Semester 1 (Week 3)
Theses are the notes I took during the Tuesday afternoon workshop that took place from 14:00 to 17:00 on 3rd October 2017. The tutors were Dr Claire McAvinia and Dr Ita Kennelly.
Topics for today’s workshop
– Topic Development and Resources Access
– Advanced Literature Review and Critique
– Ethics Procedures
Ethics – your concerns and questions
Research Ethics Committees meet approximately every 6 weeks
Meeting 1 – Mid October 2017
Meeting 2 – End November 2017
N.B. Look at the screencast sooner rather than later.
Research question:
How can a domain model for adaptive learning in secondary school mathematics be evaluated?
Key Phrases:
Domain Model, Adaptive Learning, Mathematics
ACTIVITY: DISCUSS IN GROUPS
What is a literature review?
Ans. Analysis, Relevance, Piece of writing to add to your work in a particular domain,
What is the purpose of the literature review?
Ans. Establish what is known, what has been researched, what has been published, get ideas.
What does it mean to write a high quality, effective literature review?
Ans. Who is seminal, comprehensive, relevance to context,
What are the greatest challenges involved in writing a literature review?
Ans. Strong enough, drawing appropriate conclusions, categorising what you review
Showing the links between theory and practice
….
etc
Read published work – study a wide range of print and web-based materials.
Interpretation – explain the significance and interpret the evidence presented in each piece of literature – not simply listing what others have writteN
Synthesis – creation of an integrated whole
Managing Literature
– Set up a reliable system of logging references
….(plus 2 more)
Reading critically and analytically
Things to extract from each piece of reading material
Definition, Problem, Theory, Hypothesis, Techniques, Interpretations
Concepts, Arguments, Standpoint, Evidence, Perspective, Styles
Justification, Ways of thinking, Events, Motives, Politics, Conclusions
Developing Your Reading
E-Portfolio – make short annotated bibliographies
Assignments – briefly revisit your work
…etc
Action Planning
Review your research question
What 3 actions can you take in the next week to progress your research relating to those key terms?
What are your goals for next week’s tutorial?