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BIO 7361A: Discipline-Based Educational Research Methods

This guide is intended to support students enrolled in Dr. Daniel's Biology Discipline-Based Educational Research Methods course.

Organizing a Literature Review

What to know: One way that you can build a conversation around the research is in the way you organize your literature review.

What you’ll learn: The different options you can use to organize your sources as you begin to build your literature review. Also, you will learn where a literature review fits into the larger scheme of your research paper.

Why you should care: The way you organize your literature can have an impact on how your research is perceived and justified.

Ways to Organize a Literature Review

Organizing Your Paper with a Literature Review