Defining a Literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9732534 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mary M Kennedy (Department of Teacher Education, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824; . Her research focuses on teacher education and teacher knowledge and on how these contribute to teaching quality, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 139-147 |
| Publication date | 2007-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Educational Researcher (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-189X • E-ISSN: 1935-102X |
| Publisher | American Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3102/0013189x07299197 |
| OpenAlex | W2137525225 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
| References cited | 13 |
As scholars and their audiences pursue standards of evidence, standards for literature reviews have also become salient. Many authors advocate “systematic” reviews and articulate standards for these. This article compares the bodies of literature derived from systematic and other types of review, which the author labels conceptual, and examines problems associated with different approaches to defining a body of literature. These problems include (a) defining the boundaries of the literature, (b) distinguishing studies from citations, (c) distinguishing literature from lore, (d) deciding which reporting venues to include, and (e) weeding out anomalous studies. The article demonstrates that although systematic reviews may remove some biases through their inclusion rules, they may introduce other biases through their exclusion decisions and may thwart conceptual advances in a field
Conceptual framework · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Inclusion (mineral · Management science · MEDLINE · Political science · Salient · Social science · Sociology · Systematic review · Educational Assessment and Improvement · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Law · Psychology · Student Assessment and Feedback
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| Unique citing works | 27 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1.5 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 27 |