONCEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK OF THE
RESEARCH.
THE REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ACCORDING TO
OBICO [3] HAS SEVERAL CHARACTERISTICS.
THESE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
1. THE SURVEYED MATERIALS MUST BE RECENT.
2. MATERIALS REVIEWED MUST BE OBJECTIVE AND UNBIASED.
3. MATERIALS SURVEYED MUST BE RELEVANT TO THE STUDY.
4. SURVEYED MATERIALS MUST HAVE BEEN BASED UPON
GENUINELY ORIGINAL AND TRUE FACTS OR DATA THAT HAS
UNDERGONE VALIDATION AND RELIABILITY TEST.
CONCEPTS
• DEFINITION
• DESCRIPTION (TYPES, FUNCTIONS, IMPORTANCE, FEATURES,
EFFECTS AND/OR CAUSES,
• ADVANTAGES AND/OR DISADVANTAGES IF APPLICABLE)
• IN WRITING THE REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE, THE
STUDENT MUST WRITE FIRST THE TITLE OF THE LITERATURE,
AND DISCUSS COMPREHENSIVELY THE LITERATURE ARRANGE
FROM THE MOST IMPORTANT LITERATURE TO THE LEAST
IMPORTANT.
• MOREOVER, ONE CAN WRITE THE LITERATURE TO EXPLAIN
THE DEFINITION, IMPORTANCE, IMPLEMENTATION AND
FUNCTIONALITIES OF THE CITED LITERATURE.
REVIEW OF RELATED STUDY/PRIOR ART
• IN WRITING THE PRIOR ART, THE RESEARCHER NEEDS TO SPECIFY FIRST
THE TITLE OF THE REVIEWED PRIOR ART AND AFTER WHICH THE
RESEARCHER NEEDS TO THOROUGHLY DISCUSS WHAT HAS BEEN DONE
IN THE STUDY, THE METHODOLOGY USED AND THE FINDINGS
FORMULATED FROM THE STUDY.
• IN WRITING A REVIEW OF RELATED STUDY OR PRIOR ART ONE NEEDS TO
CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS ACCORDING TO LOYNS [5].
ØAN OVERVIEW OF THE SUBJECT,
Ø ISSUE OR THEORY UNDER CONSIDERATION,
ØTHE OBJECTIVES OF THE LITERATURE REVIEW.
SYNTHESIS
• IN WRITING THE SYNTHESIS OF THE THESIS DOCUMENT, THE REVIEW OF
RELATED LITERATURE AND RELATED STUDY SHOULD DISCUSS HOW THE
RESEARCHER USE THE LITERATURE AND THE PRIOR ART IN THE STUDY.
• THE RESEARCHER NEEDS TO DISCUSS HOW EACH RELATED LITERATURE WAS
USED IN THE STUDY AND WHY THESE LITERATURES ARE SIGNIFICANT IN THE
STUDY.
• THE RESEARCHER NEEDS TO COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE COLLECTED PRIOR
ART TO HIS OWN RESEARCH. THE RESEARCHER SHOULD HIGHLIGHT THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CONDUCTED RESEARCH AND ITS NEW CONTRIBUTION
TO THE FIELD AS COMPARED TO THE PRESENTED RELATED STUDY OR PRIOR ART.
ACTIVITY FOR CHAPTER II
(INDIVIDUAL)
• PRINTED OR WRITTEN
• QUIZ 40 POINTS
• TASKS FOR OCTOBER 12 AND OCTOBER 17
• DUE IS ON OCTOBER 17,2023
• AT 3A – 10:30AM
• AT 3B – 12:OO NOON
• ELX/ELT – 2:30PM
REMINDERS FOR OCTOBER 2023
• OCTOBER 3 – ONLINE DUE OF CHAPTER 1 – SOFTCOPY
• OCTOBER 5 – FACE TO FACE – MIDTERM EXAM – DUE CHAPTER 1 HARDCOPY
• OCTOBER 10 – ONLINE – DISCUSSION OF CHAPTER 2
• OCTOBER 12 – ASYNCHRONOUS/LIBRARY WORK – WORK ON ACTIVITY 1 – RRL
• OCTOBER 17 – ONLINE DUE OF ACTIVITY 1- HARDCOPY
• OCTOBER 19 – FACE TO FACE DISCUSSION AND WORKING ON CHAPTER 2
• OCTOBER 24 – ONLINE DISCUSION ON CHAPTER 3
• OCTOBER 26 – ONLINE WORKING ON CHAPTER 3
• OCTOBER 31 – ONLINE FINALIZATION OF CHAPTER 3
REMINDERS FOR NOVEMBER 2023
PREPARE FOR PROPOSAL DEFENSE
CHAPTER 1, 2 AND 3.
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