Community writing assignment due in 36 hours

Nursing 327: Week 4 Rubric

Week 4 Writing Assignment

Proficient Outcome

Competent Outcome

Developing Outcome

Score

Essay

1.Answers at least 2

discussion questions

and both

are thoroughly

discussed.

(60)

1.Answers at least 1

discussion questions

(40)

1.Does not follow

instructions and

discussion questions not

answered

(20)

_____/60

APA Style, Essay, & Response

1.Follows APA

formatting

for a scholarly paper.

(See the assignment

instructions for details.

(10)

2.Uses at least 3

scholarly articles as

supporting

evidence.(10)

3.Citations and

references are correct

according to the APA

manual.(10)

4.No spelling or

grammar errors noted.

Less than 10%

Similarity. (5)

5. Assignment is 3-5

pages, not including

Title and reference

page(5)

1.Moderate problems

with APA style noted.

(5)

2.Used only 1-2

scholarly

article as support

evidence.

(5)

3.Up to two citation

and/or reference errors

noted. (5)

4.Minimal problems

with spelling or

grammar; Greater

10% but < 15%

similarity (quotations).

(2)

5. Assignment exceeds

by 1 page or does not

meet the page

requirement by 1 page

(2)

1.Formatting is not in

APA format.(0)

2.No scholarly articles

are presented.(0)

3.Greater than three

citation and/or

reference errors noted

(0)

4.Multiple

grammar/spelling

errors noted. Greater

than 15% similarity

(quotations).(0)

5. Assignment exceeds

by more than 1 page or

does not meet the page

requirement by more

than 1 page (0)

_____/40

Total Score

The following program policy applies separately to the Primary and Secondary postings:

Written Assignments and Final Project:

A. Are to be submitted by the due date and time.

B. Students failing to meet the deadline will receive an automatic 50% reduction on their paper prior to actual grading. If the

student fails to submit within the next 24

hours, a grade of “0” will be assigned