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Finding Relevant Academic Literature By Prof. Jonathan Acuña-Solano School of English Faculty of Social Sciences Universidad Latina de Costa Rica Friday, February 19, 2016 Post 212
“The first step in the research process is determining an area in need of exploration” (Laureate Education, Inc., 2016). No doubt that all of us teaching professionals get to be bewildered by phenomena (behaviors, test items yielding unexpected results, difficulty in the instructional design of learning tasks for students, etc.) that can be easily spotted within the four walls of our classrooms. Any of these areas linked to education are the ones “in need of exploration” to really know what the reasons underlying the “problem” can be and what informed actions can be taken to profit from it, to make corrective changes, and so on. “In academic research,” the exploration process “is often accomplished by reviewing the literature” (Laureate Education, Inc., 2016) connected to the areas in need of inspection for better comprehension. “However, locating literature that is relevant, scholarly, and current can be a challenging task” (Laureate Education, Inc.,