Article Critique

Category

Excellent (4)

Good (3)

Fair (2)

Poor (1)

Organization of Review

Excellent; sequential organization of information; ideas are well-developed

Good; adequate organization of information; ideas are well-developed for the most part

Fair; all parts are not organized following a logical sequence and ideas are somewhat developed, although unclear in some parts

Poor; organization of ideas follows an illogical sequence of ideas and ideas are underdeveloped

Synthesis of Literature

Clear; thorough, synthesis of ideas

Adequate; good synthesis of ideas

Fair; cursory synthesis of ideas

Does not provide a synthesis of ideas OR May just provide one summary after the next rather than synthesizing ideas

Content Relevance

Excellent; ideas presented are relevant and fully developed with use of a variety of scholarly sources throughout the paper

Good; most ideas presented are relevant with use of a variety scholarly sources

Fair; some ideas presented are relevant but some content is underdeveloped and/or unrelated. References are used from scholarly sources with little variety

Poor; ideas presented are with little thought, with vague, incoherent synthesis of information (just a citation or summary of one source after another); references are used but may not be from scholarly sources or may be little variety

References

Includes at least 5 or more peer reviewed professional journal articles from varied journals that are relevant to topic

Includes 4 peer reviewed journal articles from varied journals that are relevant to topic

Includes 4 or more peer reviewed journals that are relevant to topic, but articles may not be from more than 3 journals

Includes less than 3 peer reviewed journals that are relevant to topic. Does not use peer reviewed articles from more than three different journals

Length of Assignment

All elements follow prescribed APA format; all assignment specifications met

Most elements follow prescribed APA format (1-2 errors) but all other assignment specifications met

Common errors in prescribed APA format (3 errors), but all other assignment specifications met

Common errors in prescribed APA format (4 or more errors) OR assignment is less than or more than the required length OR more than 1 assignment specification is not met

Standard English

Writing is scholarly with little to no errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics. *Little to no=2 or less errors

Writing is scholarly but has a few errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics. *Few errors= 3-5 errors

Writing is scholarly but has occasional errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics that do not interfere with meaning. *Occasional errors= 6-8 errors.

Writing is NOT scholarly Frequent errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics. *Frequent errors= 9 or more

Total Points

/24