Leadership and Quality Improvement Project: Research Article Summary .Group Presentation Topic must be assigned before completing this paper. Each student within the group will find one unique, peer-reviewed research article related to the

Leadership and Quality Improvement Project:

Research Article Summary

***Group Presentation Topic must be assigned before
completing this paper.

Each student within the group will find one unique,
peer-reviewed research article related to the group topic that will be used
to contribute to the presentation. The article must be less than 5 years old
and from a scholarly, peer- reviewed source. If you submit the same article
as one of your peers in the group, you may be required to re­submit the
assignment. Each group member will turn in their assigned article with a 250-
350-word, double­spaced summary of the article. Summary must contain:

a.    Correctly formatted APA
reference for the article.

b.    One paragraph summary
that discusses the research problem, process, and results.

c.   
One paragraph discussing how this article relates to
the topic and how it will help complete the presentation.

d.   
Refer to rubric for all requirements including
formatting.

Research Article Summary Rubric

Criteria

Exceeds

Satisfactory

Needs

Unacceptable

Expectations

Improvement

Correctly formatted

The citation is in APA

The citation has 1-2

The citation has 3 or

Citation is missing or

APA reference

format with no

errors in formatting

more errors

not in APA.

errors

7.5 pts

5 pts

0 pts

10 pts

Summary of

• Content is in-

• Content is

• Content is lacking

Content is lacking

• Research

depth and well-

acceptable and

or minimally

and not organized

problem

organized

adequately

organized

0 pts

• Description of

• All 3 criteria are

organized

• Not all criteria

research process

present and

• All 3 criteria are

meet minimum

• Results of study

substantive

present

standards

(CSLO 2)

40 pts

30 pts

15 pts

Discussion of

• Discussion

• Discussion

• Discussion

• Article has no

• How does the

demonstrates in-

demonstrates an

demonstrates

relevance to topic

article relate to

depth rationale of

acceptable

minimal

• Summaiy does

the group topic?

article’s relevance

rationale

expectations of

not meet minimal

• How will the

to topic and how

displaying article

article’s relevance

expectations

article help me

it will contribute

has some

to topic or how it

• Lack of detail on

complete the

to the

relevance to topic

will contribute to

article’s relevance

presentation?

presentation

and how it will

the presentation

to group topic or

(CSLO 2)

• Both criteria are

contribute to the

• Not all criteria

how the article

discussed with a

presentation

meet minimum

will be used to

high level of

• Both criteria are

standards

complete the

critical thinking

discussed

15 pts

presentation.

40 pts

30 pts

0 pts

APA, Grammar, and

The summary and

The summary meets

The summary meets

The summary does

Mechanics

analysis meet and

and adequately

and adequately

not adequately

• Article is less

adequately

address all the

address all the

address the criteria

than 5 years old

addresses all the

criteria with 1-2

criteria with 3-4

or has 5 or more

(unless it is a

criteria with no

exceptions or errors.

exceptions or errors.

errors. Length

seminal work)

exceptions or errors.

requirement is not

and from an

There are no

met; Article not peer-