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The research question serves as a lighthouse beacon. Initially, you need to develop a sketch of your area. This is the reason for writing a research hypothesis - what do you expect to find out there? Your annotated reading list is then the list of coordinates that you wish to visit in order to determine the geography of the landscape. At those coordinates, you will do some indepth reading (i.e., depthsounding) and write notes about what was found. These notes can then be organized and added to the sketch map, and the sketch map modified to clearly show the main features and relevant details. In some circumstances, it may be that there is no island to map or the terrain too
difficult, etc. In such cases, the original purpose of the geographical expedition should be reconsidered and the research question modified or dropped altogether. Ultimately, a literature review is designed to fill in a gap in knowledge. It describes and helps to organize and interpret a body of professional literature which is not currently well summarized. Avoid writing a literature review which is redundant. As your reading of the literature becomes more extensive, you should start to notice themes and patterns emerging. There may be obvious themes and there may be subtle themes which require you to probe further into the literature. Use the developing themes and patterns to help structure your literature review. Generally try to avoid writing a chronological progression of summaries of research studies. As you read, be taking notes with sufficient detail to allow you to construct a review without having to always return to the original articles. Perhaps the best way to communicate your anticipated structure for a literature review is by developing a table of contents. A table of contents can then be fleshed out with descriptive bullet-points (annotated table of contents). By subjecting an annotated table of contents (or outline) to review, a novice researcher can receive valuable advice on content and structure of the planned literature review.
The annotated table of contents is the step-by-step map of how you propose you are going to go from your Research Question to proving out a Thesis Statement. Possible ways of building your table of contents: 1. Create a concept map of the major topics and the subtopics 2. Build a step-by-step, hierarchical list of the points you plan to cover, e.g.,
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1st main idea - 1st supporting point evidence, argument, or example evidence, argument, or example evidence, argument, or example - 2nd supporting point
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evidence, argument, or example evidence, argument, or example evidence, argument, or example 2nd main idea, etc....
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The advantages of doing an outline (or expanded table of contents) are that it: serves as a preview tool that allows your instructor to grasp your thesis and organization at a glance y explains the scope and direction of your paper as well y helps you to construct and classify your ideas y serves as a final check that your paper is unified and coherent y helps you see where you need to revise and edit your writing The main things I will be looking for are:
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a funnel structure, which moves from establishing the WHY, the importance of the topic to the specific thesis statement y sufficient detail so that I can follow the logic and sequence of your major points y referencing, where appropriate, of key sources y inclusion of approximate planned WORD COUNT for major section
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b. Increase VO2 and duration concomitantly, increase CHO utilization B. Total Body Glycogen Content (1 paragraph) a. Liver (in Nutritional Biochemistry book)
b. Muscle C. Time to Exhaustion (3-4 paragraphs) a. Reference appropriate studies (look in Sports Nutrition book)
II. Hydration Status and Performance in Endurance Exercise (6-8 pages) A. Thermoregulation (2 pages) (Burke review and Topics packet) a. Sweat rate
B. Body Temperature (2 paragraphs) (Burke review and Topics packet) a. Core temperature
b. Skin temperature
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Muscle temperature
C. Cardiovascular Function (2 paragraphs) (look in Burke Review and Topics class packet and notes) a. Decrease heart rate
b. Aldosterone (look in Topics notes and articles in Topics packet) c. Catecholamines (look in Febbraio Review article)
d. Cortisol (look in Topics packet) E. Pre-Exercise Hydration on Performance (3-4 paragraphs) (Topics packet) a. Effects of hypohydrated state
b. Effects of euhydrated state c. Effects of hyperhydrated state i. Glycerol-induced hyperhydration F. During Exercise Hydration on Performance (3-4 paragraphs) (Topics packet) a. Ad libitum water intake
G. Acclimitization on Thermoregulation and Performance (3-4 paragraphs) a. Show studies which compare acclimatized to unacclimatized and performance
b. Explain why (Topics packet) i. Increase plasma volume ii. Decrease stroke volume
III. Heat Stress and Carbohydrate Utilization (4-6 pages) A. Carbohydrate Requirements in Heat a. Increased CHO metabolism in heat compared to ambient temperatures (Burke, Febbraio articles) B. High Carbohydrate vs. Low Carbohydrate diet a. Pitsiladis study comparing 2 diets in heat with time to exhaustion showing High Carbohydrate diet had a greater performance time C. Mechanisms Responsible for Increased Metabolism (Febbraio and Topics book) a. Reduced Blood Flow i. Delivery of nutrients to active muscle ii. Removal of waste from active muscle b. Temperature Effects c. Hormonal Effects
D. Hyperhydration Techniques to Remove these problems listed in C (Topics book and Lyons paper) E. Glucose Availability in Heat (Febbraio paper) F. Muscle Energy Requirements in Heat (Febbraio paper) G. Determine Amount of Carbohydrate Necessary to Maximize Performance a. Go back to original amounts of glycogen necessary for endurance performance in ambient temperatures (see section I.) H. Thesis statement
Total: 13-18 pages plus 1-2 page intro and 1 page conclusion.
Recommended Reading
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Literature reviewing: Finding the evidence in the first place! [.ppt] Reviewing the literature: Why and how [.pdf] Practitioner research: The purposes of reviewing the literature within an enquiry The systematic literature review: What it is and how IT can help
Gall, M. D., Borg, W. R., Gall, J. P. (2003). Educational research: An introduction. (7th Edition). White Plains, New York: Longman. Recommended: Skim read Chapter 4 "Reviewing the Literature" (pp. 89 - 121).
Rozakis, L. (1999). Schaum's quick guide to writing great research papers. New York: McGraw-Hill. Rozakis' Chapter 10 "How do I Evaluate Sources?" (pp. 73 - 82) and Chapter 11 "How do I Document My Sources?" pp. 83 - 89).