Postgraduate students’ difficulties in writing their theses literature review

Figures & data

Figure 1. Akindele’s (2008) guideline for analyzing the literature review (pp. 4, 10–11).

Table 1. Students’ literature review scores based on Akindele’s guideline

	Literature review component
Student #	Summary	Relationship	Gaps	Different views	Resolve conflicts	Linking
Total 40	331 (83%)	242 (61%)	196(49%)	259 (65%)	217(54%)	306(77%)

Figure 2. The comparison of literature review components.

Akindele, O. (2008). A critical analysis of the literature review section of graduate dissertations at the University of Botswana. http://www.espworld.info/Articles_20/DOC/GRADUATE_WRITING_site.pdf

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