Submit Chapter 1 of your Thesis
Chapter 1 is pretty much what you did on your Thesis Proposal on the Applied Research Methods course in the Spring.
Look at the Table of Contents and follow it to complete Chapter I:
Table of Contents
Abstract………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4
Dedication…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5
Chapter I – Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6
Topic Statement………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6
Problem Statement…………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6
Purpose of the Thesis (Goals and Objectives)…………………………………………………………… 7
Research Question……………………………………………………………………………………………………….7
Research Hypothesis……………………………………………………………………………………………………7
Null hypothesis………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 7
Variables……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 8
Definition of Key Terms ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 9
Summary …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 10
You will begin using your Table of Contents in the first draft of your Thesis from now on.
You will use Draft #1, # 2 and so on for each version that gets edit in order to avoid over work from your end and mine.
There is an specific format that we have to follow according to APA and the College for Thesis that we have to comply with.
Literature Review Section Overview (10 -15 pages long)
Learn how to write a review of literature
What is a review of literature?
The format of a review of literature may vary from discipline to discipline and from assignment to assignment.
A review may be a self-contained unit — an end in itself — or a preface to and rationale for engaging in primary research. A review is a required part of grant and research proposals and often a chapter in theses and dissertations.
Generally, the purpose of a review is to analyze critically a segment of a published body of knowledge through summary, classification, and comparison of prior research studies, reviews of literature, and theoretical articles.
Writing the introduction
In the introduction, you should:
Define or identify the general topic, issue, or area of concern, thus providing an appropriate context for reviewing the literature.
Point out overall trends in what has been published about the topic; or conflicts in theory, methodology, evidence, and conclusions; or gaps in research and scholarship; or a single problem or new perspective of immediate interest.
Establish the writer’s reason (point of view) for reviewing the literature; explain the criteria to be used in analyzing and comparing literature and the organization of the review (sequence); and, when necessary, state why certain literature is or is not included (scope).
Writing the body
In the body, you should:
Group research studies and other types of literature (reviews, theoretical articles, case studies, etc.) according to common denominators such as qualitative versus quantitative approaches, conclusions of authors, specific purpose or objective, chronology, etc.
Summarize individual studies or articles with as much or as little detail as each merits according to its comparative importance in the literature, remembering that space (length) denotes significance.
Provide the reader with strong “umbrella” sentences at beginnings of paragraphs, “signposts” throughout, and brief “so what” summary sentences at intermediate points in the review to aid in understanding comparisons and analyses.
Writing the conclusion
In the conclusion, you should:
Summarize major contributions of significant studies and articles to the body of knowledge under review, maintaining the focus established in the introduction.
Evaluate the current “state of the art” for the body of knowledge reviewed, pointing out major methodological flaws or gaps in research, inconsistencies in theory and findings, and areas or issues pertinent to future study.
Conclude by providing some insight into the relationship between the central topic of the literature review and a larger area of study such as a discipline, a scientific endeavor, or a profession.
For further information see our handouts on Writing a Critical Review of a Nonfiction Book or Article or Reading a Book to Review It.
To learn more about literature reviews, take a look at our workshop on Writing Literature Reviews of Published Research.
Sample Literature Reviews
An important strategy for learning how to compose literature reviews in your field or within a specific genre is to locate and analyze representative examples. The following collection of annotated sample literature reviews written and co-written by colleagues associated with UW-Madison showcases how these reviews can do different kind of work for different purposes. Use these successful examples as a starting point for understanding how other writers have approached the challenging and important task of situating their idea in the context of established research.
Sample 1 (PDF)
A brief literature review within a political scientists’ National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship grant
Sample 2 (PDF)
A several-page literature review at the beginning of a published, academic article about philosophy
Sample 3 (PDF)
A brief literature review at the beginning of a published, academic article about photochemistry
Completion of chapter II, Review of the Literature needs to be from 15 to 20 pages long and include the sub-topics of your research topic/issue developed on Research Methods.
The chapter will develop the subject matter from the general to the specific and end with the gaps of the literature that will help justify the reason why it is important to the field of study to develop the research study.
This chapter is the largest one in the thesis structure.
Work and develop the Methodology chapter, Chapter III of your thesis.
This chapter is looking at the process of developing the research and design tool, which mostly we are looking at developing a survey tool that will including the independent and dependent variables as questions to the intended participants of your study. We are staying away from children or young people younger than 18 years of age. You can interview someone prior to developing the survey to get some insights that will help in building the survey. You are also looking at developing a survey that will be peer review in class with your classmates and your professor ahead of sending it out to participants.
The survey should be about 25 questions long.
This chapter will also include your plans for evaluating and analyzing the data, and other details including a timeline of implementation.
Prepare your presentation whether on Google or Power point presentation to showcase your study progress to your class and professor.
Check your power point presentation from the Research Methods course and expand the areas that you have made progress on Thesis I.
***This is my Senior Thesis Paper for College****
I want to use examples of police brutality, how teachers treat their black student, racism against the youth in today’s society
