annotated

Level 3

Level 2

Level 1

Citations

Correctly formats most of the citations with some errors in APA

Maximum 20 points

Incorrectly formats most of the citations, but they can still be used to locate the article.

Maximum 17 points

Does not provide enough information in the citation regardless of style, to locate the source.

Maximum 10 points

Article selection: Scholarly, Peer-reviewed

Articles(s) are academic, scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles and not a book review or opinion piece.

Maximum 20 points

At least one article is an academic, scholarly peer-reviewed journal article and not a book review or opinion piece.

Maximum 17 points.

Neither article is an academic, scholarly peer-reviewed journal article

Or Both articles are book reviews or opinion pieces.

Maximum 10 points.

Article Selection: Relevance

The relevance of the articles related to the assigned topic is evident in the annotations

Maximum 10 points

The relevance of the articles to related topic not fully explained in the annotations.

Maximum 7 points

The annotation does not describe the relevance of the articles to the course topic.

Maximum 5 points.

Annotations

The annotations articles(s) include a summary of the article and an assessment of its quality and usefulness to understanding the chosen research topic.

Maximum 20 points.

The annotations for one or both articles lack either a summary or assessment of the article’s quality and/or usefulness to understanding the chosen research topic.

Maximum 17 points.

The annotation(s) for both articles do not provide an adequate summary or assessment of the article.

Maximum 10 points

APA format

Correctly formatted according to APA format

Maximum 20 points

Followed APA format with less than 4 errors

Maximum 17 points

Failed to follow APA format

Maximum 10 points

Grammatical Errors

No grammatical errors

Maximum 10 points

4 or less grammatical errors

Maximum 7 points

5 or more grammatical errors

Maximum 5 points