About
What this module covers
This literature review module is focused on framing your research question in preparation for a review, by exploring how frameworks can help to identify the elements of your research question. These elements of your research question are helpful in the review process, such as when you begin searching for information resources.
Through engaging with the content and activities in this module you will learn how to:
- Identify frameworks commonly used in framing research questions for a review
- Determine which framework would assist in developing your research question
- Recognise how frameworks connect to the research area in your review
This module will take approximately 15 minutes to complete.
Key consideration
Developing a research question is an iterative process. As you work through these modules, they will help to inform and shape your research question.
Module support
Attribution and acknowledgement
Crediting creators or attributing content is a core part of both academic integrity and of being a digital citizen more broadly.
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