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Rubric for HPR 101 Exploratory Research Paper

Level of Proficiency Demonstrated

Superior

Proficient

Essential

In Progress

Unacceptable

Content of Topic

-career description

-skills/traits

-2 education paths and requirements

-career potential/job market

-hard/soft skills

-career paths

-salary range

(60 points)

Accurately and thoroughly reports on all topics satisfactorily

(60)

Most required information presented (6/7) accurately.

Terminology

not at appropriate level.

(50)

Minor inaccuracies present or missing a required informational component. (5/7)

(40)

Multiple, minor inaccuracies and missing more than one required component.

(4/7)

(30)

Major inaccuracies and/or missing multiple required components.

(3/7)

(20)

Content Organization

(10 points)

Clear, logical with use of headings and sub-headings as appropriate

(10)

Occasionally lacks flow of

Paragraphs and topic progression. Headings are present.

(8)

Unclear, lack of headings or other clarifying structure.

(6)

Unorganized. Inconsistent use of headings.

(4)

Unorganized, difficult to follow.

(2)

Quality and Use of References

(10 points)

Uses > 5 sources, more than one type of credible source

(10 )

Uses >3 of appropriate level

resources, or sources are of questionable credibility

(8)

Uses >3 of appropriate level

resources, or sources are of questionable credibility

(5)

Uses >1 appropriate level

resource, or sources are of questionable credibility

(2)

Citations missing, references missing.

(0)

Conventions and writing quality

(10 points)

Clear and concise. No spelling errors. No grammatical errors. No colloquialisms.

(10)

>4 spelling and grammatical errors.

(8)

>6 spelling and grammatical errors.

(6)

>8 spelling and grammatical errors.

(4)

Frequent spelling and grammatical errors. (>10)

(2)

Academic paper style

(5 points)

Uses 12 font size, 1.5 spaced, Times New Roman,3rd person style of writing

(5)

(4)

Occasional altered style of writing

(3)

(2)

Improper use of 3rd person writing style

(1)

Paper length

(5 points)

Paper: > 5 pages

Page numbers included

(5)

(0)

(0)

(0)

(0)