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| Term Paper Rubric | ||||
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“A”Paper |
“B”Paper |
“C”Paper |
“D”Paper |
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| CLARITY AND
INTENTION |
Originalthoughtorapproach. Demonstratesaclearintentionthatis responsivetotheassignedtask. Contextualizesthetopicortextstobe analyzed. |
Demonstratesanadequatefocuson assignedtask.Argumentisfairly obvious,clear,andconcise. |
Demonstratesanattemptto answerassignedtask,butisvague andismadeofstatementsrather thanarguments. |
Demonstratesminimal attentiontotheassigned task.
Papermakesnoargument andhasnodirection. |
| CONTENT
DEVELOPMENT |
Contentexplorescomplexideasthat areusedtoshapecompellingwork. Providesampleevidencetosupport arguments.Employslogicaland smoothwriting. |
Contentdemonstratesconsideration ofnewideasthatareusedtoshape solidwork.Providessome,butnot enough,evidencetosupportmain point.Somewhatlogical,butattimes wanders. |
Contentdemonstratesattentionto simpleideasthatareevidentin
thework.Studentdidnotmaster thematerialduetoshallow researchingandcarelessreading. Difficulttofollow,fullof digressions. |
Contentdemonstrates considerationofsimple ideasthatareevidentin someelementsofthe paper.Thoughtsareunclear andunconnected. |
| STRUCTUREAND
ORGANIZATION |
Carefulstatementofthesis.Strong topicsentencesandparagraph connections.Compellingconclusion organicallyfollowingfromtheearlier ideasexpandedinthepaper |
Contextualizesthetopicandtextto beanalyzed.Uneveninparagraph constructionandconnections. Conclusiondoesnotsupportthesis verywell. |
Paperdoesnotprovidecontext. Paragraphsdonothavetopic sentencesandarerandomly organized.Conclusionisweakand hastilyaddedattheendofthe paper. |
Thereisnoopening paragraphorthesis. Paragraphsandsentences aredisjointed.No conclusion. |
| RESEARCHAND USEOF SOURCES |
Skillfullyusesatleastfivescholarly relevantsecondarysourcesthat do not alwaysagreeandcitesprimary sourcesas evidenceto supportwell developedideas. |
Competentlyusesatleastfiverelevantscholarlysourcesthatall agreewitheachotherandcites primarysourcesasevidenceto supportwell‐developedideas |
Useslessthanfivescholarly sourcesthatallagreewitheach other.Sourcessometimesarenot relevant.Oftenreliesonpersonal assumptionsnotbasedon evidence. |
Attemptstousesome sourcesandevidenceto supportideas,butmostly reliesonpersonal assumptions. |
| LANGUAGEAND
FORMATTING |
Carefulediting;
Propermargins,spacing and referencing Flawlessspelling,grammar, andpunctuation. Respectsrequiredlengthspecifiedin assignment. |
Somespellingandgrammaticalerrors. Respects requiredlengthspecifiedin assignment. |
Useofslang,colloquialexpressions orotherinformalspeech.Many spellingandgrammaticalerrors. Lengthofpaperisuptotwopages overorlessthanspecifiedin assignment. |
Lengthofpaperis significantlyshorterthan requiredintheassignment. Languageisinformal,not respectingthestandardsof anacademicpaper. Numerousspelling and grammatical |