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Areas regarding content, analysis, synthesis, evaluation of topics, participation and timeliness
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63 to 70 points
Superior work in all areas – Student consistently exceeds minimal expectations in all areas regarding content, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of topics, participation, timeliness, and writing style.
Specifically:
· There is a clear thesis statement
· The introduction provides a clear overview of the paper’s contents.
· Headings correspond to points in the thesis statement
· The issues raised in the topic are objectively treated
· At least 5 scholarly sources are cited
· The conclusion offers a robust summary of the issues treated in the paper and suggestions for further study
· The paper is written in an objective (3rd person) format and covers the topic to sufficient depth for an upper-class research paper
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49 to 62 points
Good work in most areas – Student demonstrates minor deficiencies in some areas regarding content, analysis, writing style, and/or participation.
Specifically:
· There is a clear thesis statement
· The introduction provides a clear overview of the paper’s contents.
· Headings do not always correspond to the points in the thesis statement
· There is some evidence of the writer’s bias toward the subject
· Between 3-4 scholarly sources are cited
· The conclusion is not developed fully relative to the points made in the paper and offers only minimal suggestions for further study
· The paper is written in an objective (3rd person) format and covers the topic to sufficient depth for an upper-class research paper
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1 to 48 points
Fair work in most areas – Student exhibits need for improvement in most areas regarding content, analysis, writing style, and/or participation.
Specifically:
· The thesis statement is missing, and the introduction only minimally describes the paper’s content
· Headings mostly do not correspond to the points in the thesis statement
· There is clear evidence of the writer’s bias toward the subject including use of first person
· At least 2 scholarly sources are cited
· The conclusion is only minimally related to the points discussed in the paper and suggestions for further study may be missing
· The paper is written in an objective (3rd person) format and covers the topic to sufficient depth for an upper-class research paper
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0 points
Failing – Student shows evidence of refusal or inability to meet minimum standards of work.
Specifically:
· There is no thesis statement or introduction
· Headings are missing
· There is clear evidence of the writer’s bias toward the subject including use of first person
· Less than 2 scholarly sources are utilized
· The conclusion does not reflect the points made in the paper and does not offer suggestions for further study
· The paper is written in an objective (3rd person) format and covers the topic to sufficient depth for an upper-class research paper
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Writing Style (APA formatting), grammatical errors and sentence structure
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27 to 30 points
· Minimal to non-existent grammatical and APA errors.
· The paper is between 4 and 5 full pages not including the title and references pages
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21 to 26 points
· Limited grammatical and APA errors.
· The paper is between 4-5 pages in length
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1 to 20 points
· Contains numerous grammatical and APA errors.
· The paper is between 1-2 pages in length
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0 points
· Contains excessive grammatical and APA errors.
· The paper is between 1-2 pages in length
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