student proposes are appropriate for to do and why. topic and discipline. Proposal outlines an The scope of the The scope of the The scope of the The scope of the proposal is proposal is moderately achievable project with a proposal is of proposal is unreasonable in terms reasonable in terms of realistic timeline for a some concern in reasonable in terms of time and resources time and resources semester-long project. terms of time and of time and available. Student has available. The student resources resources available. not considered and has considered and made **Note: While we want to encourage available. The The student has made plans for key plans for most steps of students to make provisions for key student has considered and made steps of the project. the project. steps in the research process, we also considered and plans for all steps of do not want to only award those made plans for the project. projects that are Feel free to some steps of the “safe.” give a student a higher score if there project. are more unknowns in a project because it is ambitious.** Research Writing Skills 0=Poor or Absent 1=Fair 2 = Good 3 = Exceptional Score Proposal is clearly written Proposal includes an The proposal The proposal includes The proposal is free for a non-expert audience unacceptable includes some occasional grammatical from grammatical and follows conventions for number of grammatical errors. Writing style is errors. Description is academic writing. grammatical errors. errors. Writing easy to follow. clear, concise, and Proposal fails to style is sometimes Description depicts the uses appropriate properly cite difficult to read. project well, but uses non-technical sources. Description Description is hard some jargon or is language. does not provide a to understand, otherwise hard to general picture of verbose, or understand. the proposed uses too much activities or uses too jargon. much jargon. Student Preparation 0=Poor or Absent 1=Fair 2 = Good 3 = Exceptional Score Student lacks the Student has some Student has most of the Student is highly **Please focus on recent skills or background of the skills or skills or background prepared for this relevant coursework; we do necessary to carry background needed to carry out the project or has out the project. No needed to carry project. Completed successfully started not penalize students who have overcome a rough start relevant coursework out the project. relevant coursework this research project to college.** or training, or poor Vaguely relevant and/or learned extensive performance in coursework or necessary information, coursework or
student proposes to do and why. are appropriate for topic and discipline. Proposal outlines an achievable project with a realistic timeline for a semester-long project. **Note: While we want to encourage students to make provisions for key steps in the research process, we also do not want to only award those projects that are “safe.” Feel free to give a student a higher score if there are more unknowns in a project because it is ambitious.** The scope of the proposal is unreasonable in terms of time and resources available. Student has not considered and made plans for key steps of the project. The scope of the proposal is of some concern in terms of time and resources available. The student has considered and made plans for some steps of the project. The scope of the proposal is moderately reasonable in terms of time and resources available. The student has considered and made plans for most steps of the project. The scope of the proposal is reasonable in terms of time and resources available. The student has considered and made plans for all steps of the project. Research Writing Skills 0=Poor or Absent 1=Fair 2 = Good 3 = Exceptional Score Proposal is clearly written for a non-expert audience and follows conventions for academic writing. Proposal includes an unacceptable number of grammatical errors. Proposal fails to properly cite sources. Description does not provide a general picture of the proposed activities or uses too much jargon. The proposal includes some grammatical errors. Writing style is sometimes difficult to read. Description is hard to understand, verbose, or uses too much jargon. The proposal includes occasional grammatical errors. Writing style is easy to follow. Description depicts the project well, but uses some jargon or is otherwise hard to understand. The proposal is free from grammatical errors. Description is clear, concise, and uses appropriate non-technical language. Student Preparation 0=Poor or Absent 1=Fair 2 = Good 3 = Exceptional Score **Please focus on recent relevant coursework; we do not penalize students who have overcome a rough start to college.** Student lacks the skills or background necessary to carry out the project. No relevant coursework or training, or poor performance in Student has some of the skills or background needed to carry out the project. Vaguely relevant coursework or Student has most of the skills or background needed to carry out the project. Completed relevant coursework and/or learned necessary information, Student is highly prepared for this project or has successfully started this research project extensive coursework or
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