Tuesday, 13 October 2009

Example of a Literature Review

This is a fictitious literature review - I have written this as an example:

Read all the sources that you have gathered and write a paragraph, simply summarising (paraphrasing - in you own words) what is written: -  

Smith 2009 argues that students are often late to lectures due to the excesses of alcohol, however Jones 2008 states that most students cannot wake up until midday due to a natural hormonal anomaly and this is why they are tardy. He also mentions that due to this, all lectures should take place in the afternoon and cites Haden 2003 and his interesting insight into student sleep patterns to evidence this. Morgan 2008 notes that some individuals are either "early birds or night owls", and many students follow this pattern. Those people who favour early rising are very often exhausted by mid afternoon, whereas late risers can produce their best work after midnight (Wright 2009).


As you can see I have inserted the surname and date of the different authors of each source within the literature review. You need to keep an account of the full reference of each author, which will eventually go in your reference page - like this....

References
Jones, R. 2008 "Hormonal studies in the student population" SA. Sawyers Books
Morgan. S. 2008 " Sleep patterns in humans" [Internet] http://www. sleeping is great.com [10-10-09]
Wright, J. 2009 "Why students are always tired" USA. Barker Publishing.

REMINDER - There will be no lecture on Tuesday 20th October

Just to remind everyone that there will be no lecture on 20th October as I will be away. You are expected to write the literature review to your paper, and post this on your blog. I will endeavour to critique the literature review whilst I am away. I will be back for the lecture on Tuesday 27th October.
Remember that all PDP needs to be finished as well!!!
If you are having trouble with your blog - please e-mail me your work and I will critique it that way.

Wednesday, 7 October 2009

Complete your PDP!

By now you should have posted your:
Learning line - reflection on your learning line
SWOT analysis 
Reflection on your learning style.

You should also have completed a study skills checker which was handed out in class. If you have done this then you have already gained your 10% mark for your PDP.
If you were not present when the skills checker page was handed around you can access it from the dedicated WebCT site. You can access this from the Anglia Ruskin Website > ANET > Student > WebCT. 
WebCT can also be accessed at http://webct.anglia.ac.uk/

You will need to log into this system using :-

  • Your Student Username: in the format i.e ABC123 (in CAPITALS) This is the same user name as when you visit the library and access the computers.
  • Password: Initially set to your student ID number - first 7 digits

For the rest of the module we will be concentrating on your writing and presentation skills.
Your essay will take 50% of the final mark and the presentation 40%.