This book is designed to help you achieve one specific goal. It's not designed to give you the philosophies
of conducting research. It's not designed to give you a background in a specific academic discipline or a
specific topic. It's not designed to give you theory. It's designed specifically to instruct you in the
practicalities of the writing process used to create strong, thorough, and potentially bulletproof literature
reviews.
This book is the culmination of years of research experience. It's also the culmination of several years of
teaching writing and critical thinking to doctoral students. Although it began as a tool for doctoral students,
it has been expanded to be useful for everyone from senior high school students through doctoral
candidates working on developing their first literature review or a larger literature review than they
normally develop. It has been created for everyone from academics to new business entrepreneurs with
good ideas who are trying to write their first reviews to support the new idea they're proposing.
Paula Dawidowicz has over 15 years of experience helping higher education students succeed at critical and higher order thinking, writing, and argumentation, including almost 10 years as university faculty and dissertation supervisor. She's worked on analysis of program and policy, conflict, social interactions, and organizational and systems thinking since 1973 in everything from international to local environments. Starting with high school debate, she ultimately earned a Ph.D. with a focus on research methods, educational sociology and anthropology, and development of higher order thinking skills. Since then, she's held positions conducting research or instruction at several higher education institutions.
Paula uses a "Grandma Moses style" of simple, direct information delivery filled with analogies and descriptive illustrations. Her books, articles, and tutorials share insights and techniques using this "Grandma Moses style" that makes them accessible to everyone.... Read More
Paula Dawidowicz has over 15 years of experience helping higher education students succeed at critical and higher order thinking, writing, and argumentation, including almost 10 years as university faculty and dissertation supervisor. She's worked on analysis of program and policy, conflict, social interactions, and organizational and systems thinking since 1973 in everything from international to local environments. Starting with high school debate, she ultimately earned a Ph.D. with a focus on research methods, educational sociology and anthropology, and development of higher order thinking skills. Since then, she's held positionsat several higher education institutions.
Paula uses a "Grandma Moses style" of simple, direct information delivery filled with analogies and descriptive illustrations that makes them accessible to everyone.
