\Writing Article Review 1
Article Review Rubric
Point Levels |
Summary of Article |
Conclusions/Major Implications |
Writing |
10-15 |
Student presents a clear overview of the article’s content Student presents all main ideas and facts from the article The summary is written objectively Article choice is consistent with assignment
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Student demonstrates a strong working knowledge of the conclusions from the article and the implications of these conclusions on the field Student clearly states all personal comments relating to the article’s findings Student clearly states what he/she liked and didn’t like about the methodology, conclusions, overall study, etc. |
No spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors High-level use of vocabulary and word choice Language is clear and appropriate Effective writing style Correct APA style |
6-10 |
Student presents a limited overview of the article’s content Student presents most of the main ideas and facts from the article The summary is written objectively Article is only peripheral to assignment
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Student demonstrates a moderately strong working knowledge of the conclusions from the article and the implications of these conclusions on the field Student clearly states all personal comments relating to the article’s findings Student loosely states what he/she liked and didn’t like about the methodology, conclusions, overall study, etc. |
Few (1-3) spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors Good use of vocabulary and word choice Overall effective writing style Language is mostly clear and appropriate with a few areas of uncertainty Use of APA style |
3-6 |
Student presents a rough overview of the article’s content Student presents one or two facts from the article Summary is written subjectively Article does not match assignment parameters
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Student demonstrates a limited working knowledge of the conclusions from the article and the implications of these conclusions on the field Student loosely references what he/she liked and didn’t like about the article
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Minimal (3 to 5) spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors Low-level use of vocabulary and word choice Language is often unclear and/or inappropriate Several sentence structure problems No use of APA style |
1-3 |
Student presents an unclear or severely limited overview of the article’s content Student doesn’t understand the main ideas from the article Article has nothing to do with assignment |
Student has no knowledge of the conclusions from the article and the implications of these conclusions on the field Student is missing what he/she liked and disliked about the article and all personal connections to the article |
More than 5 spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors Poor use of vocabulary and word choice Many sentence structure problems No use of APA style |