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Article Summary Rubric

Choose a full-length article in a peer reviewed journal that reviews research on one of the topics presented in class.(within the last 6 months) The article must be a research article with methods, subjects data, etc. I will not accept a review or professional opinion article.

Rubric Code: JC84B7

By ndg212

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Subject: Health

Type: Project

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Journal Article Critique
	Poor/Unacceptable 0 pts	Fair 1.5 pts	Good 3.5 pts	Excellent 5 pts
Article Choice	Poor/Unacceptable Article is not or barely related to task or is grossly outdated (> 6m). Article not from acceptable source. Not a research article.	Fair Article is somewhat related to task and/or is grossly outdated (> 6m). Article not from acceptable source.	Good Article selected may be current (<6m), topic is related to task, but less specific. Article published in peer-reviewed scholarly journal.	Excellent Article selected is current (<6m), topic is specific to task. Article published in peer-reviewed scholarly journal.
Outline and define each part Title Purpose Literature Review Experimental Design Results	Poor/Unacceptable The article summary is very unclear and/or overly detailed. Not at all clear summary. < 2 areas required included.	Fair The article summary is somewhat unclear and/ or overly detailed, so long as to appear more like a short, unclear article than a summary. 2-3 required areas included.	Good The article is clearly summarized, but some sub points are addressed along with main points. The summary is not succinct. 3-5 required areas included	Excellent The article is clearly but succinctly summarized; all areas are included.
Discussion and conclusion outline and define	Poor/Unacceptable Poorly organized. No discussion or conclusion.	Fair Paper is not well organized, and unclear but with minimal conclusion.	Good Thoughtful conclusion. Well written but somewhat unclear.	Excellent Thoughtful conclusion. Well written.Organized and clear.
Mechanics Requirements 5-7 pages 12 font Times New roman Double spaced	Poor/Unacceptable Not meeting requirements	Fair page length requirements are not met. There are numerous (>5)grammatical errors or typos; lack of font, print and/or double spaced.	Good page length requirements are met and there are some (<3)grammatical errors or typos; two of the three set ups are in place.	Excellent page length (1) requirements are met and there are nogrammatical errors or typos. All requirements met.
biblography	Poor/Unacceptable not included	Fair incomplete	Good incomplete	Excellent detailed
Article	Poor/Unacceptable not included	Fair not included	Good abstract only	Excellent full article