Monday, February 10, 2014

Pulling Pieces from the Texts

“Putting Together Your Research Project” – Hesse-Biber

This article had new ideas to conduct this research experiment that all seems practical and can be used throughout my process. I had always through that the process of developing a topic and assessing the topic was done sequentially, having to complete one stage before moving onto the next.

I found it so interesting to conduct a literature review on the topic before solidifying the research question. Often times, the questions is created and then the researcher is reading articles, trying to fit the findings in a way that supports their question. Reading on the topic beforehand provides the reader with questions that they want to answer.

The key words, phrases, and definitions that are compiled during the literature review process can be used to be the groundwork for your research, as the author says, and I think it can be a great starting point for creating the learning outcomes of your research.

Another tactic that I found to be very useful is reflexively writing the ideas about the analysis and interpretation of the data during the process. In past projects, I have waited until my full analysis is completed before interpreting it into a discussion, reflecting back to the literature review. This process makes things more cyclical and creates a better and fuller understanding of the data.



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