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RESPONSE PAPER DESCRIPTION AND RUBRIC

Each student will write two 2-3 page response papers based on course readings. Students will have the option to choose from readings based on the weekly schedule [Paper 1- Weeks 1-4, Paper 2- Weeks 5-8, and Paper 3- Weeks 8-12. The suggestion is that that one to two readings are selected. Students need to think of this as a discussion with the author and how they would “respond” to their article. Components of response paper include:

i. summarize the main issues/content of the article. The summary portion of the paper is only one paragraph that does NOT exceed half a page.

ii. offer a well-reasoned critique of the article and discuss how your reading and reflecting expanded, changed or confirmed your thinking about the issue/topic. Consider:

1. The main argument and if the author makes this clear in the article

2. Points that were unclear and should be elaborated upon

3. Statements that helped to change, expand or confirm your perspective and describe how

4. If you agree or disagree with the author’s perspective and why

5. If any important pieces are omitted from the article, what they are, and why they should be included

iii. pose questions that still remain for you based on your critical reflection of the reading.

Scoring Rubric:

	Exemplary	Satisfactory	Needs Improvement
The quality of the summary (5 points)	Effectively summarizes main issues/content of the readings. Summary connects ideas across sources in relevant and insightful ways. Exemplary identification of main arguments within the reading and relation to ideas raised during class discussions and/or experiences in schools. Excellent connections between text and issues of early childhood education. [4-5 points]	Summarizes main issues/content of the readings. Summary connects ideas across sources in somewhat relevant and insightful ways. Good identification of main arguments within the reading and relation to ideas raised during class discussions and/or experiences in schools. Sufficient connections between text and issues of early childhood education. [2-3 points]	Summary of main issues/content of the readings is lacking. Summary barely or does not connect ideas across sources. Poor or some identification of main arguments within the reading and relation to ideas raised during class discussions and/or experiences in schools. Lacks connections between text and issues of early childhood education. [0-1 point]
The quality of the critique (10 points)	Offers a well-reasoned critique of the article. Excellent discussion of how your reading and reflecting expanded, changed or confirmed your thinking about the issues within the text, or the topics relating to the texts. Excellent engagement with the text, argumentation or refutation of points, or agreement with ideas. Exemplary use of evidence to support critique. [8-10 points]	Offers a critique of the article. Good discussion of how your reading and reflecting expanded, changed or confirmed your thinking about the issues within the text, or the topics relating to the texts. Good engagement with the text, argumentation or refutation of points, or agreement with ideas. Uses evidence to support critique. [4-7 points]	Poor critique of the article. Some to little discussion of how your reading and reflecting expanded, changed or confirmed your thinking about the issues within the text, or the topics relating to the texts. Some to little engagement with the text, argumentation or refutation of points, or agreement with ideas. Lack of evidence to support critique. [0-3 points]
The quality of writing mechanics and style/journal information (3 points)	Uses descriptive language that skillfully communicates meaning to readers with clarity and fluency, and is virtually error free. [3 points]	Uses straightforward language that generally conveys meaning to readers. The language in the paper has few errors. [2 points]	Uses language that generally conveys meaning to readers with some clarity. Writing includes many usage and spelling errors. [0-1 point]
APA Formatting (2 points)	APA citations are correct for both in-text citations and bibliography. Paper includes 3-5 quotes/citations from the text. [2 points]	APA citations have a few errors. Paper includes only 1-2 quotes/citations from the text. [1 point]	APA citations are missing or incorrect. Paper lacks quotes/citations from the text or citations are irrelevant to argument. [0 points]

20 points