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Leadership and Quality Improvement Project:
Research
Article Summary (individual)
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(CSLO 2)
***Group Presentation
Topic must be assigned before completing this paper.
Each student within the group will
find one unique, peer-reviewed research article related to the group topic
that will be used to contribute to the presentation. The article must be less
than 5 years old and from a scholarly, peerreviewed source. If you submit the
same article as one of your peers in the group, you may be required to
resubmit the assignment. Each group
member will turn in their assigned article with a 250- 350-word, doublespaced
summary of the article. Summary must contain:
a. Correctly formatted APA reference
for the article.
b. One paragraph summary that
discusses the research problem, process, and results.
c. One
paragraph discussing how this article relates to the topic and how it will
help complete the presentation.
d.
Refer to rubric for all requirements including
formatting.
Research Article Summary Rubric
Criteria
Exceeds
Expectations
Satisfactory
Needs Improvement
Unacceptable
Correctly formatted APA
reference
The
citation is in APA format with no errors 10 pts
The citation has 1 – 2 errors in formatting
7.5 pts
The
citation has 3 or
more
errors 5 pts
Citation
is missing or not in APA. 0 pts
Summary of
•
Research
problem
•
Description
of research process
•
Results
of study
(CSLO 2)
•
Content is indepth and wellorganized
•
All 3 criteria are present and substantive
40 pts
•
Content is acceptable and adequately organized
• All 3
criteria are present
30 pts
•
Content is lacking
or minimally organized
• Not all
criteria
meet
minimum standards
15 pts
Content
is lacking and not organized
0 pts
Discussion of
•
How
does the
article relate to the group
topic?
•
How will
the article help me complete the presentation?
(CSLO 2)
•
Discussion demonstrates indepth rationale of article’s
relevance to topic and how it will contribute to the presentation
•
Both criteria are discussed with a high level of
critical thinking
40 pts
•
Discussion demonstrates an acceptable rationale
displaying article has some relevance to topic and how it will contribute to
the presentation
• Both
criteria are discussed
30 pts
•
Discussion demonstrates minimal expectations of article’s
relevance to topic or how it will contribute to the presentation
• Not all
criteria
meet
minimum standards
15 pts
•
Article has no relevance to topic
•
Summary does not meet minimal expectations
• Lack of
detail on article’s relevance to group topic or how the article will be
used to complete the presentation. 0 pts
APA, Grammar, and
Mechanics
• Article is less than 5 years old
(unless it is a seminal work) and from an
The
summary and analysis meet and adequately addresses all the criteria with no
exceptions or errors. There are no
The
summary meets and adequately address all the criteria with 1 – 2 exceptions
or errors.
The
summary meets and adequately address all the criteria with 3 – 4 exceptions
or errors.
The
summary does not adequately address the criteria or has 5 or more errors.
Length requirement is not met; Article not peer-
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appropriate, peer-reviewed source. There are no
spelling or grammar errors. At least
250 words and no more than 350 words. Font used is
Times New Roman 12 pt. 1-inch
margins and doublespaced.
grammar
or spelling errors.
Peer-reviewed
article less than 5 years old.
Meets
length requirement. 10 pts
Peer-reviewed article less than 5 years old.
Meets length requirement.
7.5 pts
Article is not peerreviewed or is over 5 years old.
Length
requirement is not met. 5 pts
reviewed
and/or is over 5 years old. 0 pts
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