class: left, bottom, title-slide .title[ # Module 3: Systematic Not Automatic ] .subtitle[ ## EME6665: Synthesis, Analysis, & Argumentation ] .author[ ### Dr. Bret Staudt Willet ] .date[ ### September 22, 2025 ] --- class: inverse, center, middle #
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<br><br> Module 2 <br> Recap --- #
Screening <img src="img/filter.jpg" width="480px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> -- **Practical screening:** (Fink, 2020) -- - Publication date: **year > 2020** (within the past 5 years) -- - Source: Peer-reviewed journal articles, **impact factor > 1** (see FSU Libraries' [Academic Publishing Guide](https://guides.lib.fsu.edu/academicpublishing/citationanalysis) --- #
Screening <img src="img/filter.jpg" width="480px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> **Methodological screening:** (Fink, 2020) -- - Population and setting -- - Date of data collection -- - Paradigm and methodology -- - Evidence supporting claims (trustworthiness, validity, reliability) --- #
Structuring the Dissertation <img src="img/build.jpg" width="640px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> - Follow the [FSU template for dissertations](https://gradschool.fsu.edu/current-students/thesis-treatise-and-dissertation/templates-formatting-assistance) (for formatting, not for content or sections) -- - Use APA style (citations, formatting, voice, tense) --- #
Good Writing <img src="img/write.jpg" width="480px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> -- - Clearly define your concepts -- - Clearly state the problem, your purpose, and the research questions -- - Clearly describe your processes for reviewing the literature and selecting your methods -- - Be consistent (use the same terms and phrases over and over) --- class: inverse, center, middle #
<br><br> Module 3:<br>Systematic Not Automatic --- #
Starting Your Search <img src="img/search1.jpg" width="540px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> -- 1. Generative AI: [Google Gemini](https://gemini.google.com/) | [Microsoft Copilot](https://copilot.microsoft.com/) -- 2. Web Search: [google.com](https://www.google.com/) | [duckduckgo](https://duckduckgo.com/) -- 3. Wikipedia: [wikipedia.org](https://www.wikipedia.org/) --- #
Searching the Literature <img src="img/search2.jpg" width="540px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> -- 1. Google Scholar: [scholar.google.com](https://scholar.google.com/) -- 2. Databases (FSU library OneSearch: [lib.fsu.edu](https://www.lib.fsu.edu/)) -- 3. **Systematic Literature Reviews** --- #
Types of Reviews ### Reading 3.2. Sutton et al. (2019) -- - Narrative review -- - Systematic review -- - Meta-analysis -- - Umbrella review -- - Critical review --- #
Types of Reviews ### Reading 3.2. Sutton et al. (2019) - **Narrative review** - Systematic review - Meta-analysis - Umbrella review - Critical review --- #
Types of Reviews ### Reading 3.2. Sutton et al. (2019) - **Narrative review** - **Systematic review** - Meta-analysis - Umbrella review - Critical review --- #
Systematic Reviews ### System ~ Gears? <img src="img/3-gears.jpg" width="720px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> --- #
Systematic Reviews ### System ~ Mise En Place? <img src="img/3-mise-en-place.jpg" width="720px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> --- #
Systematic Reviews ### System ~ Preparation Process <img src="img/3-prep.jpg" width="720px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> --- #
Systematic Reviews ### Systematic review ~ Intentional, structured, rigorous search <img src="img/3-prep.jpg" width="720px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> --- #
Systematic Reviews ### System ~ Preparation Process: PRISMA standards <img src="img/3-PRISMA-flow-chart.jpg" width="720px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> <hr> Staudt Willet, K. B., & He, D. (2024). Educators’ invisible labor: A systematic review. *Review of Education, 12*(2), e3473. doi:[10.1002/rev3.3473](https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.3473) --- #
Systematic Reviews ### System ~ Preparation Process: PRISMA Example <img src="img/3-articles-intersections.png" width="420px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> <hr> Staudt Willet, K. B., & He, D. (2024). Educators’ invisible labor: A systematic review. *Review of Education, 12*(2), e3473. doi:[10.1002/rev3.3473](https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.3473) --- #
Systematic Reviews ### Reading 3.4.-3.8. Choose-Your-Own-Adventure <img src="img/3-cyoa-books.jpg" width="100%" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> --- #
Systematic Reviews ### Readings 3.4.-3.8. Choose-Your-Own-Adventure <img src="img/choose.jpg" width="600px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> -- - Pick a **systematic literature review** relevant to your research topic -- - Read **5 articles** cited in the review article --- class: inverse, center, middle #
<br><br> Looking ahead --- #
Semester schedule - Module 1: Threads of Chapter One - Module 2: Do You Trust Me? - **Module 3: Systematic Not Automatic** - Module 4: Synthesis Over Summary - Module 5: Elements of Style (for Academic Writing) - Module 6: Weaving Together Chapter One - Module 7: Beauty is in Revision --- #
Assignment: Research Outline <img src="img/write.jpg" width="480px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> ### Goal: Look at the big picture of Chapter One -- - Create a complete outline of your whole chapter one in a bullet-point list. -- - Write one sentence for each bullet point. -- - Follow the outline on Canvas. --- #
Assignment: Research Outline - **Introduction** - Topic - Problem - Purpose -- - **Literature Review** - First Subsection: Main Theme in the Literature \#1 - One sentence: First supporting point contributing to first theme - One sentence: Second supporting point contributing to first theme - One sentence: Third supporting point contributing to first theme -- - **Conceptual Foundation** - One sentence: What is the study's point of view or starting point? - One sentence: How appropriate is this foundation? -- - **Research Questions** - **Purpose** - One sentence: repeat the purpose statement from the Introduction - RQ1 - RQ2 - RQ3 - **Significance** - One sentence: How will the purpose be achieved? So what? --- class: inverse, center, middle #
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