iRubric: Critical Review Rubric

-Demonstrates an excellent understanding of all of the concepts, themes and ideas presented in the work.
-Summary is clear and concise.

-Demonstrates an understanding of most of the concepts, themes, and ideas presented in the work.
-Summary is clear, but is somewhat repetitive and disorganized.

-Demonstrates only a partial understanding of most of the concepts, themes, and ideas in the work.
-Summary is somewhat confusing and difficult to follow.

-Demonstrates very little comprehension of the any of the concepts, themes, and idea presented in the work.
-Summary is confusing and incomplete, and suggests that the work was not read in its entirety.

No evidence of completion and/or concern about material or assignment

- Well organized with coherent structure
- Sophisticated transitional sentences
guide the reader
through the chain of reasoning or
progression of ideas.

- May stray at times from analysis to description.
- Shows a logical progression of ideas
and uses fairly sophisticated
transitional devices
- Some logical links may be faulty,
but each paragraph clearly relates to
paper's central idea.

- No discernible structure, but central focus of paper still easily understood.
- Transitions are not in a logical sequence.
- While each
paragraph may relate to central idea,
logic is not always clear.

- Random organization,
lacking internal paragraph structure
and uses few
transitions.
- Paragraphs may lack topic sentences or main ideas, or
may be too general to
be effective. - Paragraphs may not all relate to paper's subject.

Sloppy, disoriented manner