Operations Management 3
The Writing Feedback Tool (WFT) is not a grading rubric. Rather, it is a guide to Capella writing
resources that your instructor may recommend. Your instructor may or may not use this tool to provide
feedback on your writing assignment; however, you are always encouraged to view the WFT and to use
the writing resources as needed.
Criteria Needs
Work Satisfactory Exceptional CapellaCoach
Instructor
Comments
1. Critical Reading
• Follows the
assignment.
• Selects and
interprets sources
appropriately.
Capella Writing
Center
The Writing
Process:
Overview. Full-
text PDF, pages
11–16: Critical
Reading of
Primary and
Secondary
Sources.
Capella Library
Sources: What
Can You Use for
Your Research?
Presentation:
Peer-reviewed
Articles and How
to Find Them.
or
Libguide: What
Is Peer Review?
2. Abstract and
Executive Summary
• Summarizes the
main idea(s) of the
paper.
• Evaluates
scholarship related
to those idea(s).
• Expresses writer's
unique perspective.
Capella Writing
Center
Common Writing
Assignments
The Writing
Process:
Overview. Full-
text PDF, pages 7
–11: Critical
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Criteria Needs
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Instructor
Comments
Thinking and
Writing.
Business and
Technical
Writing.
Business and
Technical
Writing
Presentation.
The Writing
Center: Strategies
for Writing from
Secondary
Sources.
The Writing
Center:
Developing a
Scholarly Voice.
Capella Library
Evaluating
Sources.
Library Research
Handbook: What
Did You Find?
Evaluating.
3. Introduction
• Forecasts the scope
and structure of the
paper.
• States the purpose
of main idea(s) of
the paper.
• Demonstrates
critical thinking by
providing the
writer's unique
perspective on the
main idea(s).
Capella Writing
Center
The Writing
Process: Drafting.
Full-text PDF,
page 22:
Introductions.
The Writing
Process: Drafting.
Full-text PDF,
page 20: Main
Ideas.
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Criteria Needs
Work Satisfactory Exceptional CapellaCoach
Instructor
Comments
Common Writing
Assignments
Developing a
Thesis Statement.
The Writing
Process:
Overview. Full-
text PDF, pages 7
–11: Critical
Thinking and
Writing.
4. Body: Organization
• Demonstrates
critical thinking by
organizing ideas in
logical order to
support the main
idea(s) of the
paper.
• Presents
paragraphs with
1. Main idea
(ex. topic
sentence).
2. Evidence to
support the
main idea (ex.
cited facts).
3. Analysis of
evidence (ex.
interpretation
of what those
facts mean in
terms of the
main idea(s)).
4. Link to next
paragraph or
section (ex.
transitions).
Capella Writing
Center
The Writing
Process:
Overview. Full-
text PDF, pages 7
–11: Critical
Thinking and
Writing.
The Writing
Process: Drafting.
Full-text PDF,
pages 20–27.
Grammar
Handbook:
Paragraph
Structure. Full-
text PDF, pages
25–34.
Creative Inquiry.
Common Writing
Assignments
APA Style and
Formatting
module.
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Criteria Needs
Work Satisfactory Exceptional CapellaCoach
Instructor
Comments
APA Style and
Format: Headings
and Subheadings.
MEAL Plan.
Reverse
Outlining.
5. Body: Evidence
• Demonstrates
critical thinking by
integrating
reputable outside
sources with
1. Summaries.
2. Paraphrases.
3. Quotes.
Capella Writing
Center
The Writing
Process:
Overview. Full-
text PDF, pages 7
–11: Critical
Thinking and
Writing.
The Writing
Process: Drafting.
Full-text PDF,
page 23: Using
Sources.
Academic
Honesty.
APA Style and
Format. In-Text
Citations.
Common Writing
Assignments
The Writing
Center: Strategies
for Writing from
Secondary
Sources.
Using
Paraphrases.
