Research

Content

A- Exceptionally clear, concise, and sharp; ideas developed thoroughly.

B- Substantially specific content with adequate elaboration or explanation and detailed opinion

C-Sufficiently developed content with adequate elaboration or explanation

D- Limited content with inadequate elaboration or explanation

Organization

Sophisticated, arrangement of content demonstrates full understanding of the topic.

Functional arrangement of content that sustains a logical order with some evident of transition.

Confused or inconsistent arrangement of content with or without attempts at transition

Minimal control of content arrangement

Style

Precise illustrative use of a variety of words and sentence structure to created consistent writers voice and tone appropriate to audience.

Generic use of a variety of words and sentence structure that may or may not create writer’s voice and tone appropriate to the audience

Limited word choice and control of sentence structure

Minimum variety of word choice and minimal control of sentence structure

Source/Format

APA format without errors

7 references (peer-reviewed or scholarly sources). 8 to 9 pages long including title and reference page.

APA format with no more than two errors.

6 references (peer-reviewed or scholarly sources)

7 pages long including title and reference page.

APA format with three to five errors.

5 references (peer-reviewed or scholarly sources).

6 pages long including title and reference page.

APA format with more than five errors.

5 or less references (peer-reviewed or scholarly sources).

Less than 6 pages long including title and reference page.

Grammar

No grammatical errors

No more than 2 grammatical

3 grammatical errors

4 or more grammatical errors.