Matthew O. Iwuchukwu
University of Nigeria,
Nsukka, Nigeria
Abstract
This paper explores the use Benjamin Bloom’s
taxonomy in the process of reviewing the related literature and writing a
literature review. Specifically, the discussion focuses on four
fundamental issues raised in the study as follows: purpose and focus of literature
review, literature review in the research proposal, literature review and use
of Benjamin Bloom’s taxonomy, and writing a literature review. Six categories
in Bloom’s taxonomy (ways of thinking) are elucidated as follows: remembering,
understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating and creating. Through the use of
these tasks and ways of thinking in the literature review process, the study
shows that the review of the related scholarship is one of the most important
processes of research methods in the sense that it enables the researcher to
determine the state of research in his or her area of investigation. The
background knowledge acquired in the course of the research enables him or her
to make useful connections between literature review and other parts of the
research project, ensuring that the lacunae in the previously concluded
research are addressed and that any possible gap is filled by the present
study. Hence, it also shows that doing a review of the related literature is a
serious business aimed at enhancing the quality and relevance of the research
focus, theoretical framework, methodology and findings, thereby helping to
promote originality and excellence in research in the scholar’s area of
investigation or specialization.
Keywords: Research originality, literature review, Benjamin Bloom, taxonomy,
remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, creating.
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