Reviewer Guidelines

It examines literature selectively in order to support or refute an argument, deeply entrenched assumption, or philosophical problem already established in the literature. The purpose is to develop a body of literature that establishes a contrarian viewpoint.

A form of research that reviews, critiques, and synthesizes representative literature on a topic in an integrated way such that new frameworks and perspectives on the topic are generated. A well-done integrative review meets the same standards as primary research in regard to clarity, rigor, and replication.

This review methods of analysis provides a framework of understanding at different levels (i.e. those of theory, substantive fields, research approaches, and data collection and analysis techniques), how researchers draw upon a wide variety of knowledge ranging from the conceptual level to practical documents for use in fieldwork in the areas of ontological and epistemological consideration, quantitative and qualitative integration, sampling, interviewing, data collection, and data analysis. It highlights strengths and weaknesses of methodological tools and explores how methods constrain or open up opportunities for learning about educational problems.

This form consists of an overview of existing evidence pertinent to a clearly formulated research question, which uses pre-specified and standardized methods to identify and critically appraise relevant research, and to collect, report, and analyze data from the studies that are included in the review. The goal is to critically evaluate, and summarize scientifically all of the research about a clearly defined research problem.