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Article Critique Guidelines and Rubric

Overview Articles are written to inform, misinform, influence, or misdirect, among other reasons. Sometimes they serve as nothing more than a vehicle for an author to achieve fame, notoriety, and wealth. You should never take at face value the elements of any article you read, but you should be able to:

• Differentiate between fact and opinion • Recognize and evaluate author bias and rhetoric • Determine cause-and-effect relationships • Determine accuracy and completeness of information presented • Recognize logical fallacies and faulty reasoning • Compare and contrast information and points of view • Develop inferential skills • Make judgments and draw logical conclusions

When writing an article critique, you will need to summarize, evaluate, and offer critical comment on the ideas and information that the author(s) presents in the article. Starting in Module Two, you are assigned two articles to read, which are located in Module Resources for that specific module. You have to select one of the two articles and write a critique of it. In your paper, cite any and all information taken from the article or any other references used. Your goal should be to read and understand the article, analyze the findings or arguments, and evaluate and comment on the article.

Reading the Article

• Allow enough time to understand it. • Read the article without taking notes to gain an overall picture of its main idea. • Read the article again analytically highlighting important ideas and making brief notes of the main ideas and main topic.

Main Elements

Be sure to address the following within your article critique:

 What is the issue that the article is specifically addressing? Is this a significant problem or issue related to the concepts and theory in this course? Why or why not?

 What references did the author use in this article?

 Did the article contain research? What data was used? What instruments, if any, were used to collect data?

 What were some of the conclusions, if any, to the research in this article?

 Was the article reliable and valid? Explain.

 Was this article well written? Thoughtful and reflective?

 What were the limitations in this article? Any variables?

 Any other thoughts, comments?

Rubric

Guidelines for Submission: Written components of projects must follow these formatting guidelines when applicable: double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and discipline-appropriate citations. Page length should be 2-3 pages, not including cover page and resources.

Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Main Elements Includes almost all of the main elements and requirements and cites multiple examples to illustrate each element

Includes most of the main elements and requirements and cites many examples to illustrate each element

Includes some of the main elements and requirements

Does not include any of the main elements and requirements

25

Quality of Article Critique

Provides an in-depth critique of the main elements; lists and explains examples of bias or faulty reasoning found in the article

Critiques the main elements; lists and explains any examples of bias or faulty reasoning found in the article

Attempts to critique the main elements and list examples of bias or faulty reasoning found in the article

Fails to critique the main elements, does not include any examples of bias or faulty reasoning found in the article

25

Inquiry and Analysis

Explores multiple issues through extensive collection and in-depth analysis of evidence to make informed conclusions

Explores some issues through collection and in-depth analysis of evidence to make informed conclusions

Explores minimal issues through collection and analysis of evidence to make informed conclusions

Does not explore issues through collection and analysis of evidence and does not make informed conclusions

15

Integration and Application

All of the course concepts are correctly applied

Most of the course concepts are correctly applied

Some of the course concepts are correctly applied

Does not correctly apply any of the course concepts

10

Research Incorporates many scholarly resources effectively that reflect depth and breadth of research

Incorporates some scholarly resources effectively that reflect depth and breadth of research

Incorporates very few scholarly resources that reflect depth and breadth of research

Does not incorporate scholarly resources that reflect depth and breadth of research

15

Writing (Mechanics/Citations)

No errors related to organization, grammar and style, and citations

Minor errors related to organization, grammar and style, and citations

Some errors related to organization, grammar and style, and citations

Major errors related to organization, grammar and style, and citations

10

Total 100%