Writing Your
Own Academic
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Criteria Needs
Work Satisfactory Exceptional CapellaCoach
Instructor
Comments
Conversation:
Who Said What
to Whom.
Plagiarism.
Academic
Integrity.
Capella Library
Guides by School
and Specification.
Anatomy of a
Scholarly Article.
Presentation:
Peer-reviewed
Articles and How
to Find Them.
or
Libguide: What
Is Peer Review?
Library Research
Handbook: What
Did You Find?
Evaluating.
6. Body: Analysis
• Demonstrates
critical thinking by
reflecting on,
explaining, or
refuting outside
sources.
Capella Writing
Center
The Writing
Process:
Overview. Full-
text PDF, pages 7
–11: Critical
Thinking and
Writing.
The Writing
Process:
Revising. Full-
text PDF, pages
27–34.
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Criteria Needs
Work Satisfactory Exceptional CapellaCoach
Instructor
Comments
The Writing
Center: Writing
for an Academic
Audience.
The Writing
Center: Revising
for Results.
What Is the
Literature Review
Mini-site.
7. Conclusion
• Reiterates the main
idea(s) of purpose
of the paper.
• Reiterates the
writer's unique
perspective on the
main idea(s).
• Demonstrates
critical thinking by
offering ideas for
future research or
inquiry.
Capella Writing
Center
The Writing
Process: Drafting.
Full-text PDF,
page 26:
Conclusions.
Common Writing
Assignments
8. Documentation Style
• Follows specified
documentation
style.
• Uses headings and
subheadings to
create logical
organization
pattern.
• Incorporates
internal citations
correctly.
• Presents external
citations correctly
Capella Writing
Center
APA Style and
Format.
APA: Finding
Answers.
What's Behind
APA Guidelines?
FAQs on
Academic
Writing.
Plagiarism.
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Criteria Needs
Work Satisfactory Exceptional CapellaCoach
Instructor
Comments
(ex. references in
APA).
Academic
Integrity.
9. Voice (3rd Person)
• Uses appropriate
tone for the
assignment.
• Uses concrete
language.
• Uses signal phrases
to separate self
from sources (ex.
according to the
author noted).
Capella Writing
Center
The Writing
Process:
Overview. Full-
text PDF, pages 4
–7: Scholarly
Writing.
The Writing
Process: Drafting.
Full-text PDF,
pages 25–26:
Coherence and
Transitions.
The Writing
Process:
Revising. Full-
text PDF, pages
31–32: Voice.
The Writing
Center:
Developing a
Scholarly Voice.
Writing in Third
Person.
Writing Your
Own Academic
Conversation:
Who Said What
to Whom.
Voice, Style, and
Tone.
Wordiness.
10. Grammar
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Criteria Needs
Work Satisfactory Exceptional CapellaCoach
Instructor
Comments
• Uses active voice.
• Presents sentences
with subject-verb
agreement.
• Evidences
proofreading
through lack of
errors in sentence
structure and
spelling.
Capella Writing
Center
The Writing
Process:
Polishing. Full-
text PDF, pages
35–43: How to
Edit and How to
Proofread.
Grammar
Handbook:
Sentence
Structure. Full-
text PDF, pages 4
–35.
Grammar
Handbook: Word
Choice. Full-text
PDF, pages 34
–37.
Active and
Passive Voice.
Style: Sentence
Simplicity.
Purdue
University:
Sequence of
Tenses.
11. Punctuation
• Uses standard
American
punctuation and
the punctuation
rules of the citation
style.
Capella Writing
Center
Grammar
Handbook:
Punctuation. Full-
text PDF, pages
47–69.
Grammar
Handbook:
Mechanics. Full-
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Criteria Needs
Work Satisfactory Exceptional CapellaCoach
Instructor
Comments
text PDF, pages
69–73.
Basic Comma
Rules.
Purdue
University:
Punctuation.
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