What Does a Research Hierarchy Look Like?

Writing the Literature Review Section – 100 Points
Criteria	Exemplary Exceeds Expectations	Advanced Meets Expectations	Intermediate Needs Improvement	Novice Inadequate	Total Points
Seven Levels	A total of seven articles are properly listed for each of the seven levels of the research hierarchy pyramid. Articles are not used in more than a single hierarchy level. 60 points	A total of six articles are properly listed for each of the seven levels of the research hierarchy pyramid. Articles are not used in more than a single hierarchy level. 54 points	A total of five articles are properly listed for each of the seven levels of the research hierarchy pyramid. Articles may be used in more than a single hierarchy level. 48 points	A total of four or less articles are listed for each of the seven levels of the research hierarchy pyramid. Articles may be used in more than a single hierarchy level 42 points	60
Statements	One to two sentence statements are present for each article and strongly justify the rationale for selecting and assigning the article to the specific hierarchical level. 30 points	One to two sentence statements are present for each article and somewhat justify the rationale for selecting and assigning the article to the specific hierarchical level. 27 points	One to two sentence statements are present for five to six articles and somewhat justify the rationale for selecting and assigning the article to the specific hierarchical level. 24 points	One to two sentence statements are present less than four articles and barely justify the rationale for selecting and assigning the article to the specific hierarchical level. 21 points	30
Writing Mechanics	Less than two spelling and/or grammatical errors. The writing is clear and easy to read. 10 points	Three to four spelling and/or grammatical errors. The writing is somewhat clear and easy to read. 8 points	Three to four spelling and/or grammatical errors. The writing is unclear some of the time. 7 points	Many spelling and grammatical errors. The writing was unclear most of the time. It was not possible to read and understand at times. 6 points	10
Total points					100