Leadership and Quality Improvement Project:
Research Article Summary
***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, peer- reviewed 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
Satisfactory
Needs
Unacceptable
Expectations
Improvement
Correctly formatted
The citation is in APA
The citation has 1-2
The citation has 3 or
Citation is missing or
APA reference
format with no
errors in formatting
more errors
not in APA.
errors
7.5 pts
5 pts
0 pts
10 pts
Summary of
• Content is in-
• Content is
• Content is lacking
Content is lacking
• Research
depth and well-
acceptable and
or minimally
and not organized
problem
organized
adequately
organized
0 pts
• Description of
• All 3 criteria are
organized
• Not all criteria
research process
present and
• All 3 criteria are
meet minimum
• Results of study
substantive
present
standards
(CSLO 2)
40 pts
30 pts
15 pts
Discussion of
• Discussion
• Discussion
• Discussion
• Article has no
• How does the
demonstrates in-
demonstrates an
demonstrates
relevance to topic
article relate to
depth rationale of
acceptable
minimal
• Summaiy does
the group topic?
article’s relevance
rationale
expectations of
not meet minimal
• How will the
to topic and how
displaying article
article’s relevance
expectations
article help me
it will contribute
has some
to topic or how it
• Lack of detail on
complete the
to the
relevance to topic
will contribute to
article’s relevance
presentation?
presentation
and how it will
the presentation
to group topic or
(CSLO 2)
• Both criteria are
contribute to the
• Not all criteria
how the article
discussed with a
presentation
meet minimum
will be used to
high level of
• Both criteria are
standards
complete the
critical thinking
discussed
15 pts
presentation.
40 pts
30 pts
0 pts
APA, Grammar, and
The summary and
The summary meets
The summary meets
The summary does
Mechanics
analysis meet and
and adequately
and adequately
not adequately
• Article is less
adequately
address all the
address all the
address the criteria
than 5 years old
addresses all the
criteria with 1-2
criteria with 3-4
or has 5 or more
(unless it is a
criteria with no
exceptions or errors.
exceptions or errors.
errors. Length
seminal work)
exceptions or errors.
requirement is not
and from an
There are no
met; Article not peer-
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