Understanding and designing systematic literature reviews in education and training
Systematic literature reviews offer a synthesis of scholarly knowledge on a given research subject. The transparency of the methodology is a benchmark of the reliability of the review and the proposed conclusions. Evidence-based education defends this methodology, but generally ignores non-experimental studies. The purpose of this article is to help understand and design systematic reviews in education and training, including different types of research, from experimental studies to comprehensive and exploratory studies. The article details the steps involved in the construction of a systematic review and proposes a writing script for any researcher engaging in writing a systematic review, irrespective of their level of expertise.