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ARTICLE REVIEW: SUMMARY AND CRITIQUE

A one page summary and critique of an article concerning a current educational science trend or issue. Students are required to read the article, summarize the key parts of the article as well as critique the article read.

Rubric Code: NXW836C

By jhodgman

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Subject: Science

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8, Undergraduate

ARTICLE SUMMARY AND CRITIQUE
	Poor 0 pts	Fair 1 pts	Good 2 pts	Very Good 3 pts
Article Citation	Poor No citation has been included.	Fair Citation has been included, but is unclear.	Good Formal citation has been stated.	Very Good Formal citation has been stated using accurate APA referencing Style.
Article Submission	Poor Article not submitted with the assignment.	Fair Article submitted, but not science related, with or without highlighting.	Good Article submitted with assignment, no highlighting present.	Very Good Article submitted with the assignment and highlighting present.
Appropriate Heading	Poor No heading.	Fair The student has identified the heading.	Good The student has identified the heading and overall purpose of the article.	Very Good The student has identified the heading and overall purpose of the article in a well-conceived topic sentence.
Summary of Article	Poor The student's understanding of the article is incomplete or has many misconceptions that the student cannot be said to understand the topic.	Fair The student has an understanding of the information in the article that is important but has not included many key points and/or supporting details.	Good The student has a complete understanding of the information in the article that is important but has not included some of the key points and/or supporting details.	Very Good The student has a complete and detailed understanding of the article. Has highlighted key points and appropriate supporting details within their summary.
Answers question	Poor The student does not construct a clear judgement about the article, or answers the question: Why is this important to our world?	Fair The student constructs a judgement about the article that has little relationship to its importance to our world and does not include specifics.	Good The student constructs a valid judgement about the articles importance to our world and explains their reasoning, without specifics.	Very Good The student constructs a valid judgement about the articles importance to our world and clearly explains their reasoning, based on specifics (content, conclusions, etc.) identified from the article.
Written Communication	Poor The submitted assignment demonstrates little or no attention to the use of necessary conventions of writing(spelling, grammar, organization).	Fair The submitted assignment demonstrates some attention to the use of necessary conventions of writing(spelling, grammar, organization).	Good The student uses all necessary conventions of writing (spelling, grammar, organization) with few errors.	Very Good The student uses all necessary conventions of writing (spelling, grammar, organization) without error.

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Critique, Summary, Article

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