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Component
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Excellent
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Satisfactory
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Needs Improvement
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Unsatisfactory
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Points Earned
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Presentation
45 Points Possible
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Literature review is well organized, clear and readable, flows well, and meets minimum length requirements.
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Literature review is mostly well organized and meets minimum length requirements.
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Literature review is mostly well organized, flows well, and at least ¾ the minimum length requirement.
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Literature review is not well organized, unclear, and is less than half the minimum length requirement.
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Relevance
60 Points Possible
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All sources are relevant, engaging, and demonstrate a clear focus on a topic of importance to the field.
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Most sources are relevant and engaging, and most demonstrate a clear focus on a topic of importance to the field.
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Few sources are relevant or engaging, and few demonstrate clear focus on a topic of importance to the field.
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Sources are not relevant or engaging and do not demonstrate clear focus on a topic of importance to the field.
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Topic Coverage
60 Points Possible
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Student provides a comprehensive, in-depth overview of the topic covered.
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Student provides a mostly comprehensive, in-depth overview of the topic covered.
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Student provides a marginal overview of the topic covered. Review is disconnected and key details and supporting evidence are lacking.
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Student does not adequately cover the topic.
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Depth of Analysis
60 Points Possible
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Student provides an insightful and creative analysis of the literature to present a cohesive sense of the main themes and current understanding of the topic in the field.
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Student provides an analysis of the literature to present a general sense of the topic in the field. Clear themes are somewhat difficult to discern.
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Student provides an unclear analysis of the literature. Reader is uncertain of the themes across the literature reviewed and does not have a sense of the current understanding of the topic in the field.
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Student makes no attempt at analysis of the literature.
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Sources
30 Points Possible
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Student includes at least six scholarly articles that are current, relevant, and focused on a core topic.
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Student includes at least six scholarly articles. Connection to a core topic is somewhat unclear and/or dates and sources may be somewhat dated or not all from academic sources.
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Student includes at least 4 scholarly articles. Connection to a core topic is somewhat unclear and/or dates and sources may be somewhat dated or not all from academic sources.
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Student includes two or fewer scholarly articles.
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Formatting/Writing
45 Points Possible
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Work is presented in a logical and coherent way. Writing is clear, articulate, and error free. Citations are composed in proper format with few or no errors.
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Work is grammatically sound with a few minor errors. Citations are composed in the proper format with some errors.
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Work contains frequent grammatical errors. Citations are inaccurate or improperly formatted.
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Work does not demonstrate appropriate graduate level writing.
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Summary Comments:
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Total Points: /300
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