Literature Review

CATEGORY

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F

Quantity of sources

10 pts.

Document cites at least the required number of sources.

One source under the required number of sources.

Two – three sources under the required number of sources.

Four to five sources under the required number of sources.

More than five sources under the number of required sources.

Credibility of Sources

20 pts.

All sources cited can be considered credible or scholarly.

Most sources cited can be considered credible or scholarly

Some sources can be considered credible or scholarly

Few sources cited can be considered credible or scholarly

Little or no credible or scholarly sources cited.

Evaluation of Sources

20 pts.

Literature Review

succinctly and

comprehensively

describe the source

material;

literature review offers

great insight into the

source material; Thoroughly explains why source was chosen (relates to topic).

Most of the reviews

are succinct; Most

comprehensively

describe the source

material; Some

offer insight into the

source material; Offers some explanation of why the source was chose or Offers and explanation for most of the sources.

Some

reviews may

be too short or

too long;

Annotations

adequately

describe the

source material,

but lack insight; Offers little explanation of why source was chosen or offers an explanation for why sources was chosen on only some of the sources.

Few reviews

meet the length

requirements, few

reviews

adequately

describe the

source material;

reviews offer

little insight; Offers insight as to why the source was chose on only a few sources.

Most reviews

are either too

short or too long;

reviews do

not describe the

source material;

reviews offer

no insight; does not offer insight on why the source was chosen on any of the sources.

Grammar and mechanics

The entire literature review is thoughtful, complete, and well written. Written in third person.

Most of the Literature Review is thoughtful, complete, and well written.

Some of the Literature review is well written but some is lacking in completeness, thought, and /or writing quality (grammar and mechanics).

Most of the Literature review is lacking in completeness, thought, and/or writing quality (grammar and mechanics).

All of the Literature Review is lacking in completeness, thought, and/or writing quality (grammar and mechanics).

APA and

Documentation

25 pts.

Citations are formatted correctly in the document.

There are a few formatting errors in the document’s citations.

There are some formatting errors in the document’s citations.

There are many and/or frequent formatting errors in the document’s citations.

There is little or no adherence to APA format in the document.