connections among them cited literature and so comprehensively does not establish or with own research. established and may or may connections. connections among not establish them or with own connections. research. Organization Summarizes sources into Summarizes Identifies Presents an schools of thought and sources into incomplete schools annotated demonstrates the schools of thought of thought and bibliography relationships among and demonstrates weakly without clearly them; shows how cited relationships demonstrates demonstrating the literature helps to among them. relationships relationships define or formulate the among them. among cited issue/problem, question, Literature review sources. and hypothesis resembles an annotated bibliography. Length/Scope Uses appropriate Uses appropriate May use Uses incomplete number of sources from number of sources inappropriate number of sources largely peer-reviewed from professional number of sources; of questionable professional and and academic may use largely origin. academic sources. sources. non-peer reviewed sources. Writing and Organization (OBJECTIVE 4) Purpose of Project’s goals are Project’s goals are Consistent effort to Does not project clearly stated, though addressed; thesis is address project’s consistently writer is not confined by identifiable goals; thesis is address project’s them; fully controls throughout the generally clear, but goals; focus shifts thesis throughout the project, but may may be lost at frequently and is project and consistently stray off topic on times; considers unaware of or fails considers the audience occasion; seems audience, but with to meet audience and meets its aware of audience inconsistencies. expectations. expectations. expectations. Synthesis Synthesizes texts/ideas Synthesizes Some attempts to Preliminary or no with expertise and texts/ideas with synthesize complex attempts to formulates a some expertise and texts/ideas, but synthesize sophisticated, complex begins to formulate cannot sustain the texts/ideas; discussion of the topic; a cohesive effort; global discussion feels organization feels discussion of the organization is disorganized, deliberate and topic; lacks some clear, but local making cohesion compliments the topic sophistication; organization may difficult or some missteps with stray. impossible. organization. Support Makes fully developed Clear assertions and/or draws are largely are difficult to logical conclusions that are backed up supported by identify and are are supported by the by effective use of evidence; some not consistently evidence; consistently evidence; some generalities persist. supported by
connections among them or with own research. cited literature and established connections among them or with own research. so comprehensively and may or may not establish connections. does not establish connections. Organization Summarizes sources into schools of thought and demonstrates the relationships among them; shows how cited literature helps to define or formulate the issue/problem, question, and hypothesis Summarizes sources into schools of thought and demonstrates relationships among them. Identifies incomplete schools of thought and weakly demonstrates relationships among them. Literature review resembles an annotated bibliography. Presents an annotated bibliography without clearly demonstrating the relationships among cited sources. Length/Scope Uses appropriate number of sources from largely peer-reviewed professional and academic sources. Uses appropriate number of sources from professional and academic sources. May use inappropriate number of sources; may use largely non-peer reviewed sources. Uses incomplete number of sources of questionable origin. Writing and Organization (OBJECTIVE 4) Purpose of project Project’s goals are clearly stated, though writer is not confined by them; fully controls thesis throughout the project and consistently considers the audience and meets its expectations. Project’s goals are addressed; thesis is identifiable throughout the project, but may stray off topic on occasion; seems aware of audience expectations. Consistent effort to address project’s goals; thesis is generally clear, but may be lost at times; considers audience, but with inconsistencies. Does not consistently address project’s goals; focus shifts frequently and is unaware of or fails to meet audience expectations. Synthesis Synthesizes texts/ideas with expertise and formulates a sophisticated, complex discussion of the topic; organization feels deliberate and compliments the topic Synthesizes texts/ideas with some expertise and begins to formulate a cohesive discussion of the topic; lacks some sophistication; some missteps with organization. Some attempts to synthesize complex texts/ideas, but cannot sustain the effort; global organization is clear, but local organization may stray. Preliminary or no attempts to synthesize texts/ideas; discussion feels disorganized, making cohesion difficult or impossible. Support Makes fully developed assertions and/or draws logical conclusions that are supported by the evidence; consistently Clear are backed up by effective use of evidence; some are largely supported by evidence; some generalities persist. are difficult to identify and are not consistently supported by
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