Literature Review Rubric - University of Kentucky



Literature Review Rubric

Description of Assignment:

You are to locate research articles on your pre-approved topic. You are to write a 5 – 10 page summary the general theme(s) of these articles as it pertains to your topic. A reference sheet, listing the articles should also be included (this does not count toward your page limit). This summary should serve as the background/foundation for your survey instrument. The typed summary should adhere to APA format.

Grading of Assignment:

The following rubric will be used to assess your literature review. To calculate your grade, take your total points earned and divide by 32 (the total points possible), resulting in a percentage. See the syllabus for the corresponding letter grade.

Rubric:

| |Rating |Score |

| |4 |3 |2 |1 | |

|ASSIGNMENT BASICS |

|Articles |Information is gathered |Information is gathered |Information is gathered |Information is gathered | |

| |from multiple, |from multiple sources. |from a limited number of|from a single source. | |

| |research-based sources. | |sources. | | |

|SUMMARY |

|Theme |Well organized, |Well organized, but |Weakly organized with no|No organization, | |

| |demonstrates logical |demonstrates illogical |logical sequencing or |sequencing, or structure. | |

| |sequencing and structure. |sequencing or structure.|structure. | | |

|Background/Foundation |Detailed conclusions are |Conclusions are reached |There is some indication|No conclusions are made | |

| |reached from the evidence |from the evidence |of conclusions from the |from the evidence offered.| |

| |offered. |offered. |evidence offered. | | |

|Research Question |Research question(s) are |Research question(s) are|Research question(s) |Research question(s) were | |

| |formed through the |formed through the |were not formed but |not formed and are not | |

| |literature review and |literature review. |could be formed through |apparent from the | |

| |clearly stated. | |the literature review. |literature review. | |

|Reference Sheet |Information is cited |Information is cited |Information is cited, |Information is not cited | |

| |properly and in APA format.|properly. |but has errors. |or is cited incorrectly. | |

|PRESENTATION |

|Length |Adheres to 5 – 10 page |Exceed or does not meet |Exceed or does not meet |Exceed or does not meet 5 | |

| |criteria. |5 – 10 page criteria by |5 – 10 page criteria by |– 10 page criteria by more| |

| | |½ page or less. |½ to 1 page. |than 1 page. | |

|Format |Font, spacing, and APA |Font and spacing, font |Font, spacing, or APA |Font, spacing, and APAP | |

| |format are correct. |and APA, or spacing and |format is correct. |format are incorrect. | |

| | |APA are correct. | | | |

|Grammar |There is 1 or less |There are 2 grammatical |There are 3 grammatical |There are 4 or more | |

| |grammatical error. |errors. |errors. |grammatical errors. | |

|TOTAL POINTS | | |

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