Psychology Article summerization

Writing Assignment 3 – Summarizing a Journal Article

Worth 50 points, broken down as follows:

Needs Improvement (0%) Average (50%)

Excellent (100%)

Research Question and Hypothesis

Not completed or not accurately identified. (0 points)

Somewhat complete or somewhat accurately identified. (7.5 points)

Research question and hypothesis were completely and accurately identified. (15 points)

Participants and Procedure

Not completed or not accurately identified. (0 points)

Somewhat complete or somewhat accurately identified. (7.5 points)

Participants and Procedure were completely and accurately identified. (15 points)

Findings Not completed or not accurately identified. (0 points)

Somewhat complete or somewhat accurately identified. (2.5 points)

Findings were completely and accurately identified. (5 points)

Grammar, Punctuation, Writing Style, and Spelling

Summary contains 5 or more errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Writing style is not clear or precise. (0 points)

Summary contains 2-4 errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Writing style is somewhat clear and precise. (2.5 points)

Summary contains 0-1 errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Writing style is very clear and precise. (5 points)

Summary Form Summary did not follow the sample. (0 points)

Summary was somewhat succinct and partially followed the sample. (2.5 points)

Summary was succinct and followed the sample. (5 points)

Plagiarism Summary consists of 3 or more instances of plagiarism (where text does not appear in the student’s own words). (0 points)

Summary consists of 1-2 instances of plagiarism (where text does not appear in the student’s own words). (2.5 points)

Summary was written completely in the student’s own words. (5 points)

Please Note: You are being graded more strictly on grammar, punctuation, writing style, and spelling, as well as plagiarism, on this assignment more so than on Writing Assignment 2.