EDD 8100: Academic Writing

When professors ask you to synthesis research from different studies into your paper, such as a literature review, what do they mean?

Jammu University. (2016). Bloom's Taxonomy [Slide Share]. https://www.slideshare.net/atulunik/blooms-taxonomy-59806564

Being able to synthesize empirical or primary research is the ultimate display of understanding of your research topic. As a visual synthesis/create is the pinnacle of the revised Bloom's taxonomy.

• Synthesizing Sources

• Four principles to make evidence synthesis more useful for policy

• Steps for Conducting a Lit Review

• Seven Steps to Writing a Literature Review

Suggested Readings:

• Guidance on the Conduct of Narrative Synthesis in Systematic Reviews: A Product from the ESRC Methods Programme

• Paré G, Kitsiou S. Chapter 9 Methods for Literature Reviews. In Lau F, Kuziemsky C, editors. Handbook of eHealth Evaluation: An Evidence-based Approach [Internet]. University of Victoria.

• Abdullah Ramdhani, A., Ramdhani, A. S., & Amin, A. S. (2014). Writing a literature review research paper: A step-by-step approach. International Journal of Basics and Applied Sciences, 3(1), 47-56.

• Gray, J. B. (2022). Revision: Not a lit review?!!: An assignment to make synthesis of secondary research primary. College Teaching, 70(3), 352-357.