RUBRIC FOR ARTICLE SUMMARY AND REFLECTION

RUBRIC FOR ARTICLE SUMMARY AND REACTION PAPERS

ARTICLE SUMMARY

Criteria

Target

All main points of the

article are summarized

accurately and

Main Points

thoroughly.

Summary contains few

sentences pulled

Restatement of and

verbatim from the article

Expansion of Ideas

and expansion is

evident.

Summary is organized

in a logical way.

Organization

REACTION

Criteria

Statement of Opinions

Support of Opinions

Degree of Reflection

Acceptable

Some main points are

summarized. Contains a

few inaccuracies or

omissions.

A few sentences are

pulled verbatim from the

article but there is little

expansion.

Unacceptable

Most of the main points

are not addressed.

Contains many

inaccuracies.

There is little, if any,

restatement of ideas.

Summary shows some

degree of organization.

Summary lacks any

organization.

Target

Opinions are stated

clearly.

Acceptable

Opinion(s) are present

but not clearly stated.

All opinions are

supported with strong

arguments.

Responses demonstrate

a high degree of

reflection.

Opinions are supported,

but arguments are weak.

Unacceptable

Opinion does not make

sense or no opinion is

given.

Opinions are stated but

not supported.

FORMAT AND QUALITY OF PAPER

Criteria

Target

Title, author, and journal

specifics are included.

Title, Author, and

Journal

Spelling

No spelling errors

Grammar (sentence

structure, punctuation)

No grammatical errors

Format

The writing style is

crisp, fluent, and

precise.

Paper is typed and

formatted correctly

Copy of Article

Copy of the article is

attached, if required

Writing Style

Some responses show a

limited degree of

reflection.

Responses show no

reflection

Acceptable

Title and author are

complete. Journal is

cited but specifics are

not complete

One or two spelling

errors

One or two grammatical

errors

The writing style is clear

and functional.

Unacceptable

One of the following is

not included: title,

author, or journal

specifics.

More than two spelling

errors

More than two

grammatical errors

The writing style is

sometimes awkward,

vague, and/or choppy.

Paper is not typed

Paper is typed but

typical formatting is not

followed

NA

Copy of the article is not

attached, if required

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