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Literature Review Grading Criteria
Student’s Name: ___________________________________ Date ______________
Professor: ____________________________________________________________
Grading Criteria
Possible Points
Student’s Score
I. Format
10
1. Title page that includes name, topic, course title, date, instructor.
1
2. Structure
a) Neatly typewritten
b) Spelling and grammar
c) Logical topic development
5
3. Length (1 – 2 page[s] not counting title page)
2
4. APA general formatting rules and citations throughout paper
2
II. Content
70
A. Introduction
5
B. Discussion of Empirical literature
20
C. Critique
a. Inclusion of Relevant literature
b. Currency of sources
c. Breadth of the Review
d. Synthesis of Strengths and weaknesses of available evidence
e. Ethical issues: this is an acknowledgement of ethics use within chosen empirical articles
35
D. Summary is concise
· Judgment about content – availability of information in field, appropriateness to focus, need for more or different types of research
10
III. Table
15
Attached tables with
a. Results of refined searches and databases searched
b. Qualitative and Quantitative studies.
IV. References
5
1. APA style
2. Article criteria: <5 years, nurse authored, peer
3. Reviewed, USA published
Only obligatory: an empirical research reference is the article itself – reference at top of bibliography per example on OWL website. Please use headings as reflected in A, B, & C.
Total Points
100
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https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
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