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Literature Review Design: Interactive Learning and Design Tool
This interactive tool assists students in designing a protocol for searching, analyzing,
and synthesizing literature to build a visual representation of the conceptual framework
emerging from critical readings, develop research topics and questions. It frames
the process of reviewing literature as a research study and provides scaffolding during
the learning and design process. It is part of Hopscotch (JorrÃn-Abellán, 2016, 2019), a framework originally developed in 2014 with the aim of helping novice researchers in the development of research designs. There are two versions of the tool:
The third version "Evidence Synthesis Design" is under development.
Research study: Developing a Literature Review Design tool to scaffold instruction and research process: a design and development study (pending IRB approval)
Participating IRML Team Members: Drs. Iván JorrÃn-Abellán and Olga Koz, GRA (pending funding approval).
