Steve Tippins Ph.D. teaches researchers how to find gaps in academic literature by reading strategically and noticing moments of curiosity, like "what if" questions. Test your ideas with faculty, then write a clear description of the gap. It takes persistence, not genius.
Gaps in the literature are there. You want to read and read strategically. Look at your documents you are reading and see, are they telling me or showing me where there is a gap? When I am doing my reading, where does curiosity pop up? Hmm, or I wonder, wow, what if? When those types of questions start coming to you, as you get comfortable in the literature, gaps will begin to show themselves. And then test these results on your faculty members, your committee members, and trusted others within academia. And once you've done that, write up your gap. See if it becomes a logical write-up of what the gap is. It doesn't take a genius to find a gap, but it does take persistence and dedication to what you're doing. If you're struggling with finding a gap or just having difficulties in fine-tuning it, join our free dissertation help community. I'll see you there.
