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Description of research paper items and resulting points. |
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Title Page |
-Title is descriptive of what the paper is about
-Your name, Your teacher's name, Class, School
-Date submitted
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Introduction
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-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.)
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Findings |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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." |
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Grammar usage was a problem throughout
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Some grammar usage was a problem
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Very few grammar errors
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No apparent grammar errors
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Organization: Sentence structure was choppy and hard to read
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Organization: Some sentence structure was a problem
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Organization:Very few problems with sentence structure and smoothness of reading
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Organization: This writeup read very smoothly because of proper sentence structure and flow of thoughts
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| 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 |
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Spelling and punctuation was a problem throughout
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Some spelling and punctuation was a problem
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Very few spelling and punctuation errors
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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 |
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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)
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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
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If they are not here, you don't get credit for your lit. cited |
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