The purpose of this assignment is for you to read, evaluate, and critique the literature review of a dissertation using the criteria provided in this rubric. You will score each criterion with a 1, 2,

EDUC 871

Evaluation of a Literature Review Assignment Instructions

The purpose of this assignment is for you to read, evaluate, and critique the literature review of a dissertation using the criteria provided in this rubric. You will score each criterion with a 1, 2, or 3, where “3” is good and “1” is poor and then assign a final, overall grade. You will then provide a 1–2 sentence explanation as to why you rated each criterion as you did in the table listed at the bottom. You should copy the table, score the criteria, provide comments, save the document and then submit.

Category	Criterion	Score of 1	Score of 2	Score of 3
1. Coverage	A. Justified criteria for inclusion and exclusion from review?	Did not discuss the criteria inclusion or exclusion	Discussed the literature included and excluded	Justified inclusion and exclusion of literature
2. Synthesis	B. Distinguished what has been done in the field from what needs to be done?	Did not distinguish what has and has not been done	Discussed what has and has not been done	Critically examined the state of the field
	C. Placed the topic or problem in the broader scholarly literature?	Topic not placed in broader scholarly literature	Some discussion of broader scholarly literature	Topic clearly situated n broader scholarly literature
	D. Placed the research in the historical context of the field?	History of the topic not discussed	Some mention of history of topic	Critically examined history of topic
	E. Acquired and enhanced the subject vocabulary?	Key vocabulary not discussed	Key vocabulary defined	Discussed and resolved ambiguities in definitions
	F. Articulated important variables and phenomena relevant to the topic?	Key variables and phenomena not discussed	Reviewed relationships among key variables and phenomena	Noted ambiguities in literature and proposed new relationships
	G. Synthesized and gained a new perspective on the literature?	Accepted literature at face value	Some critique of literature	Offered new perspective
3. Methodology	H. Identified the main methodologies and research techniques that have been used in the field and their advantages and disadvantages?	Research methods not discussed	Some discussion of research methods used to produce claims	Critiqued research methods and introduced new methods to address problems with predominant methods
	I. Related ideas and theories in the field to research methodologies?	Research methods not discussed	Some discussion of appropriateness of research methods to warrant claims	Critiqued appropriateness of research methods to warrant claims
4. Significance	J. Rationalized the practical significance of the research problem?	Practical significance of research not discussed	Practical significance discussed	Critiqued practical significance of research
	K. Rationalized the scholarly significance of the research problem?	Scholarly significance of research not discussed	Scholarly significance discussed	Critiqued scholarly significance of research
5. Rhetoric	L. Was written with a coherent, clear structure that supported the review?	Poorly conceptualized, haphazard	Some coherent structure	Well developed, coherent

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Scoring Rubric for EDUC 871 Evaluation of a Literature Review Assignment

There are 12 criteria, and each should be rated with a 1, 2, or 3 where “1” is poor and “3” is good. The maximum score is a 36.

Criterion	Score	Comments
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Overall Score:

Grading Scale: A = 36 – 31

B = 30 – 26

C = 25 – 21

D = 20 – 16

F = 15 – 0