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Journal Article Critique Rubric Journal Article Critique Rubric Rubric Code: F5935C By Headley Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Communication Type: Assignment Grade Levels: Graduate

Journal Article Critique
	Distinguished 5 pts	Proficient 3 pts	Emerging 1 pts
Organization	Distinguished Paper is well organized, has a very clear intro, body and conclusion. The purpose of the paper is clear from the very beginning and the name and author of the article is made clear early in the paper.	Proficient Paper is organized, has an intro, body and conclusion. The purpose of the paper becomes clear within the paper and the name and author of the article is mentioned within the paper.	Emerging Paper is not well organized, has an unclear or non-existent intro, body and conclusion. The purpose of the paper is unclear and the name and author of the article is not stated or stated late.
Summary	Distinguished The article is clearly but succinctly summarized - only the key points of the article are touched upon. The article summary takes up no more than one third of the total assignment.	Proficient The article is clearly summarized, but some sub points are addressed along with main points. The summary is not succinct. Often the summary takes up more than 1/3 of the total assignment.	Emerging The article summary is unclear or overly detailed. Often well over half of the assignment is taken up by the summary.
Critique	Distinguished Strengths and weaknesses that are central to the article are addressed. The discussion of strengths and weaknesses take up the majority of the assignment.	Proficient Strengths and weaknesses that are peripheral to the article are addressed. The discussion of strengths and weaknesses take up the majority of the assignment	Emerging Strengths and weaknesses are addressed peripherally, weakly, or not at all. The discussion of strengths and weaknesses take up only a small part of the assignment
Mechanics	Distinguished There are no grammatical errors or typos.	Proficient There are few grammatical errors or typos	Emerging There are many grammatical errors and/or typos
Meets Requirements	Distinguished APA requirements are met	Proficient APArequirements are met	Emerging APA requirements are not met.