Submitted by: Steven Harbstreit, Ph.D.
Agricultural Education Department
ARTICLE REVIEWS
Evaluation Rubric
Commendable
Correct Heading
Correct Length
Topic
Appropriate
Article Summary
Analysis of
Article
Concise, exact,
clear (5)
Personal
Experience/
Significance for
Class Relativity to
Class Discussion
Sound
perspective and
obvious
understanding
(5)
English
Mechanics
Personal
experience or
linkage to class
discussion well
defined (5)
Article
Submission
Acceptable
Prescribed heading
is used and correct
(3)
Marginal
Heading has
critical
information
but is not
correct (1)
Appropriate length Report too
– one page
short or not
minimum, double
double spaced
spaced, 1” margins or has
(2)
incorrect
margins (1)
Topic is
Topic only
appropriate to class peripheral to
(2)
class (1)
Clear but too
Meaning can
wordy, too short or be interpreted
wrong focus
(1)
applied (2)
Some perspective
Unclear
and evidence of
perspective or
understanding (2)
evidence of
little
understanding
(1)
Experience
Experience
discussed loosely
discussed not
related to class (2) related to class
(1)
Unacceptable
Heading is
incorrect or
omitted (0)
No spelling,
grammatical,
punctuation errors
(3)
More than 5
English
mechanics
errors (0)
Article attached (1)
1-5 English
mechanics
errors (1)
Review too
short not double
spaced, lacking
1” margins (0)
Topic not
related to class
(0)
Evidence of
plagiarism;
unclear;
incomplete (0)
No analysis
provided or
evidence of
understanding
(0)
No evidence of
relationship to
class or
personal
experience (0)
No article not
attached (0)