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Article Reflection

Choose an article in a professional journal or significant blog post relevant to our topic of the week. Write a one paragraph summary of the article followed by a one paragraph personal reflection. The article must be a research article with methods, subjects data, etc. I will not accept a review or professional opinion article. Please submit this electronically by way of "dropbox" on Sakai.

Rubric Code: HCX4BC

By joycevalenza

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Subject: Communication

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: Graduate

Journal Article Reflection One-paragraph reflection for weeks 4,6,7,9 and 10. 20 points total.
	Poor/Unacceptable 0 pts	Fair 3 pts	Good 4 pts	Excellent 5 pts
Article Choice	Poor/Unacceptable Article is not or barely related to task or is seriously dated (> 5 years). Article not from acceptable source.	Fair Article is somewhat related to task and/or is seriously dated (> 5 years). Article not from acceptable source.	Good Article selected may be current (<5 years) or somewhat older, topic is related to task, but less specific. Article published in an acceptable professional journal or is an appropriate piece of writing from a well-respected blog.	Excellent Article selected is current (<5 years), topic is specific to task. Article published in peer-reviewed or professional journal or is a significant (lengthy/thoughtful) piece of writing from a well-respected blog.
Brief Summary One- or two-sentence summary of article	Poor/Unacceptable he article summary is very unclear and/or overly detailed. Not at all clear summary.	Fair The article summary is somewhat unclear and/ or overly detailed.	Good The article is clearly summarized.	Excellent The article is clearly and succinctly summarized.
Reflection Description of why/how the article is significant to the week's topic and to your fieldwork	Poor/Unacceptable Poorly organized. No personal reflection or relevance to course or fieldwork.	Fair Reflection is not well organized, and unclear. Limited connection to week's topic and fieldwork.	Good Thoughtful reflection. Well written and addresses relevance to week's topic and fieldwork	Excellent Thoughtful reflection. Well written, organized and clear. Reflection is highly connected to week's topic and fieldwork
Mechanics Requirements Grammar, spelling, formatting, documentation	Poor/Unacceptable There are numerous grammatical errors or typos in previously learned areas. Improperly or not cited.	Fair There are a few grammatical errors or typos and citation errors.	Good Minor grammatical and citation problems.	Excellent No errors in grammar, formatting and documentation.