Project 2
WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY –REHABILITATION – WRITING SKILLS RUBRIC
Name: _________ Date: ______________ Paper: Research Paper
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STRUCTURE |
CONTENTS |
MECHANICS |
APA STYLE |
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5 Excellent |
- Clear beginning, development, and conclusion - Appropriate paragraphing - Clear and appropriate transitions - Correct usage of APA headings to provide the outline of the paper |
- Appropriate length to cover topic - Clearly and coherently focused (including a good sense of audience) - Thoughts clearly organized - Logical and clear progression - Assertions clearly supported and/or illustrated - Writing shows creativity and originality - Writing shows substance-is publishable |
- Correct sentence structure - Correct spelling - Correct punctuation - Correct capitalization - Correct word choices
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- Reference page included and in correct format - Appropriate use of quotations - Appropriately cited sources - Appropriate number of resources - Appropriate resources for thesis |
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4 High |
- Generally clear beginning, development, and conclusion - Generally appropriate paragraphing - Generally clear and appropriate transitions |
- Appropriate length to cover topic - Clearly and cohesively focused with sufficient sense of audience - Thoughts generally organized - Assertions generally supported/illustrated - Generally shows originality and substance |
- Generally free of errors in sentence structure spelling punctuation capitalization - Generally correct word choices |
- Reference page included and mostly in correct format - Quotations generally used correctly - Sources generally cited correctly - Appropriate number of resources - Mostly appropriate resources for thesis |
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3 Adequate |
- Adequate beginning, development, and conclusion - Adequate paragraphing - Adequate transitions |
- Adequate length to cover topic - Adequately focused (including some sense of audience) - Thoughts adequately organized and presented - Thought adequately supported/illustrated - Limited substance and creativity |
- Relatively few errors in sentence structure spelling punctuation capitalization word choice |
- Adequate reference page - Errors in citations - Adequate but limited number of resources - Adequate but limited choice of resources
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2 Poor |
- Weak beginning, development, and conclusion - Weak paragraphing - Weak transitions |
- Not adequate in length to cover topic - Weakly focused (little sense of audience) - thoughts not clearly organized - Unclear progression - Assertions weakly supported and/or illustrated |
- Significant errors in sentence structure spelling/punctuation capitalization word choice |
- Significant errors in reference page citations choice of resources - Not adequate resources
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1 Unacceptable |
- Serious and persistent errors in organizational structure, paragraphing, and transitions |
- Does not cover the topic - Not focused (no sense of audience) - Unorganized |
- Serious and persistent errors in sentence structure/ spelling/punctuation/ capitalization/word choice |
- No reference page and/or numerous format errors - Sources not cited or incorrectly cited - Few and inappropriate resources
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Structure ______ Content ______ Mechanics _____ Academic Style _____
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