Journal Article

The articles reviewed for this assignment must report the results of current research in an area of
organizational trends in the education or human services environment. The article must be directed
at a scholarly audience.
The review must be on an article reporting structured research, that is, one with variables, statistical
analyses, relationships among variables,etc. The article may be about any organizational trend/topic
you choose. The key to this assignment is to demonstrate your analyticaland research capabilities
by specifically linking the procedures discussed in the article to the concepts addressed in this
course.
To ensure proper content and quality,a minimum of 10 peer-reviewed journals must be included in
the analysis,and to the extent possible,a majority of your sources should be less than two years
old. Your paper will be 6 to 8 double-spaced pages 12 pt. font.
Alvin Sherman Library
Through the library, you have access to hundreds of databases and each database contains different
types of information sources including scholarly journalarticles,e-books, dissertations, newspaper
articles, streaming videos,and more. When researching a topic, you should look for information in
library databases. To get to the library databases, start on the Alvin Sherman Library homepage.

On the homepage, you willsee two buttons called “Databases by Name” and “Databases by
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Subject.” If you don’t know a specific database to use,click on “Databases by Subject” to find a
category that best matches your topic. For example, if you were looking for articles on standardized
testing, you would want to select the category for “Education” so you could view all of the library’s
education-related databases.
IMPORTANT NOTE:You are REQUIRED to access the ProQuest – Education Database to
search for academic/scholarly sources for this assignment. Sources from other
sites/databases CANNOT BE USED.
NOTE: Reference list should follow APA 7th edition format guidelines. Remember,every
assignment must include the FCE title page. See appendix.

*GRADINGRUBRIC
CATEGORY EXCELLENT GOOD ACCEPTABLE UNACCEPTABLE* Introduction 6 points 5 points 3 points 0 points
Strong introduction
of topic’s key
question(s), terms.
Clearly delineates
subtopics to be
reviewed.
Discusses the
questions being
investigated.
Conveys topic and
key question(s).
Clearly delineates
subtopics to be
reviewed. Some
questions being
investigated are
discussed.
Conveys topic, but
not key question(s).
Describes
subtopics to be
reviewed.
Does not adequately
convey topic. Does
not describe subtopics
to be reviewed.
Comments
Discussion 8 points 7 points 5 points 0 points
Clearly describes
how
research/literature
can be applied to
own thoughts on
topic. Several
concepts from the
readings are
referenced.
Can generally
describe how
research/literature
can be applied to
own thoughts on
topic. One or 2
concepts from the
readings are
referenced.
Difficulty
describing how
research/literature
be applied to own
thoughts on topic or
minimally includes
own thoughts on
topic. No clear
concepts from the
readings are
referenced.
Does not integrate
how
research/literature
can be applied to own
thoughts on topic.
Grammar &
Mechanics
6 points 5 points 3 points 0 points
The paper is free
of grammatical
errors and spelling
& punctuation.
Grammaticalerrors
or spelling &
punctuation are
rare and do not
detract from the
paper.
Very few
grammatical,
spelling or
punctuation errors
interfere with
reading the paper.
Grammaticalerrors
or spelling &
punctuation
substantially detract
from the paper.
Comments
APA Style 5 points 4 points 2 points 0 points
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No errors inAPA
style. Scholarly
style. Writing is
flowing and easy to
follow.
Rare errors inAPA
style that do not
detract from the
paper. Scholarly
style. Writing has
minimalawkward
of unclear
passages.
Errors inAPA style
are noticeable.
Word choice
occasionally
informal in tone.
Writing has a few
awkward or
unclear passages.
Errors inAPA style
detract substantially
from the paper.
Word choice is
informal in tone.
Writing is choppy,
with many awkward
or unclear passages.
Comments
Citations &
References
5 points 4 points 2 points 0 points
All references,
types of sources,
number of pages,
and citations are
correctly written
and present.
One reference or
citations missing/
wrong type of
source used or the
wrong number of
pages submitted.
Two references or
citations missing/
wrong type of
sources used or the
wrong number of
pages submitted.
Reference and
citation errors detract
significantly from
paper. No scholarly
sources used and/or
the wrong number of
pages submitted.

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