Journal Article Critique Grading Rubric

Criteria Highly Competent = 20 Satisfactory = 12.5 Limited = 5 Score

Analysis of Provides a thorough, Provides a description, Does not accurately
Author’s accurate analysis of the but only minimal assess the author’s
Justification author’s justification of analysis, of the author’s arguments justifying
the worth and justification of the worth the study
significance of the and significance of the
study study

Analysis of Provides a thorough, Provides a description, Does not accurately

Author’s accurate analysis of the but only minimal assess study design,
Methods study design, sample analysis, of the study sample selection, and
selection, and data design, sample selection, data collection
collection methods and data collection methods used in this
used in this study methods used in this study
study

Analysis of Provides a thorough, Provides a description, Does not assess

Validity and accurate analysis of but only minimal analysis accurately on study
Credibility of study bias, reliability, of study bias, reliability, bias, reliability, author
the Study author credentials, and author credentials, and credentials, and
publication venue publication venue publication

Criteria Highly Competent = 10 Satisfactory = 10 Limited = 5 Score

APA Documents sources Documents sources using Reflects incomplete
Formatting using APA formatting APA formatting with knowledge of APA
accurately and minor violations. formatting.
consistently.

Writing Writing is clear and Writing is mostly clear Writing lacks clarity or
Mechanics concise. Sentence and concise. Sentence conciseness. Minor
structure and grammar structure and grammar problems with
are excellent. Correct are strong and mostly sentence structure and
use of punctuation. No correct. Few minor some grammatical
spelling errors. errors in punctuation errors. Several minor
and/or spelling. errors in punctuation
and spelling.

Organization The organization The overall arrangement Arrangement is less

results in clarity and is logical but can than clear, or
presents logically occasionally be difficult organization is clear
arranged points. to follow. but there are some
digressions.

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