
Unit 6: Writing a critical review
Structuring your critical review:
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Findings:
- You might start this section by saying something like:
- For the purposes of this section of the review, research will be discussed thematically by research approach. Of the 15 studies reviewed, seven adopted a qualitative methodology….(you could then go on to compare and contrast findings of these 7 studies and strengths and limitations)
- Once you have discussed each of these categories, compared findings, and considered strengths and limitations, you can provide an overall summary to tie up the section.
- See next page for an example
SMILE - Writing a critical review by Steve Draper, Glasgow University, Dr Jane McKay and Marion Kelt Glasgow Caledonian is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at http://www.psy.gla.ac.uk/~steve/resources/crs.html.