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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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