Purpose and Goals
Topic 4: Literature Review

This topic has been designed with the goal of facilitating your understanding of the purpose of Chapter Two of the dissertation and developing your ability to write Chapter Two in a way that provides your reader with an overview and the relevance of this literature to the research question(s) being asked in your study.

Learning Goals:

• Explain the purpose of Chapter Two
• Interpret and evaluate individual pieces of literature
• Use written language that demonstrates analysis, showing, and that is objective
• Use the researcher's voice
• Write an APA level heading outline
• Demonstrate summary, synthesis, and smooth transitions
• Write a conceptual framework
• Explain the types of conceptual or theoretical frameworks
• Write an introduction and conclusion to Chapter Two