Review of Research Paper

CATEGORY

Unacceptable (Below Standards)

Acceptable (Meets Standards)

Good (Occasionally Exceeds)

Excellent (Exceeds Standards)

Possible Score

SCORE

Does not

Conveys topic, but

Conveys topic and

Strong

5 points

3

adequately convey

not key

key question(s).

introduction of

Acceptable but only briefly describes the subtopics and general thesis of the paper

topic. Does not

question(s).

Clearly delineates

topic’s key

Introduction

describe subtopics

to be reviewed.

Describes

subtopics to be

subtopics to be

reviewed. General

question(s), terms.

Clearly delineates

Lacks adequate

reviewed. General

thesis statement.

subtopics to be

thesis statement.

theses statement.

reviewed. Specific

thesis statement.

Little evidence

Most material

All material clearly

All material clearly

15 points

material is

clearly related to

related to subtopic,

related to subtopic,

logically organized

subtopic, main

main topic and

main topic. Strong

into topic,

topic. Material

logically organized

organization and

5

Focus &

subtopics or

may not be

within subtopics.

integration of

Sequencing

related to topic.

organized within

Clear, varied

material within

Acceptable,

Many transitions

subtopics.

transitions linking

subtopics. Strong

missing most the transitions between sub subjects.

are unclear or

Attempts to

subtopics, and main

transitions linking

nonexistent.

provide variety of

topic.

subtopics, and

transitions

main topic.

Few sources

Sources generally

Sources well selected

Strong peer-

15 points

supporting thesis.

acceptable but not

to support thesis with

reviewed research

2

Support

Sources

peer-reviewed

some research in

based support for

Unacceptable

insignificant or

research

support of thesis.

thesis.

The majority of the citations are missing in the support of the authors arguments The author has provided an essay of this thoughts on leadership, not a research paper Only leadership references used are text from course work. My Google Scholar search of “Leadership Principles” returned more than 3 million hits.

unsubstantiated.

(evidence) based.

Does not

Review of key

Strong review of key

Strong review of

5 points

summarize

conclusions.

conclusions. Strong

key conclusions.

3

evidence with

Some integration

integration with thesis

Strong integration

Acceptable

respect to thesis

with thesis

statement. Discusses

with thesis

Author provides a conclusion but it is not transitioned or label, leaving the reader to discern that the paper is concluding.

Conclusion

statement.

Does not discuss

statement.

Discusses impact

impact of researched

material on topic.

statement.

Insightful

the impact of

of researched

discussion of

researched

material on topic.

impact of the

material on topic.

researched

material on topic.

Grammatical

Very few

Grammatical errors

The paper is free

20 points

errors or spelling

grammatical,

or spelling &

of grammatical

20

Excellent.

I located on possessive adj in the wrong form.

Grammar &

& punctuation

spelling or

punctuation are rare

errors and spelling

Mechanics

substantially

punctuation errors

and do not detract

& punctuation.

detract from the

interfere with

from the paper.

paper.

reading the paper.

Errors in APA

Errors in APA

Rare errors in APA

No errors in APA

20 points

style detract

style are

style that do not

style. Scholarly

substantially from

noticeable. Word

detract from the

style. Writing is

5

the paper.

choice

paper. Scholarly

flowing and easy

Unacceptable

APA Style &

Word choice is

occasionally

style. Writing has

to follow.

APA level labeling, general formatting, header formatting and in text citation formatting were not followed. I found one example of the APA style of They Say, so I say flow as recommended for research documents.

Communication

informal in tone.

informal in tone.

minimal awkward or

Writing is choppy,

Writing has a few

unclear passages.

with many

awkward or

awkward or

unclear passages.

unclear passages.

Reference and

Two references or

One reference or

All references and

20 points

0

Citations & References

citation errors detract

significantly from

citations missing or incorrectly

written.

citations missing or incorrectly written.

citations are correctly written

and present.

Unacceptable

All of the in text direct quote citations are incorrect. The missing citations make this paper an summary essay of the authors opinions not the research paper required in the assignment.

paper.

Total Points: 38