Article Review Effective Conflict Coaching Communication

Article Review  Objective Article reviews are purposed to help you learn how to research scholarly information, write in the APA style, and broaden your knowledge base of course subjects that help you succeed in the business world. Project Criteria

Scoring depends on linking the subject to course concepts, life-examples, completeness of assignment, professionalism, and grammar.   You must post a copy of your scholarly article (not just the link) in the same drop box as your written article review.   Your articles may not come from a generalized Google search, magazine, trade journals, newspaper articles, or blog source. You must use either the Sullivan Library online resources or Google Scholar to research academic or scholarly peer reviewed articles. If the article does not have a list of resources at the end of the article, then it likely is not peer reviewed or from a professional journal. If you have questions about whether your resources meet the requirments, please ask before you submit your article review. If you need research help, please contact the library. Failure to use a peer-reviewed journal article results in a zero. If you have found a resource you would like to use and are unsure if it qualifies, please ask before posting your submission. If you need research help, view these library tutorials or contact the library. Papers are checked for plagiarism, so please make sure it is your own work. Process Synthesize the research material and link it to the course content using the following guidelines.

· Summarize the article (don't just copy it into your paper, but put in your own words).

· Offer your insights into the article. This should include new learnings, what you agree or disagree with and "ah-ha" moments, etc.

· The best article reviews also tie the article to the materials we have learned in class. Focus equal attention on each of the two sections (summary and insights).

· Discuss the relevancy of your new material to the course material and conflict coaching methodologies. 

This is to be a three-to-five page, double-spaced paper (750 - 1250 words). I am looking for substance and linkage to the course concepts, not personal opinion or filler rhetoric. Do not merely provide a series of direct quotes...synthesize the material using your own words so other students can gain from your work. Be explicit enough that I can tell you have mastered the concept or material in the article you reviewed.

Article Review

Points Possible  100

Criteria

Achievement Level

Poor

Below Average

Average

Good

Excellent

Quality of Content

0 points Fails to address the topic or all aspects of the assignment

8.75 points Addresses the topic, yet confuses concepts and theory of the topic

17.5 points Clearly addresses the topic but without meaningful substance to demonstrate mastery of the topic

26.25 points Clearly addresses the topic and responds to most parts of the assignment

35 points Well-developed synthesization of the article reviewed, links to course concepts, and addresses all aspects of the assigned task

References

0 points No academic material used of an academic or scholarly nature

6.25 points Few references to the text or course notes, and no direct connection to the assigned topic

12.5 points Academic journal or peer reviewed article linked in a way that minimally adds to the academic discussion

18.75 points Academic journal or peer reviewed article linked in a way that moderately adds to the academic discussion

25 points Academic journal or peer reviewed article linked in a way that substantively adds to the academic discussion

Organization

0 points Underdeveloped; provides no or little scholarly value; outside of word count

5 points Poorly organized and/or underdeveloped; achieves minimum word count

10 points Adequately organized and developed, but is unnecessarily wordy with underdeveloped discussion; achieves average word count

15 points Information is factually correct but lacks clear, concise, or complete academic development of the topic

20 points Provides clear, concise, accurate facts, with well-developed logical flow that academically advances the topic

APA, Mechanics

0 points Fails to demonstrate basic knowledge and use of APA style and use of American English in word choice, mechanics, usage, and sentence structure

5 points Marred by an accumulation of errors in APA style, English mechanics, sentence structure, and word usage

10 points Some errors but generally demonstrates mastery of grammar, sentence structure, spelling, and APA style

15 points Generally free from errors in APA style, grammar, sentence structure, spelling, and word usage; written at the graduate level

20 points Demonstrates mastery of the use of American English and APA style at the graduate level; free from errors in mechanics, usage, and sentence structure