Business

Writer MIS-330 Research Paper Score

4 3 2 1

Focus and

Organization

pts

✓ Sharply focused on the topic

✓ Clear thesis

➢ Introduces the three

new/emerging technologies

➢ uses language of the assignment

prompt

✓ Body ¶s focused on single point and

clearly address the following topics:

➢ Three different technologies

➢ How they are used (or will

be used)

➢ Potential for users and

businesses

➢ Positive and negative

impacts on business

operations, decisions, sales,

etc.

➢ Positive and negative

impacts on executives,

employees, customers,

humans, etc.

✓ Strong intro and conclusion

✓ Logical progression of ideas

✓ Clear transitions

✓ Demonstrates mature and

insightful thinking

✓ Clear thesis

✓ Body ¶s mostly focused

on the topic

✓ Fulfills purpose of the

assignment

➢ All topics are

acknowledged

✓ Routine intro and

conclusion

✓ Mostly logical progression

✓ Some transitions used

✓ Goes beyond surface

thinking, but could dig

deeper

✓ Partially focused on the

topic

✓ Thesis is unclear/off-

topic

✓ Body ¶s contain

multiple/extraneous

ideas

✓ Does not explain the

technologies and/or

impacts clearly

✓ Abrupt or ineffective

intro and conclusion

✓ Ideas loosely

connected ✓ Weak transitions

✓ Not focused on topic ✓ No thesis

✓ Disorganized ¶s contain extraneous ideas

✓ Does not explain technologies or impacts effectively

✓ Ideas are disconnected and

jump around

✓ No transitions

✓ Doesn’t demonstrate understanding of the topic

Research/

support

pts

✓ Uses relevant sources

➢ Connected to the topic ➢ insightful use of quotes and

supporting facts

✓ Research connection to the thesis is

clearly established

✓ Uses signal phrases to properly

introduce quotes

✓ Follows APA style for in-text

citations and reference page

✓ Adequate research to

support ideas

✓ May rely too heavily on

one outside source

✓ Elaboration is superficial

✓ Resources’ connection

to thesis is inadequate

✓ Inadequate use of signal

phrases

✓ Some APA citation

issues

✓ Supporting

resources are weak,

✓ Connection to thesis

is not well-established

✓ Several APA citation

errors

✓ Lack of signal phrases

sometimes makes it

difficult to distinguish

student’s thoughts

from quoted material

✓ Few or no sources; resources lacking relevance to topic or thesis

✓ Does not demonstrate understanding of sources

✓ Ineffective use of quoted material

✓ Does not follow APA guidelines

Grammar,

formatting,

style

pts

✓ Few spelling, punctuation, or

capitalization errors ✓ Subject-verb

agreement

✓ Consistent verb tenses

✓ ¶s indented

✓ Varied sentence

structure

✓ High level vocab and

language

✓ Meets minimum word

count

✓ Many spelling,

punctuation and/or

capitalization errors

✓ Subject-verb agreement

errors

✓ Inconsistent verb

tense

✓ Sentence structure

impaired by errors

✓ Falls far short of

minimum word count