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Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management Grading Rubric for Article Summary Assignment
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Excellent (5-6 points) |
Good (3-4 points) |
Fair (1-2 points) |
Poor (0 points) |
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1. Summarizes the content of the selected article; answers the assignment questions: · What research question were the authors seeking to answer? · How did they go about their research? · What results did they achieve and what conclusions did they draw?
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Comprehensive summary of article; describes accurately and fully why the research was undertaken, how it was conducted, as well as the results achieved and conclusions drawn. Ideas are clearly expressed. |
Summarizes the essential points of the article, and answers the question prompts provided in the assignment. Summary would benefit from additional detail, accuracy and clarity. |
Partial article summary provided; does not address main points comprehensively or fully respond to assignment question prompts. Ideas are vague, significant details are lacking and some information is inaccurate. |
Summary does not cover the main points of the article, nor does it provide answers to the assignment prompts. There is no mention of key details, ideas are incomprehensible and much information is inaccurate. |
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Excellent (5-6 points) |
Good (3-4 points) |
Fair (1-2 points) |
Poor (0 points) |
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2. Offers sound recommendations for HR professionals based on the author’s findings |
Recommendations provided are clearly linked to the author’s findings with clear supporting evidence provided; offers relevant personal commentary on recommendations. |
Recommendations provided with some connections to author’s findings; supporting evidence provided requires additional detail; personal commentary on recommendations requires stronger connection to article content.
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Recommendations provided have weak connections to author’s findings; they lack supporting evidence and detail; personal commentary related to recommendations not connected to article content. |
Recommendations are not connected to author’s findings; supporting evidence and detail for recommendations absent; personal commentary about recommendations not provided. |
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Excellent (3 points) |
Good (2 points) |
Fair (1 point) |
Poor (0 points) |
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3. Writes with effective style including structure, logic and fluency. Uses correct grammar and mechanics, as well as APA style for any additional references and/or citations. |
Includes an introduction and conclusion that frame the summary effectively. Organization is a logical progression of ideas/events and is unified and complete Demonstrates skillful sentence fluency (varies length, good flow rhythm, and varied structure). Demonstrates excellent control of grammatical conventions appropriate to the writing task: sentence formation; standard usage including agreement, tense, and case; and mechanics including use of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. Uses APA style correctly for references/citations. |
Includes a reasonably well written introduction and conclusion; summary would benefit from stronger framing. A logical progression of ideas/events and is reasonably complete, with few disconnects. Demonstrates reasonable sentence fluency. Demonstrates reasonable control of grammatical conventions appropriate to the writing task: sentence formation; standard usage including agreement, tense, and case; and mechanics including use of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. Uses APA style, with very few errors for references/citations. |
Introduction and conclusion provided, but are weak, failing to lead in and out of the summary effectively. Significant lapses in the logical progression of ideas/events are evident. Demonstrates minimal sentence fluency. Demonstrates minimal control of grammatical conventions appropriate to the writing task: sentence formation; standard usage including agreement, tense, and case; and mechanics including use of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. Uses APA style for references/citations, but with multiple errors.
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Introduction and conclusion are absent. Ideas/events are presented in a random fashion. Sentence fluency is lacking. Lacks control of grammatical conventions appropriate to the writing task: sentence formation; standard usage including agreement, tense, and case; and mechanics including use of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. Many errors in use of APA style for references/citations or does not use APA style. |
Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management – Fall 2018