Student B American College Student (HIED 8350) Research Paper Rubric, Fall 2013 Expert Proficient Apprentice Novice Integration of The paper demonstrates that The paper demonstrates that The paper demonstrates that the The paper does not demonstrate the author fully understands the author, for the most part, author, to a certain extent, that the author has fully Knowledge and has applied concepts understands and has applied understands and has applied understood and applied concepts (40%) learned in the course. concepts learned in the course. concepts learned in the course. learned in the course. Concepts are integrated into Some of the conclusions, the own insights. however, are not supported in writer’s The writer provides the body of the paper. concluding remarks that show analysis and synthesis of ideas. 1 Topic Focus The topic is focused narrowly The topic is focused but lacks The topic is too broad for the The topic is not clearly defined. enough for the scope of this direction. The paper is about a scope of this assignment. (10%) assignment. A thesis specific topic but the writer statement provides direction has not established a position. for the paper, either by statement or a position or hypothesis. 1 Depth of In-depth discussion & In-depth discussion & The writer has omitted pertinent Cursory discussion in all sections elaboration in all sections of elaboration in most sections of content or content runs-on of the paper or brief discussion in Discussion the paper. the paper. excessively. Quotations from only a few sections. (10%) others outweigh the own writer’s ideas excessively. 1
Student B American College Student (HIED 8350) Research Paper Rubric, Fall 2013 Expert Proficient Apprentice Novice Integration of Knowledge (40%) The paper demonstrates that the author fully understands and has applied concepts learned in the course. Concepts are integrated into the writer’s own insights. The writer provides concluding remarks that show analysis and synthesis of ideas. The paper demonstrates that the author, for the most part, understands and has applied concepts learned in the course. Some of the conclusions, however, are not supported in the body of the paper. 1 The paper demonstrates that the author, to a certain extent, understands and has applied concepts learned in the course. The paper does not demonstrate that the author has fully understood and applied concepts learned in the course. Topic Focus (10%) The topic is focused narrowly enough for the scope of this assignment. A thesis statement provides direction for the paper, either by statement or a position or hypothesis. 1 The topic is focused but lacks direction. The paper is about a specific topic but the writer has not established a position. The topic is too broad for the scope of this assignment. The topic is not clearly defined. Depth of Discussion (10%) In-depth discussion & elaboration in all sections of the paper. 1 In-depth discussion & elaboration in most sections of the paper. The writer has omitted pertinent content or content runs-on excessively. Quotations from others outweigh the writer’s own ideas excessively. Cursory discussion in all sections of the paper or brief discussion in only a few sections.
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