Unit 3

Research Methods

Action Plan Tasks:

• Classifying Research Reading
• Research Design Reading
• Key Concepts in Research Reading
• Research Proposal Review

Reflection:

What?

After few research, I have a better understanding what is a literature review and how to write one. I spent some time reading all the materials of this week. The main topic that I came across were the research design and research classification.

So What?

This week, I have started looking for good articles that will well cover the main subject I have chosen. I have also created an Excel file that will help me to classify all my articles in three different perspectives, field, approach, and nature in addition of the year, title and link. The field section classifies the article based on the researcher’s interests in various areas. The approach describes the way the research has been conducted such as experiments, case studies or surveys. Finally, the nature of the research represents the way the research might contribute to the knowledge of the subject.

What next?

In the next unit, I will start selecting all the articles I will base my literature review on as well as deepening my knowledge on how to write a better one.