Article Critique Assignment 1

Article Critique Rubric

GOOD 2 PTS

FAIR 1.5 PTS

POOR 1 PTS

BAD 0 PTS

SUMMARY Good The article is clearly but succinctly summarized - only the key points of the article are touched upon. The article summary takes up no more than one third of the total assignment.

Fair The article is clearly summarized, but some sub points are addressed along with main points.

Poor The article summary is unclear or overly detailed. Often well over half of the assignment is taken up by the summary.

No Effort

CRITIQUE Good Strengths and weaknesses that are central to the article are addressed. The discussion of strengths and weaknesses take up the majority of the assignment.

Fair Strengths and weaknesses that are peripheral to the article are addressed. The discussion of strengths and weaknesses take up the majority of the assignment

Poor Strengths and weaknesses are addressed peripherally, weakly, or not at all. The discussion of strengths and weaknesses take up only a small part of the assignment

MECHANICS

Good

There are no grammatical errors or typos.

Fair

There are few grammatical errors or typos

Poor

There are many grammatical errors and/or typos

FORMAT Good APA/MLA and page length requirements are met

Fair APA/MLA and page length requirements are met

Poor APA/MLA and page length requirements are not met.