Topic 4 Flashcards
It is a direct source of information
Primary Source
It lists primary sources (like a descriptive summary of primary sources)
Secondary Source
They can be documents that give hints on where to look for sources
Tertiary Source
It can be found in libraries, the internet, databases, or magazines. It must be at least 5 years old
Literature
- Comprehend what is being read
- Review the abstract, index, conclusions, or cited sources
- Identify diverse opinions
- Make concept maps or charts
Are all forms of:
Information extraction
It is the superficial comprehension, it is used to remember and paraphrase ideas
Local reading
It extracts important ideas, it can summarize them or organize them to make a relation between them
Global reading
It i a deeper reading level, it solves new problems, modifies previous knowledge
Elaborate reading
It makes an evaluation and comparison of different perspectives. It creates a personal viewpoint
Critical reading
It studies a problem that has been addressed before but tries to use a new perspective
Adopting an existing theory
It studies a lot of information that makes theories fuzzy, but it tries to take one and makes it a basis to relate complementary ideas to it, it creates a new perspective
Setting forth a new perspective
It explains and situates the research problem in a given context
Theoretical framework
