NIT6130 Assessment 1 - Literature Review
Part B
Submission
Instructions
Document
format:
Please submit your assessment as a word document (.docx) not a pdf.
Submission: Submit in the drop box
provided in VU Collaborate.
Due date: Refer to drop box.
Weight: 20%.
Assignment 1 Part B is continuing work
from Part A. please keep the consistency between two parts.
Assessment
Template
Follow the template and steps below to complete your
literature review and proposal.
Remove any instructions provided and replace them
with the information required.
Title of the
project (A
tentative title of selected research)
Name, Student ID
1. Literature Review – Focused Reading (2+ articles) (10 marks)
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You are expected to READ 4-6
articles identified from broad scan.
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Select the most suitable (minimum of 2) articles for focused reading.
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Your focused reading should achieve the following goals:
o Understand
the background of current research (state of the art) o Identify
research problem for your research
o The
research problem should be achievable with your capacity (knowledge, time,
facilities), via practical methods
Article 1,
Title, author, year, journal/conference title, abstract (approximately 1 and a half page)
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What did the authors do (key contributions)
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Why did the authors conduct the research (existing problems)
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What are the key differences in the method/approach (innovation)
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What are main achievements, significance
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What can be further improved
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Research problems identified (to be reflected in the proposed research)
Article 2,
Title, author, year, journal/conference title, abstract (approximately 1 and a half page)
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What did the authors do (key contributions)
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Why did the authors conduct the research (existing problems)
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What are the key differences in the method/approach (innovation)
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What are main achievements, significance
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What can be further improved
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Research problems identified (to be reflected in the proposed research)
2. Proposed Research (approximately half page to one page) (4 marks)
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Background or context. In summary format highlight
what is lacking in the existing research. In particular use references to focus
reading carried out in part 3.
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Aim of your research, what is to be researched, proposed or explored.
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Approach or methodology and innovation, based on the
reading, the likely approaches, highlight the difference and innovation, with
references.
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Expected outcomes and significance, what will be the
contribution to human knowledge.
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Proposed work should be novel – has not been done before
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Needs to be achievable – are you capable in conducting
the research and obtaining the expected outcomes?
3. References (4 marks – References/citations)
At
least FOUR Harvard In-text
Citation reference are required. Examples can be found
in Session 4 lecture notes.
4. Workshop Activities Submission (1×2 = 2
marks)
Submit your
weekly lab activities (Session 4 and Session 5) in VU
Collaborate Drop Box. All works will be evaluated. Marks will be deducted with
missing submission. DO NOT
INCLUDE ANOTHER COPY WITHIN THIS
SUBMISSION.