Assignment #2: Journal Article Review
Description: Professionals increase their awareness of current research related to the teaching of young children by reading professional journal articles. Review one journal article written in the last 5 years concerning individualizing instruction in early childhood classrooms.
Directions:
Read the journal article; write a two to three page reflection that includes the following:
- A summary of the article
- Describe what you read that was new to you
- What you would like to know more about
- How this information can be used in your program/classroom
- APA Format
- SafeAssign 20% or less
Assignment #2: Journal Article Review
Value- 27 points
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Measurement Construct |
0 No Evidence |
1 Does not Meet Expectations |
2 Meets Expectations |
3 Exceeds Expectations |
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Article recency and relevancy |
Insufficient evidence to evaluate |
Article is not relevant or published within the past 5 years |
Article is relevant but not published within the past 5 years |
Article is relevant to coursework and published within the past 5 years. |
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Article summary |
Insufficient evidence to evaluate |
Minimally discusses the main ideas and facts from the article. Summary is not objective OR minimal referencing to the article is provided. Author OR source are not named. |
Sufficiently discuses the main ideas and facts from the article. Summary is presented in objective view and referencing to the article is provided. Author and source are named. |
Thoroughly discusses main ideas and facts from the article. Summary is presented in objective view and referencing to the article is provided. Author and source are named. |
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New Information |
Insufficient evidence to evaluate |
Minimally discusses new information learned from reading the article, no examples or reference to the article provided. |
Sufficiently discusses new information learned from reading the article, reference to the article provided. |
Thoroughly discusses new information learned from reading the article, reference to the article provided. |
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Learn More About |
Insufficient evidence to evaluate |
Minimally discusses what the student would like to learn more about; and/or no examples provided |
Sufficiently discusses what the student would like to learn more about; examples provided |
Thoroughly discusses what the student would like to learn more about; examples provided. |
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Incorporating Information Into the Classroom
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Insufficient evidence to evaluate |
Minimally discusses how the information can be incorporated into the classroom and/or no examples provided. |
Sufficiently discusses how this information can be incorporated into the classroom, examples provided. |
Thoroughly discusses how this information can be incorporated into the classroom, examples provided |
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Organization |
Insufficient evidence to evaluate |
The information appears to be disorganized. |
Information is organized, but paragraphs are not well constructed; template used for the assignment. |
Information is very organized with well-constructed paragraphs, subheadings; template used for the assignment. |
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Sources |
Insufficient evidence to evaluate |
Some sources are not accurately documented |
All sources are documented, but not in APA format. |
All sources are accurately documented in APA format |
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Mechanics |
Insufficient evidence to evaluate |
Demonstrates limited usage of grammar, spelling, and punctuation |
Demonstrates acceptable usage of grammar, spelling, and punctuation |
Demonstrates correct usage of grammar, spelling, and punctuation
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