Chapter 2:Standards of Accomplishment for the Chapter:

Writing to properly set up chapter 3

The most important things to remember !!!

Chapter 2 is not about your topicChapter 2 is about how the literature sets

up your methodologyEverything should lead the reader

towards better understanding your study

This is not a look you want your readers to have when reading

1. Make it crisp2. Make it concise3. Stick to topics

that directly relate to your methodology

4. Discuss it in your voice

5. Make it ring with what you find interesting and provocative

6. Discuss research7. Uncover gaps in

other people’s ideas

8. Relate it all to your problem

Organization

IntroductionHistory or ContextFirst Topical AreaSubsequent Topical AreasGapsMethodological LiteratureSummary

Remember

1. You have the mastery over your topic, you have researched it for over a year.

2. You should be able to write about it as though you were having a conversation about those points which were so interesting to you that you decided to research them further.

Success is when ALL the pieces add up to YOUR study

Do you include:1. Topic areas that

reflect your research question and the variables you are studying?

2. Discussions of your topics that uncover gaps which lead to your research?

3. Discussion of the methodological choice you made?

Chapter 2 Outcomes

You know you’ve done it when:

1. Your reader doesn’t go to sleep somewhere in the middle of your discussion

2. Your readers make comments like, “good point, hadn’t thought of that”

3. You can read it to a family member or friend and they remain interested or ask questions

Elsewhere in this series

Don’t miss our checklist which members can find at

www.doctoralnet.com

Under the DNA Members Only SectionPart 2: Writing the Proposal – Writing Chapter 2, Module 4

Or by following this link:http://www.doctoralnet.com/index.php/en/dissertation-membership/dissertation-writing-chapters-1-3/dissertation-writing-module-4