CRITICAL ARTICLE REVIEW
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CBPCRITICALARTICLEREVIEWAssignment202111.docxCOMMUNITY BASED PRACTICES 2020 2
CRITICAL ARTICLE REVIEW
Worth 20%
Due: Tuesday October 19th 2021
Friday October 22nd, 2021
(by 11:59pm the day you have your class)
Instructions: Students will choose one of the following articles to read:
1. Social Determinants of Health from an Adolescent Perspective
2. Reaching Out, Reaching In: The Long Term Challenges and Issues of Outreach Programs
3. Methodological Strategies for evaluating youth gang prevention programs
The student will read the article in its entirely and write a 5 to 6-page Critical Article Review. Students are expected to write in APA formatting, use a minimum of 3 academic journal/article references that support/back their critical review.
The purpose of this assignment is to gain knowledge and understanding on factors that play a role in supporting children/youth’s risk and resiliency factors and to critique the theories and strategies that have been used with young people. Identify theories and strategies that you consider helpful and critique theories and strategies that you consider to hinder young people’s development. Utilize resources to back your critiques.
Students are welcome to use some of the course resources as references if they should choose. Students are expected to utilize the outline provided for them below to write their assignment. Please review the rubric for an understanding of a full grade breakdown.
APA formatting requires a title page, reference page, and formatting throughout the assignment. Please review Owl Purdue for support on APA formatting and expectations.
Your assignment outline should carry the following headings:
· Title Page
· Introduction
· Article Review
· Student’s Critique
· Conclusion of Findings
· References
Rubric
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Graded Areas |
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Satisfactory |
Requires Work |
Marks |
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Introduction |
· An introduction to the assignment & article is well articulated and discussed · A clear understanding of what your paper outlines |
· General introduction, requires more information · The concept of the authors paper is not well clear |
· No introduction was provided · Introduction is convoluted and difficult to understand |
/4 |
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Article Review |
· An accurate/concise review of the article · A minimum of 3 critiques of the article chosen |
· A general review of the article · 1 or 2 critiques discussed regarding the article chosen |
· Weak article review · The Author did not offer any critiques |
/4 |
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Student’s Critique |
· Author provides evidence supporting/arguing the information · Author provides references supporting their perspective of theory/practice |
· Authors evidence is weak and requires further information/explanation · Author’s references are out of date |
· Authors evidence does not back their argument · No references provided |
/4 |
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Conclusion |
· Author concisely wraps up their essay in a clear way
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· Authors conclusion requires further information to wrap up essay clearly |
· Author needs ample information to conclude their essay |
/2 |
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References |
· References are correctly listed in APA format · In text citations are correct · References are recent within the last 7 years |
· Incorrectly listed references · Incorrect in text citations · References are older than 7 years |
· No reference page provided · No in text citations |
/6 |
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Deductions |
· Spelling · Grammar · Sentence Structure · APA formatting required |
Up to -2.5 marks can be deducted |
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Total |
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/20 |
