WEEK 2

Criteria

Levels of Achievement

Points Earned

Proficient

Competent

Novice

Selection of Articles

27 to 30 points

· At least 15 data-driven peer-reviewed article titles are present.

· All scholarly works are from peer-reviewed journals and contain major sections describing research method/design, participants, data collection, and findings/results. Each article is clearly related to a foundational topic of education.

24 to 26 points

· At least 12–15 data-driven peer-reviewed article titles are present.

· Most scholarly works are from peer-reviewed journals and contain major sections describing research method/design, participants, data collection, and findings/results. Each article is clearly related to a foundational topic of education.

0 to 23 points

· Fewer than 12 data-driven peer-reviewed article titles are present.

· Most scholarly works are not from peer-reviewed journals and/or fail to contain major sections describing research method/design, participants, data collection, and findings/results. Each article is not clearly related to a foundational topic of education.

Summary and Description of Research

68 to 75 points

A substantive summary is provided for each research article detailing its method/design, participants, data collection, findings, and a description of its relevance to the chosen topic.

60 to 67 points

A somewhat substantive summary is provided for each research article detailing its method/design, participants, data collection, findings, and a description of its relevance to the chosen topic.

0 to 59 points

· Inadequate summaries are provided for each research article.

· Summaries are inadequate in that most fail to detail their methods/design, participants, data collection, findings, and descriptions of their relevance to the chosen topic.

Mechanics

41 to 45 points

· Minimal spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors are present. Current APA formatting standards are correctly used for each source.

· A title page, abstract of at least 100–120 words, and reference page are included and formatted correctly.

36 to 40 points

· Several spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors are present. Current APA formatting standards are used mostly correctly for each source.

· A title page, abstract of at least 100 words, and reference page are included and formatted with few errors in current APA format.

0 to 35 points

· Many spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors are present. Current APA formatting standards are used incorrectly for the majority of sources.

· The title page and/or reference page are missing and/or the abstract fails to meet the 100-word minimum. There also may be many errors in current APA format.

Total

150

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