NYU’s Calendar Policy on Religious Holidays states that members of any religious group may, without penalty, absent themselves from classes when required in compliance with their religious obligations. Please notify me in advance of religious holidays that might coincide with exams to schedule mutually acceptable alternatives. CAT Assessment Form Criteria A B C D E The background fails to state the The background states clearly the rationale for the CAT and does not rationale for the CAT and explains why explain why the question being asked the question being asked is important. is important. Extremely clear, focused and in Extremely unclear, unfocused and in principle answerable CAT question principle unanswerable CAT question and CAT objective. and CAT objective. Framework such as PICOC used to No framework such as PICOC used focus the CAT question. to focus the CAT question Clear and explicit criteria appropriate No clear and explicit criteria to the CAT question used to appropriate to the CAT question used systematically include studies. to systematically include studies. The search strategy is not systematic The search strategy is systematic and and not reproducible: searched reproducible: searched information information sources are not listed, sources are listed, search terms are search terms are not provided, and provided, and results are reported results are not reported The key features (year of publication, The key features (year of publication, population, sample size, study design, population, sample size, study design, main findings, effect sizes, limitations, main findings, effect sizes, limitations, level of trustworthiness) of all studies level of trustworthiness) of all studies included are provided. included are not provided. The methodological appropriateness The methodological appropriateness and quality of each study is correctly of each is not assessed using assessed using predetermined criteria. predetermined quality criteria. A clear overview with the main No clear overview with the main findings, including their level of findings, including their level of trustworthiness is provided. trustworthiness is provided. Conclusions accurately reflect what is Conclusions do not accurately reflect known and not known in relation to the what is known and not known in CAT question. relation to the CAT question. All limitations are explicitly described Not all limitations are explicitly and discussed how they possibly described, fail to discuss how they impacted the CAT’s findings possibly impact the CAT’s findings
NYU’s Calendar Policy on Religious Holidays states that members of any religious group may, without penalty, absent themselves from classes when required in compliance with their religious obligations. Please notify me in advance of religious holidays that might coincide with exams to schedule mutually acceptable alternatives. CAT Assessment Form Criteria A B C D E The background states clearly the rationale for the CAT and explains why the question being asked is important. The background fails to state the rationale for the CAT and does not explain why the question being asked is important. Extremely clear, focused and in principle answerable CAT question and CAT objective. Extremely unclear, unfocused and in principle unanswerable CAT question and CAT objective. Framework such as PICOC used to focus the CAT question. No framework such as PICOC used to focus the CAT question Clear and explicit criteria appropriate to the CAT question used to systematically include studies. No clear and explicit criteria appropriate to the CAT question used to systematically include studies. The search strategy is systematic and reproducible: searched information sources are listed, search terms are provided, and results are reported The search strategy is not systematic and not reproducible: searched information sources are not listed, search terms are not provided, and results are not reported The key features (year of publication, population, sample size, study design, main findings, effect sizes, limitations, level of trustworthiness) of all studies included are provided. The key features (year of publication, population, sample size, study design, main findings, effect sizes, limitations, level of trustworthiness) of all studies included are not provided. The methodological appropriateness and quality of each study is correctly assessed using predetermined criteria. The methodological appropriateness of each is not assessed using predetermined quality criteria. A clear overview with the main findings, including their level of trustworthiness is provided. No clear overview with the main findings, including their level of trustworthiness is provided. Conclusions accurately reflect what is known and not known in relation to the CAT question. Conclusions do not accurately reflect what is known and not known in relation to the CAT question. All limitations are explicitly described and discussed how they possibly impacted the CAT’s findings Not all limitations are explicitly described, fail to discuss how they possibly impact the CAT’s findings
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