Research Paper Checklist and Rubric for Grading

Section
Description of research paper items and resulting points.
% of Grade
% Received
Title Page
-Title is descriptive of what the paper is about
-Your name, Your teacher's name, Class, School
-Date submitted

5
Introduction

-Your topic is introduced in an interesting way to catch interest of the reader
-You preview the main points of the paper
-Accomplished in 1 paragraph
* (Parenthetical references are not required in this section if the points are going to be made again in the "Findings" section. If you use an attention grabbing introductory point that is not going to be used again, then it needs a parenthetical reference.)

10
 
Findings
65%
75%
85%
100%
Information content is way short of covering the topic
Information content is not adequate to cover the topic
Information content is almost adequate to cover the topic
Information content is very adequate to cover the topic
Much of the information used does not relate to the topic
Some of the information used relates to the topic
Most all information used relates to the topic
All information used relates to the topic
Parenthetical references are not used (This results in a "0" for your paper)
Some information in this section is clearly tied to the literaterature cited with parenthetical references.
Most information in this section is clearly tied to the literaterature cited with parenthetical references.
All information in this section is clearly tied to the literaterature cited with parenthetical references.
Parenthetical references are not used as requested (This results in a "0" for your paper)     All parenthetical references have (Author's Last Name, Year of Publication, and page numbers of where information is found in the appendix)
Plagiarism is found within your paper (This results in a "0" for your paper)     All material has been paraphrased in your "voice" and style of writing. No plagiarism is found. "Quotation marks are used for statements that are not paraphrased."
Grammar usage was a problem throughout
Some grammar usage was a problem
Very few grammar errors
No apparent grammar errors
Organization: Sentence structure was choppy and hard to read
Organization: Some sentence structure was a problem
Organization:Very few problems with sentence structure and smoothness of reading
Organization: This writeup read very smoothly because of proper sentence structure and flow of thoughts
Organization: Sources are choppily pieced together in chunks one source at a time Organization: Sources are not very smoothly integrated into a coherent flow Organization: Sources are somewhat integrated into a coherent flow Organization: Sources are smoothly integrated into a coherent flow
Spelling and punctuation was a problem throughout
Some spelling and punctuation was a problem
Very few spelling and punctuation errors

No apparent spelling and punctuation errors

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Conclusion
-You remind / review the reader of the main points of the paper
-You make a thoughtful statement about the topic to give the reader a sense of closure
-Accomplished in 1 paragraph
10
 
Literature Cited

-Please list your sources that you used in your "Findings" section. They should be in alphabetical order by the author's last name (CBE style guide (use "Name-Year")| See Ex. Res. Paper using CBE).
-10 non-encyclopedia sources. No anonymous sources accepted (sources must have a human author with a last name).
-contains at least 5 primary resources (scientific journals)

20
 
Appendix

-copies of the sources actually used in your findings (books need to have bibliography information and pages used; journals sources should include entire article)
- text highlighted (one color if it pertains, another color if actually used) if it is used (books need to have bibliography information and pages used; journals sources should include entire article)
-pages need to be consecutively numbered by hand so parenthetical references can be tied to it

If they are not here, you don't get credit for your lit. cited

See Exemplary Research Paper from 2007