Peer Review Article Summary
Due: Midnight Sunday of Unit 4
For your Final Project, you will have to find four (4) peer reviewed articles that will be supportive of your topic that you introduced in Week 2.
For this paper you must include:
- 1-2 paragraph summary of each peer review article.
- Include the relevancy to your topic;
- The meaning or implication of the results of the study that the article is about.
- 1 paragraph discussing how the author could expand on the results, what the information means in the big picture, what future research should focus on or how future research could move the topic forward.
- Discuss your data source as it relates to your topic.
- Include how these peer review articles add to your data source and influence the research of your topic.
Peer Review Article Summary Rubric
| CRITERIA | Deficient (0 – 5 Points) |
Proficient to Development Needed (6 – 8 Points) |
Exemplary to Proficient (9 – 10 Points) |
Points Earned (30 Pts.) |
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| 1. | Summary of peer review articles and data source | Missing summary of peer review articles missing or not appropriately outlined. Data source is also missing or not clearly addressed. | Summary of articles is present along with the data source, but parts are unclear, require further development, or are insufficiently cited. | Summary of articles and the data source is fully described, appropriately applied, and cited. | |
| 2. | Appropriate citations | References missing or not appropriate caliber. | Fewer than 4 peer reviewed references cited. | 4 or more peer reviewed references cited. | |
| 3. | Clear and professional writing and format | Errors impede professional presentation; guidelines not followed | Few errors that do not impede professional presentation | Writing and format is clear, professional, APA compliant, and error free | |
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Peer Reviewed Article Summary