Getting Ready to Write a Review of the Literature

Divide articles you find into three groups:

Group 1: What is the problem?

What problem needs a solution? What question needs to be answered? What theory needs to be tested?

Group 2: What work has been done on “The Problem”?

What work has already been done? (or how has the theory already been tested?)

Group 3: What are the flaws/gaps in the work done on “The Problem”?

In the articles you read, what are the GAPS, the unanswered questions? What questions were NEVER ASKED but should have been?