Research 101: Tools for Reading and Interpreting Early Childhood Research

Examining Speech Sound Acquisition for Children With Cochlear Implants Using the GFTA-2

“…This type of literature review is often integral to a position paper or presented as background reading immediately preceding the research study in a manuscript submitted for publication. These papers tend to begin with an explanation of the rationale for the selected topic, providing a historical framework for the research study and the reason for examining studies relevant to the topic (Baum & McMurray-Schwarz, 2007). Narrative reviews often draw together major arguments in a field of discourse or provide a significant historical review of an important aspect of intervention practices for families and their children with hearing loss.…”

“…• Uncover many reasons why a larger body of evidence provides unequiv-• ocal or equivocal support for a particular strategy in multiple circumstances or with different environmental variables. (Baum & McMurray-Schwarz, 2007;Dunst et al, 2002;Grady & Hearst, 2007;Hemingway & Brereton, 2009;Randolph, 2009. )…”

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“…Uncover many reasons why a larger body of evidence provides unequivocal or equivocal support for a particular strategy in multiple circumstances or with different environmental variables. (Baum & McMurray-Schwarz, 2007;Dunst et al, 2002;Grady & Hearst, 2007;Hemingway & Brereton, 2009;Randolph, 2009. )…”