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· Writing Assignment 1

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· Select and critique one peer-reviewed article from a professional journal (no older than six years) related to assessment, assessment instruments, ethics, or test development which includes a statistical analysis. Follow APA 7th edition format when writing your review. Attach a hard copy of the full text article with your paper with this assignment. See the scoring guide in Appendix B for full details.

· Requirements: When addressing the questions asked in the scoring guide, cite evidence from your article as support for your statements. For example, when addressing the question “Were data qualitative or quantitative?” a simple statement that the data were quantitative is not sufficient to receive the score point. How do you know the data were quantitative? What evidence from the article lets you know the data were quantitative? Reference specific sections, tables, paragraphs, etc., from the article as support for your statement. (It is possible to answer each question in the scoring guide within one or two well-constructed sentences. Each subsection in part C can be answered within one or two paragraphs.)

Week 1 – Writing Assignment Scoring Guide

A. Page 1 (3 points – 1 point for each bullet)

· • Full Title of the article, your name, Belhaven University

· • Properly composed and formatted running head

· • Hard copy of article attached (minus 10 points without article or if article was published more than 6 years ago)

B. Pages 3-4 Full title of the article (titles 1 – 5 are all level one headings)

1. The Problem (5 points – 1 point for each bullet)

· • Is the problem clearly stated?

· • Is the problem practically important?

· • What is the purpose of the study?

· • What is the hypothesis?

· • Are the key terms defined?

2. Review of Literature (5 points – 1 point for each bullet)

· • Are the cited sources pertinent to the study?

· • Is the review too broad or too narrow?

· • Are the references recent?

· • Are the references thorough enough for the topic of the paper?

· • What possible evidence of bias exists?

3. Design and procedures (5 points – 1 point for each bullet)

· • What research design was used (survey, observation, experiment)?

· • Was it a pilot, replica study, or an original study?

· • What measurement tools were used? What statistical formulas were employed?

· • How were the procedures structured?

· • What are the variables? How was sampling conducted?

4. Data Analysis and presentation (8 points – 2 points for each bullet)

· • How were data analyzed?

· • Were data qualitative or quantitative?

· • Did findings support the hypothesis and purpose?

· • Were weaknesses and problems discussed?

5. Conclusions and Implications (5 points – 1 point for each bullet)

· • Are the conclusions of the study related to the original purpose?

· • Address the credibility of the authors or principal investigators.

· • Were the implications discussed?

· • Whom will the results and conclusions affect?

· • What recommendations were made at the conclusion?

6. Overall Assessment (5 points – holistic assessment)

· • What is your overall assessment of the study’s value and significance?

· • What did you learn?

C. Page 5 Reference Article citation in APA 7th Ed. Format (0 errors: 4 pts, 1+ errors: 0 pts)

D. Overall APA 7th Edition Format (4-5 errors: 2 pts, 1-3 errors: 3 pts, 0 errors: 5pts)