Order 1329509: Lincoln Park Zoo Report

Zoo Report Rubric ANTH 105 Fall 2018

Mastery- excellent! Proficiency- good! Adequacy- getting there! Major errors

Overall Report Report is clear; points make sense and all claims are backed up with strong evidence. Conclusions follow logically from observations and facts. Facts are correct.

Report mostly meets expectations; claims are backed up with evidence. Facts are generally correct.

Report does not address some aspects of the assignment. Claims made without evidence or data is presented without interpretation. Incorrect facts.

Report misses the point of the assignment or is too badly organized to make sense. Report is full of scientific inaccuracies.

Introduction Introduction clearly introduces the purpose of the report.

Introduction introduces the report.

Introduction is too vague or general.

Introduction does not connect with the rest of the paper or is missing.

Part 1: Locomotion

Background information is accurate. A clear, falsifiable hypothesis and reasoning shows critical thinking. Evidence is appropriate to support/refute hypothesis. Interpretation logically follows evidence from observations and suggestions for future studies are appropriate.

Background information is mostly accurate. Hypothesis is clear and falsifiable. Reasoning shows thought and care. Evidence is mostly appropriate to support/refute hypothesis. Interpretation mostly follows evidence from observations and suggestions for future studies are made.

Background information is inadequate or inaccurate. Hypothesis is attempted but unclear. Evidence presented is tangentially related to hypothesis. Interpretation does not follow from evidence or suggestions for future studies are not logical.

Background information is not present. Hypothesis is not falsifiable or not related to prompt. Evidence presented is not related to hypothesis. Evidence is presented without interpretation. No suggestions are made for future studies.

Part 2: Different individuals of the same species

Background information is accurate. A clear, falsifiable hypothesis and reasoning shows critical thinking. Evidence is appropriate to support/refute hypothesis. Interpretation logically follows evidence from observations and suggestions for future studies are appropriate.

Background information is mostly accurate. Hypothesis is clear and falsifiable. Reasoning shows thought and care. Evidence is mostly appropriate to support/refute hypothesis. Interpretation mostly follows evidence from observations and suggestions for future studies are made.

Background information is inadequate or inaccurate. Hypothesis is attempted but unclear or not falsifiable. Evidence presented is tangentially related to hypothesis. Interpretation does not follow from evidence or is missing.

Background information is not present. Hypothesis is not falsifiable or not related to prompt. Evidence presented is not related to hypothesis. Evidence is presented without interpretation. No suggestions are made for future studies.

Zoo Report Rubric ANTH 105 Fall 2018

Part 3: Different social groups

Background information is accurate. A clear, falsifiable hypothesis and reasoning shows critical thinking. Evidence is appropriate to support/refute hypothesis. Interpretation logically follows evidence from observations and suggestions for future studies are appropriate.

Background information is mostly accurate. Hypothesis is clear and falsifiable. Reasoning shows thought and care. Evidence is mostly appropriate to support/refute hypothesis. Interpretation mostly follows evidence from observations and suggestions for future studies are made.

Background information is inadequate or inaccurate. Hypothesis is attempted but unclear or not falsifiable. Evidence presented is tangentially related to hypothesis. Interpretation does not follow from evidence or is missing.

Background information is not present. Hypothesis is not falsifiable or not related to prompt. Evidence presented is not related to hypothesis. Evidence is presented without interpretation. No suggestions are made for future studies.

Conclusion

The conclusion smoothly summarizes and wraps up the paper.

The conclusion wraps up the paper, but not cohesively.

The conclusion makes no effort to wrap up the paper.

The conclusion is missing or does not address what the student enjoyed or learned at the zoo.

Clarity and Organization

Wording is precise and unambiguous. Sentence structure is consistently clear. Quotations are all framed effectively in the text and all quotations are cited correctly.

For the most part precisely worded and unambiguous. Sentence structure is mostly clear. Quotations are framed effectively in the text and citations are largely correct.

Organization as a whole can only be discerned with effort. Wording is imprecise or ambiguous fairly often. Sentence structure is often confusing. Citations are done incorrectly.

Wording is imprecise or ambiguous throughout. Sentence structure is consistently confusing to the point where the paper can't be fairly graded. Citations are missing.

FORMATTING Comments Title Page/Selfie /1 Common Errors

Name /1 Grammar Paragraph construction

Page Numbers /1 Spelling Take to writing center

Font/Spacing /1 Punctuation Citations needed

Stapled/Clipped /1 Run-on sentences Poor sentence mechanics

Data sheets /5 Called an ape a monkey Called a monkey an ape

Bonus point for rubric? Y/N

Score: /60