Practicum Proposal on Lung Cancer

MHS 5207 Practicum Grading Rubric

5 4 3 2 1 0

Title, Table of Contents and Abstract

1 Title conforms to APA 6 format 2 Includes running head and page number in upper right-hand corner 3 Definition of running head IN ALL CAPS, & vertically & horizontally centers the title of the paper, its author and their affiliation to the page 4 TOC and Abstract conform to APA 6 format

All elements were present, only one minor formatting error

There is more than one minor formatting error

Three elements incorrectly formatted or missing

Four elements incorrectly formatted or missing

Does not conform to APA 6 Style at all

Introduction 1 Introduction grasps reader’s attention and identifies interested audience 2 Adopts appropriate tone 3 Forecasts major points 4 Articulates purpose/goals of practicum 5 Introduces anticipated outcomes

All elements present except one

Missing two key elements

Missing three key elements

Missing four key elements

Introduction does not contain any of the key elements

Needs Assessment (NA) (Process)

1 Researches appropriate peer reviewed electronic resources and databases 2 Cites recent studies/resources 3 Utilizes appropriate national/local databases for data collection 4 Uses evidence based resources and studies as part of NA

All elements present but one

All elements present but two

All elements present except three

Needs assessment attempted but does not contain the prescribed elements

Needs assessment not attempted

Needs Assessment (Content)

1 Presents coherent information and uses appropriate style to communicate graduate level ideas 2 Information is accurate 3 Information is organized and in appropriate order 4 Student justifies completely & succinctly the health promotion, wellness or educational activities that are needed in their community and

All elements present but one

All elements present but two

All elements present but three

Needs assessment attempted but does not contain the prescribed elements

Needs assessment not attempted

why Review of Literature (Process)

1 Researches appropriate peer reviewed electronic resources and databases 2 Cites recent studies/ resources 3 Utilizes appropriate national/local databases for data collection 4 Chooses evidence-based resources

All elements present except one

All elements present but two

All elements present except three

Review of literature attempted but does not contain any of the required elements

Review of literature not attempted

Review of Literature (Content)

For proposed practicum program each student: 1 Identifies applicable key theories 2 Identifies applicable program planning models 3 Explains previous use of appropriate instructional models in the literature 4 Describes literature review of similar program activities and design

All elements present except one

All elements present but two

All elements present except three

Review of literature attempted but is missing significant parts of several the required elements

Review of literature not attempted

Methodology and Procedures

1 Contains effectively,

All elements present except one

All elements present except one

All elements present except two

Significant components of

This section of the paper not attempted

(Values x 2 in this section)

quantifiably, concisely organized information that allows program to be replicated 2 Identifies sequential information in an appropriate chronology 3 Does not contain unnecessary or wordy descriptions or procedures 4 Written so that all information inherent to section can be related back to this section 5 Identifies sources of reference materials used for procedures

minor portion of one component

components several elements missing

Results 1 Student

summarizes program model planning 2 Student summarizes proposed program implementation 3 Student summarizes program planning evaluation 4 Student explains

All elements present except one minor portion of one component

All elements present except one component

All elements present except two components

Significant components of several elements missing

This section of the paper not attempted

unexpected findings or outcomes

Discussion Conclusions

1 Student summarizes purpose of program 2 Student draws inferences that are consistent with the information gathered 3 Student connects inferences made to previous literature review 4 Student relates conclusions to interested audience

All elements present except one

All elements present except two

All elements present except three

Significant components of several elements missing

This section of the paper not attempted

Implications Recommendations

1 Student distinguishes between fact and implications 2 Avoids over generalizing 3 Student offers explanations for further research

All elements present except one minor portion of one component

All elements present except one component

All elements present except two components

Significant components of several elements missing

This section of the paper not attempted

Appendix 1 An appendix was presented and was correctly formatted

An appendix was present, minor issues in formatting

An appendix was present, at least one major issue in formatting exists

An appendix was present, at least two major issues in formatting exists

An appendix was present with multiple formatting issues

An appendix was indicated but not done

APA Format, Grammar & Spelling

1 The font, spacing and levels of headings are correct 2 There are no spelling or

The font, spacing and levels of headings are mostly correct with a few minor errors. There are no

The font, spacing and levels of headings are correct. There are a few spelling or grammars errors

Several headings are included. Some spelling/grammar/l ength and/or bias issues are present

Significant formatting problems such as font, spacing and level of headings exist. There are

Numerous formatting, spelling, grammar &/or length issues are present throughout the

grammar errors 3 No bias in the writing 4 Paper is appropriate in length

spelling or grammar errors and no bias in the writing or problems with length

and minor bias in the writing (or problems with length)

significant issues with spelling, grammar, &/or length

paper

References 1 All needed citations were included in the paper 2 End of text references match the in text citations 3 All were encoded in APA 6 format

All needed citations were included in the paper. Most references match the in-text citations, and were encoded in APA 6 format

All needed citations were included in the paper. Some references match the in-text citations and were encoded in APA 6 format

Citations within the body of the text and a corresponding reference list was present, some formatting problems exist

Citations in the paper were not present or did not match the reference page. Significant formatting problems exist

Multiple citations in the paper are not reflected in the reference section or this section has major errors or is missing

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