Geoscience, National Geographic, Science News, Geological Society of America Bulletin, books on Earthquakes, etc. Most of the previous list includes peer-reviewed Geology, Earth, papers, where the work of the various authors has been evaluated by other researchers for its validity. A good place to look is the GEOREF database which is one of the databases available from the Library. You will probably need to submit interlibrary loan requests as our library does not have many peer reviewed articles on the stacks. You will be asked to show me your sources prior to writing the final paper! Citations should be in APA style or the style found in the Geological Society of America Bulletin. Just please be consistent. RUBRIC FOR FINAL PAPER Category A B C D F Content The paper The paper The The paper No purpose compares and compares and compares compares and stated for the (25 pts) contrasts the contrasts items and contrasts paper. No items clearly. clearly, but the contrasts items clearly, comparison The paper supporting items but the given. points to information is clearly, but supporting Questions specific general. The the information from the examples to paper includes supporting is incomplete. instructions illustrate the only the information The paper are not comparison. information is may include addressed. No The paper relevant to the incomplete. information peer reviewed includes only comparison. The paper that is not artcicles the The paper may include relevant to information addresses all information the relevant to the questions posed not relevant comparison. comparison. in the to the The paper The paper instructions, comparison. does not addresses all but in not much The paper address many questions detail. More does not of the posed in the than 50 % of address all questions. instructions the references the Fewer than and/or goes are questions. 25% of the beyond these Between 25 references are questions to and 50% peer show the reviewed. differences. references More than
Geoscience, National Geographic, Science News, Geological Society of America Bulletin, Geology, Earth, books on Earthquakes, etc. Most of the previous list includes peer-reviewed papers, where the work of the various authors has been evaluated by other researchers for its validity. A good place to look is the GEOREF database which is one of the databases available from the Library. You will probably need to submit interlibrary loan requests as our library does not have many peer reviewed articles on the stacks. You will be asked to show me your sources prior to writing the final paper! Citations should be in APA style or the style found in the Geological Society of America Bulletin. Just please be consistent. RUBRIC FOR FINAL PAPER Category A B C D F Content (25 pts) The paper compares and contrasts the items clearly. The paper points to specific examples to illustrate the comparison. The paper includes only the information relevant to the comparison. The paper addresses all questions posed in the instructions and/or goes beyond these questions to show differences. More than The paper compares and contrasts items clearly, but the supporting information is general. The paper includes only the information relevant to the comparison. The paper addresses all questions posed in the instructions, but in not much detail. More than 50 % of the references are The compares and contrasts items clearly, but the supporting information is incomplete. The paper may include information not relevant to the comparison. The paper does not address all the questions. Between 25 and 50% the references The paper compares and contrasts items clearly, but the supporting information is incomplete. The paper may include information that is not relevant to the comparison. The paper does not address many of the questions. Fewer than 25% of the references are peer reviewed. No purpose stated for the paper. No comparison given. Questions from the instructions are not addressed. No peer reviewed artcicles
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