iRubric: Journal Article Summary Rubric

edit print share Copy to my rubrics Bookmark test run assess... delete Do more...
Journal Article Summary Rubric Journal Article Summary Rubric Choose a full-length article that reviews research on a the week’s topic from a recent issue (last 5 years) of a journal that is offered or subscribed to by the University’s library (LiNC). Be sure to provide an electronic copy of your article because you'll need to turn it in with your paper. Rubric Code: Q43W66 By GwenRich Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Health Type: Assignment Grade Levels: (none)

Journal Article Critique
	Good 5 pts	Fair 3 pts	Poor 1 pts
Summary	Good 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.	Fair 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.	Poor The article summary is unclear or overly detailed. Often well over half of the assignment is taken up by the summary.
Critique	Good Strengths and weaknesses that are central to the article are addressed. The discussion of strengths and weaknesses take up the majority of the assignment.	Fair Strengths and weaknesses that are peripheral to the article are addressed. The discussion of strengths and weaknesses take up the majority of the assignment	Poor 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
Article Choice	Good Article selected is current (<5 years), topic is scientific. Article does not require any additional research.	Fair Article selected is current (<5 years), topic is scientific. Article requires some additional research.	Poor Article is scientific but work is outdated or the article’s scientific nature is questionable or article is not scientific
Organization	Good 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.	Fair 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.	Poor 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.
Mechanics Requirements	Good APA and page length (2-3 pages) requirements are met and there are no grammatical errors or typos.	Fair APA and page length (2-3 pages) requirements are met and there are 1-4 grammatical errors or typos.	Poor APA and page length (2-3 pages) requirements are not met. There are 5+ grammatical errors or typos.