Rubric for Journal Article Review

4 3 2 1 Your Score

Reference - APA style is Perfect- Appropriate article selection

Minor edits needed – Some APA misuse

4-5 edits needed.

- Does not follow APA style or-Inappropriate article selection

Review of Article

Major points selected and discussed. – I could clearly determine the main idea

Major points selected – needed just a bit more explanation in parts

Does not focus on major issues or is difficult to determine the main idea

Missed the main idea of the article – rambling word organization

Writing Clear articulate writing used. One or two minor edits needed to be a perfect paper! Keep up the great work!

Minor edits needed. Proof-reading will help you. Read aloud to yourself and or ask others to read it out loud to you.

Major edits needed. Get help so you learn the process. You will write a lot as a teacher - need to be a competent articulate professional.

Turns in something. Not college level work

Application Well organized thinking that reviews the article, makes application to the classroom – talks at length about how the learning could be used

Organized with examples of how this could be used in classroom.

Unable to discern how this could be used in the classroom – attempts were made, but they were unclear.

No application made to future classroom

Your Connections

Many connections were made to previous learning and coursework

Talks about connections, but more depth could have been given

Only includes one connection or the connections were unclear

No connections talked about