GRADING RUBRIC FOR A RESEARCH PAPER—ANY DISCIPLINE



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Technology RESEARCH PAPER RUBRIC

Please staple rubric on top of final draft, rough draft, peer critiques, outline, and temporary works cited (progress on pre-writing is worth 10 points).

Submitted to : Yes or No (The paper will receive a zero, if it is not submitted)

|CATEGORY |10-9 |8-6 |5-2 |1-0 |

|Introduction/ |*exceptional introduction that |*proficient introduction |*basic introduction that |*weak or no introduction |

|Thesis |grabs interest of reader and |that is interesting and |states topic but lacks |of topic. |

| |states topic. |states topic. |interest. |**paper’s purpose is |

| |**thesis is exceptionally clear, |**thesis is clear and |**thesis is somewhat clear |unclear/thesis is weak or|

| |arguable, well-developed, and a |arguable statement of |and arguable. |missing. |

| |definitive statement. |position. | | |

|Quality of Information/ |*paper is exceptionally |*information relates to the |*information relates to the |*information has little |

|Evidence |researched, extremely detailed, |main topic. |main topic, few details |or nothing to do with the|

| |and historically accurate. |**paper is well-researched |and/or examples are given. |thesis. |

| |**information clearly relates to |in detail and from a variety|**shows a limited variety of |**information has weak or|

| |the thesis. |of sources. |sources. |no connection to the |

| | | | |thesis. |

|Support of Thesis/Analysis |*exceptionally critical, relevant|*consistent connections made|*some connections made |*limited or no |

| |and consistent connections made |between evidence and thesis |between evidence and thesis. |connections made between |

| |between evidence and thesis. |**good analysis. |**some analysis. |evidence and thesis. |

| |**excellent analysis. | | |**lack of analysis. |

|Organization/ |*exceptionally clear, logical, |*clear and logical order |*somewhat clear and logical |*lacks development of |

|Development of Thesis |mature, and thorough development |that supports thesis with |development with basic |ideas with weak or no |

| |of thesis with excellent |good transitions between and|transitions between and |transitions between and |

| |transitions between and within |within paragraphs. |within paragraphs. |within paragraphs. |

| |paragraphs. | | | |

|Conclusion |*excellent summary of topic with |*good summary of topic with |*basic summary of topic with |*lack of summary of |

| |concluding ideas that impact |clear concluding ideas. |some final concluding ideas. |topic. |

| |reader. |**introduces no new |**introduces no new | |

| |**introduces no new information. |information. |information. | |

|Style/Voice |*style and voice are not only |*style and voice appropriate|*style and voice somewhat |*style and voice |

| |appropriate to the given audience|to the given audience and |appropriate to given audience|inappropriate or do not |

| |and purpose, but also show |purpose. |and purpose. |address given audience, |

| |originality and creativity. |**word choice is specific |**word choice is often |purpose, etc. |

| |**word choice is specific, |and purposeful, and somewhat|unspecific, generic, |**word choice is |

| |purposeful, dynamic and varied. |varied throughout. |redundant, and clichéd. |excessively redundant, |

| |***sentences are clear, active |***sentences are mostly |***sentences are somewhat |clichéd, and unspecific. |

| |(subject-verb-object), and to the|clear, active (SVO), and to |unclear; excessive use of |***sentences are very |

| |point. |the point. |passive voice. |unclear. |

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|Grammar/Usage/ |*control of grammar, usage, and |*may contain few spelling, |*contains several spelling, |*so many spelling, |

|Mechanics |mechanics. |punctuation, and grammar |punctuation, and grammar |punctuation, and grammar |

| |**almost entirely free of |errors. |errors which detract from the|errors that the paper |

| |spelling, punctuation, and | |paper’s readability. |cannot be understood. |

| |grammatical errors. | | | |

|Basic Paper Requirements |*3-4 full pages following MLA |*may contain few MLA |*contains several MLA |*completely ignores MLA |

| |format, including correct page |formatting errors; paper |formatting errors; paper |formatting; paper length |

| |numbers and headers in top right |length is almost 3 full |length is almost 3 full pages|is too short and does not|

| |corner |pages typed |typed |reach a third page. |

| |**A creative title, 12 point | | | |

| |font, and double spacing | | | |

|Citation Format |*conforms to MLA rules for |*conforms to MLA rules for |*frequent errors in MLA |*lack of MLA |

| |formatting and in-text citation |formatting and in-text |format. |format/numerous errors. |

| |of sources are perfect. Citations|citation of sources with | | |

| |match Works Cited page; 4 |minor exceptions. | | |

| |different sources used in paper | | | |

|Works Cited |*entries entirely correct as to |*entries mostly correct as |*frequent errors in MLA |*lack of MLA |

| |MLA format. |to MLA format. |format. |format/numerous errors. |

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__________ / 100 Total Points

__________ / 10 Pre-writing materials included; progress shown on final draft

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