B2_W4_Lesson-2 (2)

Warm-up
What research sources do you know?

There are different types of research sources
Popular sources (News and Magazines)
Professional/Trade sources
Books / Book Chapters
Conference proceedings (Theses, articles, reports)
Government Documents
Theses and Dissertations
Scholarly publications (Journals)
This time you need to focus on journal articles ONLY

What makes research articles (journal articles) different?

Watch the video and answer the questions below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyzLYwYCrAE
What is the structure of a journal article?
Why do we need to know about it?
What is given in the abstract?
What is written in the literature review part?
What is “Methods” part for?
Where do we find research findings?
Abstract, Lit.review, Method, Discussions (results),
Conclusion and Future work, References
If we know it, we can save time when
reading articles
A summary and an overview of the article
A review of the previous work done in the field
To explain about data and methodology used to
explore the research question/s
In the Discussion part or Results

Which parts of a journal article contain these elements from A to D?
A) Research problems
B) Research questions
C) Methodology
D) Findings
1. Abstract
2.Introduction
3.Literature review
4.Method
5.Discussion (or Results)
6.Conclusion
7.References

A research problem and research questions
A research problem focuses on:
why the area needs to be addressed
why the area is of importance
the reporting framework for the results
what the overall benefit of researching the area will provide
Research questions are generated from problems that require further research.
For example, the research problem area is: climate change and sustainability, analyzing moral dilemmas or wage disparity amongst classes.
The research questions could be:
-"How will climate change policies influence sustainability standards across specific geographies?"
-"What measures can be taken to address wage disparity without increasing inflation?"
The text on the slide is retrieved from https://www.qualtrics.com/blog/research-problem/ in Sept.,2021

READING AND SEARCH STRATEGIES
Define your project title ( i.e., choose an IT invention that changed the world to better, made people’s lives easier and so on).
Look for relevant papers using key words and phrases;
When choosing papers to read, decide what’s relevant to your interests based on a combination of the title and abstract, sometimes the conclusion;
Skim and scan articles quickly and leave only 3 (B1) or 5(B2) articles to use for the project part II
When you have papers assembled for deep reading feel free to read sections out of order or to focus only on a few sections
Source: https://learningcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/note-taking-template-for-journal-articles/ and https://getasthmahelp.org/documents/FIELDS-GMOJA-Handout-02.pdf

Where to find research articles?
GoogleScholar.com
https://www.tandfonline.com
Search.ebscohost.com
Sciencedirect.com
Apps.webofknowledge.com
Scopus.com
Hub.sciverse.com
rmebrk.kz
https://www.researchgate.net
Doaj.org
Arxiv.org
Annualreviews.org

In-class activity
Choose an IT invention
Use key words to find 3 (for B1) and 5 (for B2) articles
Search for articles
Analyze the articles you’ve found
Highlight or take notes on the research problems, methodology and findings of each article (see Lit.review sample.ppt for examples)
Use Project template.ppt on Moodle/Teams to work on your project presentation
Get feedback from your teacher during the lessons