Multicultural Article Summary and Critique
Article: Korean-American Female Perspectives on Disability
Multicultural Article Summary & Critique
- General Requirements – 1 possible point
- No page limit
- 1-inch margins
- 12 point font (e.g., Arial Narrow, Times New Roman)
- Single space
- APA reference Citation in Header.
- Example: Goldin-Meadow, S., Cook, S.W. & Mitchell, Z.A. (2009). Gesturing gives children new ideas about math. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 17 (5), 313-317.
- Free of significant spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors
- Summary Section – 3 possible points
- Introduction
- Brief description
- Purpose of study
- Sample research questions – if any?
- Other necessary background information (e.g., Why was the study conducted? What was it about?)
- Procedures
- Methodology
- Participants/Subjects
- Setting
- Procedures
- Variables
- Findings
- Major Results
- Conclusions
- Major outcome(s)
- Next steps
- Impact
- Introduction
- Critique Section- 1 possible points
- Your evaluation of the study conducted
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Lessons learned & Application to profession (Speech Language Pathology)
- Your evaluation of the study conducted
Please just refrain from plagarism, my professor is super strict. 🙂
| Criteria | Inadequate | Needs Improvement | Meets Standard | Exceeds Expectations |
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| Lacks organization. Somewhat coherent but very little unity across the essay. No transitions between ideas. No variety in sentence structure. | Content is logically organized and writing uses acceptable transitions between ideas. Some points seem misplaced or unrelated to the topic. Style meets college level. | Writing is logically organized and coherent. Transitions are used between ideas and paragraphs. Style is at college level and creates unity across ideas. | Writing shows attention to logic and reasoning of points. Writing leads the reader smoothly from the beginning of the essay to the conclusion and provokes thought regarding the topic. Outstanding tone and style used through out essay. |
| Grammar & Mechanics
| Frequent spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors make reading and comprehending the essay difficult. | Some spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors exist but do not significantly hinder readability and comprehension. | Very few minor spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors. | Essay is free of significant spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors. |
| Format
| Fails to follow format and assignment requirements; incorrect margins, font, spacing. Not formatted in APA Style | Meets format and assignment requirements. Some errors in APA Style formatting | Meets format and assignment requirements. APA Style formatting is correct. | Meets format and assignment requirements. APA Style formatting is correct. |
