Literature review

Literature Review Rubric

Exemplary Proficient Developing Emerging Incomplete

Quantity of Sources

20 The literature review presents at least six sources, three of which must be scholarly, all of which must be authoritative.

17 The literature review presents at least six sources, three of which must be scholarly, five of which must be authoritative.

15 The literature review presents at least six sources, two of which must be scholarly, five of which must be authoritative.

12 The literature review presents at least five sources, two of which must be scholarly, four of which must be authoritative.

0 The literature review does not present at least five sources. Sources are not scholarly or not authoritativ e.

APA Citation

40 Accurate APA format for all in-text and Reference page citations. Very few minor, if any, errors.

32 Accurate APA format for all in-text and Reference page citations. There be consistent, but minor errors.

28 Accurate APA format for all in- text and Reference page citations. At least one major error (missing information, for example) or inconsistencies.

24 APA format for all in-text and Reference page citations. Major errors or use of formats other than APA.

0 Little attempt at APA formatting; even citing in other formats is not consistent; major errors thoughout.

Analysis/Evaluation

75 Each individual source is clearly and accurately evaluated; discussion shows sophisticated understanding of the source.

60 Each individual source is clearly and accurately evaluated; discussion shows an understanding of the source.

52 Each individual source is clearly evaluated though there may be misreadings of the source; discussion shows a basic understanding of the source.

45 At least five of the six individual sources are evaluated though it may be unclear; review demonstrate d no clear grasp of the source material.

0 The review does not attempt to analyze the sources; summary without analysis or evaluation; analysis or evaluation is too brief to be useful.

Synthesis

75 The review compares and synthesizes the information from all of the sources in a clear, sophisticated way.

60 The review compares and synthesizes the information from all of the sources in a clear way.

52 The review compares and synthesizes the information from most of the sources; one or two sources may be neglected

45 The review does not compare or synthesize information from the sources in an organized or consistent way.

0 There is no attempt to compare or synthesize the sources.

Written Fluency (Grammar, organization, clarity of thought)

40 No major errors of any kind; may have one or two minor grammatical or sentence structure errors that do not impair meaning.

32 No major errors of any kind; may have several grammatical or sentence structure errors that do not impair meaning

28 May have one major error OR several minor grammatical or sentence structure errors that impair meaning

24 More than one major error of grammatical or sentence structure that impairs meaning; OR consistent minor errors that impair meaning.

0 The writing impairs meaning to a significant level; the writing is disorganized and unclear throughout.