RRL trasition devices

What are transition devices?

words or phrases that connect ideas, sentences, or paragraphs smoothly so that your writing flows naturally.

They guide readers through your thoughts and help them understand the relationships between ideas.

Why are they Important in Research Writing?

1. Connect studies together

2. Compare findings

3. Emphasize important points

4. Show agreement or disagreement

5. Summarize or conclude ideas

What is paraphrasing?

Restating someone else's idea in your own words without changing the meaning. One idea from one source.

Tips for using trasitions well

• Don't overuse them

• Make sure the ideas

• Vary your transitions

• Always write in your own words.

• Use citations

• Synthesize

• use naturally and meaningfully.

•  you connect are really related

•  don't repeat the same word too often.

• Avoid copy-pasting.

• even if you paraphrase or summarize.

•  when you want to show relationships or patterns between studies.

What is summarizing

is Shortening the main ideas from a longer text, still in your own words. Main points only.

Explaining a sentence or idea

Paraphase

What is synthesizing?

is Combining ideas from multiple sources to form a new understanding. Two or more sources with new insights

Giving an overview of an article

Summarize

What are the types of transition devices?

• To add information

• to compare

• to contrast

• to give examples

• to show cause/effect

• to emphasize

• to conclude/summarize

Combining two or more scources

Synthesize

Example of to emphasize

indeed, in fact, most importantly, notably

Examples of to compare

similarly, likewise, just like, in the same way

Example of to show cause/effect

because, since, therefore, as a result, consequently

Example of to give examples

for example, for instance, such as, particularly

Example of to add information

moreover, furthermore, in addition, also, likewise

Examples of to Conclude/Summarize

In conclusion, to sum up, overall, in summary

What is the meaning of RRL?

Review of related Literature

What is RRL?

A summary of studies, articles or books related to your research topic.

Why is RRL important?

• Gives background for your research.

• Supports your arguments or claims.

How to select a good Literature

1. Related to your topic

2. Updated(within the last 5 years)

3. Credits(books,journal,research, Not random blogs)

4. Written by experts(look at their background).

What does cite means?

Citing mens saying where you get the information

3 common styles of citing

APA style

MLA style

Chicago Style

APA style

Santes.M.(2021) online learning during pandemic.

Journal of education 5(2)10-15

MLA style

Santes, Maria. Online learning during pandemic.Journal of education

Vol.5.no2,2021,pp.10-15

Chicago style

Maria, Santes. Online learning during the pandemic (journal of education 5 no.2021), 10-15

What are variables in research?

are the things you mesure, observe, or manipulate. They help you understand the cause and effect in your study.

what are the 2 types of variables

1. Independent variable

2. Dependent variable

Independent variable (IV)

• The cause or the factor you change or control

• It affects the dependent variable

• “Imput”, “DOER”

Dependent variable (DV)

• The effect or the result you mesure

• It depend on tge independant variable

• “Output”, “RESULT”