Operations Management 3

The Writing Feedback Tool (WFT) is not a grading rubric. Rather, it is a guide to Capella writing

resources that your instructor may recommend. Your instructor may or may not use this tool to provide

feedback on your writing assignment; however, you are always encouraged to view the WFT and to use

the writing resources as needed.

Criteria Needs

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Instructor

Comments

1. Critical Reading

• Follows the

assignment.

• Selects and

interprets sources

appropriately.

Capella Writing

Center

The Writing

Process:

Overview. Full-

text PDF, pages

11–16: Critical

Reading of

Primary and

Secondary

Sources.

Capella Library

Sources: What

Can You Use for

Your Research?

Presentation:

Peer-reviewed

Articles and How

to Find Them.

or

Libguide: What

Is Peer Review?

2. Abstract and

Executive Summary

• Summarizes the

main idea(s) of the

paper.

• Evaluates

scholarship related

to those idea(s).

• Expresses writer's

unique perspective.

Capella Writing

Center

Common Writing

Assignments

The Writing

Process:

Overview. Full-

text PDF, pages 7

–11: Critical

Print

Capella Writing Feedback Tool

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Comments

Thinking and

Writing.

Business and

Technical

Writing.

Business and

Technical

Writing

Presentation.

The Writing

Center: Strategies

for Writing from

Secondary

Sources.

The Writing

Center:

Developing a

Scholarly Voice.

Capella Library

Evaluating

Sources.

Library Research

Handbook: What

Did You Find?

Evaluating.

3. Introduction

• Forecasts the scope

and structure of the

paper.

• States the purpose

of main idea(s) of

the paper.

• Demonstrates

critical thinking by

providing the

writer's unique

perspective on the

main idea(s).

Capella Writing

Center

The Writing

Process: Drafting.

Full-text PDF,

page 22:

Introductions.

The Writing

Process: Drafting.

Full-text PDF,

page 20: Main

Ideas.

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Criteria Needs

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Instructor

Comments

Common Writing

Assignments

Developing a

Thesis Statement.

The Writing

Process:

Overview. Full-

text PDF, pages 7

–11: Critical

Thinking and

Writing.

4. Body: Organization

• Demonstrates

critical thinking by

organizing ideas in

logical order to

support the main

idea(s) of the

paper.

• Presents

paragraphs with

1. Main idea

(ex. topic

sentence).

2. Evidence to

support the

main idea (ex.

cited facts).

3. Analysis of

evidence (ex.

interpretation

of what those

facts mean in

terms of the

main idea(s)).

4. Link to next

paragraph or

section (ex.

transitions).

Capella Writing

Center

The Writing

Process:

Overview. Full-

text PDF, pages 7

–11: Critical

Thinking and

Writing.

The Writing

Process: Drafting.

Full-text PDF,

pages 20–27.

Grammar

Handbook:

Paragraph

Structure. Full-

text PDF, pages

25–34.

Creative Inquiry.

Common Writing

Assignments

APA Style and

Formatting

module.

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Criteria Needs

Work Satisfactory Exceptional CapellaCoach

Instructor

Comments

APA Style and

Format: Headings

and Subheadings.

MEAL Plan.

Reverse

Outlining.

5. Body: Evidence

• Demonstrates

critical thinking by

integrating

reputable outside

sources with

1. Summaries.

2. Paraphrases.

3. Quotes.

Capella Writing

Center

The Writing

Process:

Overview. Full-

text PDF, pages 7

–11: Critical

Thinking and

Writing.

The Writing

Process: Drafting.

Full-text PDF,

page 23: Using

Sources.

Academic

Honesty.

APA Style and

Format. In-Text

Citations.

Common Writing

Assignments

The Writing

Center: Strategies

for Writing from

Secondary

Sources.

Using

Paraphrases.

Writing Your

Own Academic

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Criteria Needs

Work Satisfactory Exceptional CapellaCoach

Instructor

Comments

Conversation:

Who Said What

to Whom.

Plagiarism.

Academic

Integrity.

Capella Library

Guides by School

and Specification.

Anatomy of a

Scholarly Article.

Presentation:

Peer-reviewed

Articles and How

to Find Them.

or

Libguide: What

Is Peer Review?

Library Research

Handbook: What

Did You Find?

Evaluating.

6. Body: Analysis

• Demonstrates

critical thinking by

reflecting on,

explaining, or

refuting outside

sources.

Capella Writing

Center

The Writing

Process:

Overview. Full-

text PDF, pages 7

–11: Critical

Thinking and

Writing.

The Writing

Process:

Revising. Full-

text PDF, pages

27–34.

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Criteria Needs

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Comments

The Writing

Center: Writing

for an Academic

Audience.

The Writing

Center: Revising

for Results.

What Is the

Literature Review

Mini-site.

7. Conclusion

• Reiterates the main

idea(s) of purpose

of the paper.

• Reiterates the

writer's unique

perspective on the

main idea(s).

• Demonstrates

critical thinking by

offering ideas for

future research or

inquiry.

Capella Writing

Center

The Writing

Process: Drafting.

Full-text PDF,

page 26:

Conclusions.

Common Writing

Assignments

8. Documentation Style

• Follows specified

documentation

style.

• Uses headings and

subheadings to

create logical

organization

pattern.

• Incorporates

internal citations

correctly.

• Presents external

citations correctly

Capella Writing

Center

APA Style and

Format.

APA: Finding

Answers.

What's Behind

APA Guidelines?

FAQs on

Academic

Writing.

Plagiarism.

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Criteria Needs

Work Satisfactory Exceptional CapellaCoach

Instructor

Comments

(ex. references in

APA).

Academic

Integrity.

9. Voice (3rd Person)

• Uses appropriate

tone for the

assignment.

• Uses concrete

language.

• Uses signal phrases

to separate self

from sources (ex.

according to the

author noted).

Capella Writing

Center

The Writing

Process:

Overview. Full-

text PDF, pages 4

–7: Scholarly

Writing.

The Writing

Process: Drafting.

Full-text PDF,

pages 25–26:

Coherence and

Transitions.

The Writing

Process:

Revising. Full-

text PDF, pages

31–32: Voice.

The Writing

Center:

Developing a

Scholarly Voice.

Writing in Third

Person.

Writing Your

Own Academic

Conversation:

Who Said What

to Whom.

Voice, Style, and

Tone.

Wordiness.

10. Grammar

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Criteria Needs

Work Satisfactory Exceptional CapellaCoach

Instructor

Comments

• Uses active voice.

• Presents sentences

with subject-verb

agreement.

• Evidences

proofreading

through lack of

errors in sentence

structure and

spelling.

Capella Writing

Center

The Writing

Process:

Polishing. Full-

text PDF, pages

35–43: How to

Edit and How to

Proofread.

Grammar

Handbook:

Sentence

Structure. Full-

text PDF, pages 4

–35.

Grammar

Handbook: Word

Choice. Full-text

PDF, pages 34

–37.

Active and

Passive Voice.

Style: Sentence

Simplicity.

Purdue

University:

Sequence of

Tenses.

11. Punctuation

• Uses standard

American

punctuation and

the punctuation

rules of the citation

style.

Capella Writing

Center

Grammar

Handbook:

Punctuation. Full-

text PDF, pages

47–69.

Grammar

Handbook:

Mechanics. Full-

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Criteria Needs

Work Satisfactory Exceptional CapellaCoach

Instructor

Comments

text PDF, pages

69–73.

Basic Comma

Rules.

Purdue

University:

Punctuation.

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