Ryan, Rachel. "Maybe You Should Have Gone to Trade School." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 8 Aug. 2013. Web. 17 Feb. 2015. Shellenburger, Sue. "To Pay Off Loans, Grads Put Off Marriage, Children." The Wall WSJ. Street Journal, 17 Apr. 2012. Web. 16 Feb. 2015. Willis Aronowitz, Nona. "More People Are Putting off Parenthood. What Will That Mean for Their Kids?" The Washington Post, 6 July 2012. Web. 16 Feb. Washington Post. 2015. "Young Adults on Marriage." Brigham Young University, n.d. Web. 16 Feb. 2015. BYU News. SENIOR RESEARCH PAPER GRADING RUBRIC EXCELLENT PROFICIENT DEVELOPING BASIC Score Ideas and Balanced Information Information Information supports 34/40 presentation of presented provides a central purpose or Content relevant and connects reasonable argument at times. legitimate clearly to a support for a Analysis is basic or information central central purpose general or the paper that clearly purpose and and displays is generally supports a shows evidence of a expository or overly central attention to at basic analysis argumentative. purpose and least two of a significant Ideas may be overly shows a divergent topic; the paper redundant. thoughtful perspectives. may lean analysis Commentary toward of a significant interprets the exposition or topic and evidence, but argument. synthesis of perhaps sources. shows Multiple superficial perspectives analysis about on the issue the topic. are addressed, beyond a “pro/con” analysis. Analysis (commentary) deconstructs evidence and establishes valid and
Ryan, Rachel. "Maybe You Should Have Gone to Trade School." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 8 Aug. 2013. Web. 17 Feb. 2015. Shellenburger, Sue. "To Pay Off Loans, Grads Put Off Marriage, Children." WSJ. The Wall Street Journal, 17 Apr. 2012. Web. 16 Feb. 2015. Willis Aronowitz, Nona. "More People Are Putting off Parenthood. What Will That Mean for Their Kids?" Washington Post. The Washington Post, 6 July 2012. Web. 16 Feb. 2015. "Young Adults on Marriage." BYU News. Brigham Young University, n.d. Web. 16 Feb. 2015. SENIOR RESEARCH PAPER GRADING RUBRIC EXCELLENT PROFICIENT DEVELOPING BASIC Score Ideas and Content Balanced presentation of relevant and legitimate information that clearly supports a central purpose and shows a thoughtful analysis of a significant topic and synthesis of sources. Multiple perspectives on the issue are addressed, beyond a “pro/con” analysis. Analysis (commentary) deconstructs evidence and establishes valid and Information presented connects clearly to a central purpose and shows attention to at least two divergent perspectives. Commentary interprets the evidence, but perhaps shows superficial analysis about the topic. Information provides reasonable support for a central purpose and displays evidence of a basic analysis of a significant topic; the paper may lean toward exposition or argument. Information supports a central purpose or argument at times. Analysis is basic or general or the paper is generally expository or overly argumentative. Ideas may be overly redundant. 34/40
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