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Title page formatting

Contains no mistakes

Minor mistakes were made (spacing, missing capitalization) but the content is correct

Contains one major content mistake (wrong title format, missing running head, paging issues, errors on author byline)

Contains two or more major content mistakes

No title page was included with the submission or 90% of the included content was incorrect

Paper Format

No errors are present, paper used 12pt Times New Roman Font, 1 inch margins, double spaced, page numbers (except for title page) are in the lower right corner of each page, running head is correctly formatted throughout, correct indentation

One or two minor formatting errors are present (running head, page number location, minor errors with indentation)or one or two errors were made in identifying correct formatting

Several major formatting errors are present, formatting is missing or numerous errors were made in identifying correct formatting, wrong page numbers, no running head, incorrect margins, spacing issues

Numerous major formatting errors are present, or formatting is unrecognizable as APA or identification of formatting errors was entirely inaccurate; formatting errors do not indicate an attempt to pad the length of the paper or to conceal copied material

No correct formatting is used, formatting may change throughout the paper or the submitter is unable to recognize any formatting errors; formatting appears to have been used to pad the length of the paper or to conceal copied material

In-text citations

In-text citations are all formatted correctly and appear in the reference page

One or two in-text errors are present (name misspellings, misuse of ‘et-al’, incorrect dates, use of first names, incorrect organization of author, date, etc.); all in-text citations are listed on the reference page

Numerous in-text citation errors are present although an occasional correct in-text citation is present; one or two in-text citations may be missing from the reference page

In-text citations are not in APA format, several or all in-text citations are missing from the reference page

No in-text citations were used in the submission or no correct answers were given for the in-text citations

In-text quotes

All quotes are formatted correctly (author, date, page number), block quotes are indented in paragraph form, quotes support the author’s conclusions

All quotes are formatted correctly (author, date, page number), large block quotes may not have been indented correctly, some quotes appear to have been added to expand the page length

Some minor errors are present, incorrect organization of author, date & page #), missing page number, no indentations for large block quotes

Use of quotes is haphazard, every quote citation contains some error or is not formatted according to APA style, large block quotes without correct formatting are present throughout; some evidence of the use of quotes to pad the paper or conceal copied work is evident

Quotes are not in APA format, quotes appear to have been used to take the place of original material, to pad the paper and to conceal copied work, large blocks of copied material with no citations are present throughout the submission

Reference page

Reference errors are non-existent or infrequent; errors are largely formatting issues related to spacing, capitalization and use of periods or commas

Minor reference errors may be present such as spacing issues, missing commas, capitalization errors and/or indent errors; one or two references may not match the required format (journals formatted as books, incorrect references for online material, etc.)

Several references contain major errors in formatting and content, author’s names, publication dates, volumes and required links are missing throughout the reference page; some references are accurate or could be accurate with a few minor corrections

All references contain major or minor errors, APA formatting is inconsistent or virtually non-existent

No APA references were included with work or the submitter was unable to identify any APA reference errors