Editing Worksheet for the Cell Biology Term Paper



Student Peer Review for the Cell Biology Term Papers

Name of Student Reviewer:_____________________

Name of Student Author: __________________

Title of Paper:____________________

Instructions: Your job, as a student editor, is to help your colleague write the strongest possible paper. A good editing job results in many suggestions and comments written directly onto the rough draft by the editor. You need to include your written comments and suggestions on the edited copy. This worksheet should be attached to the top of your edited rough draft. The rough draft, with your written comments, should be returned to the author and will be turned in along with the final draft of the term paper. Use the check list to ensure your editing job is complete.

As an editor, you should find and indicate the following: Score Each Item (1-4):

1) Flawless 2) Pretty Good 3) OK but needs some work 4) Needs considerable work

• ___ The writer is following all of the detailed instructions for this term paper.

• ___ The paper is written in a style appropriate to serious science.

• ___ The title page is appropriate. The length is appropriate (about 1000-200 words of text of single spaced “text”).

• ___ All of the required headings are present (title page, abstract, introduction, body, subheadings, conclusions, literature cited).

• ___ At least 10 references from peer-reviewed sources, at least five of which need to have been published more recently than 2006,

• ____References in “Literature Cited” are all used cited in text of paper

• ___ 12 pt font size and 1 inch margins are appropriate, paper is single spaced and paper printed two sided.

• ___ Topic and Title are in agreement (i.e. paper is mostly about what title says it will be about).

• ___ Misspelled words have been identified and Misused words have been identified.

• ___ Incomplete sentences have been identified and sentences that are too long and complex have been identified.

• ___ Paragraphs that are VERY LONG, or with poor/inappropriate structure have been identified.

• ___Quotations used no more than one time in the paper.

• ___ Places where there is poor "flow" of ideas have been identified and unclear portions of the paper have been identified.

• ___ "Wordy" portions of the paper have been identified and indications about things to delete to improve conciseness.

• ___Does paper have separate cover page and words Introduction, Body, Conclusions, and Literature Cited at top of each section?

• ___Does Introduction have a concise “purpose statement” (description in one line about what paper will tell reader and does Conclusion have a concise “re-cap” of the major findings of paper.

• ____Did paper use figures, table or other items in an innovative way to communicate the message of the paper…VIP.

Did you suggest possible figures/Tables that would be beneficial?

• ____Do Figures have a descriptive Figure legend at “bottom” and/or a descriptive Table Title at the “top”? (Are Figures/Tables referenced if needed in both Intro/Body/Conclusions and Literature Cited sections?

• What grade would you give this paper for writing quality: Excellent Good Acceptable Poor Very Bad

• Is the paper grammatically correct? Excellent Good Acceptable Poor Very Bad

• What grade would you give this paper for technical nature of content: Excellent Good Acceptable Poor Very Bad

• Does the paper contain technical language that has been used in Cell Biology and is appropriate for Cell Biology?

Excellent Good Acceptable Poor Very Bad

Go to Wikapedia, type in a couple key words from the papers title and read what comes up: How does this term paper compare with what is on Wikipedia? Are they different?(10-15 words)______________________________________

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Below: Type 5 lines of text that you type into Google, Yahoo, PubMed or other Search engine? Indicate whethere these lines were original or copied in quotes/referenced or plagiarized: BE HONEST, if it looks like it is copied just say so. Example: Text/Result- “Cyclic GMP, guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate, is a critical and multifunctional second-messenger molecule that mediates diverse physiological….” Result: This exact sentence was found using Google at: ncbi.nlm.pubmed/19127140, so student author may wish to work on paraphrasing or using quotes. If a fact was used without quotes/citation indicate the website where you found it. If the writing looks to good to be from a sophomore Biology major, it probably is. Search the sentence and find out if it is original.

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For Full Editorial Credit (5 points):

1)Write AT LEAST 6 written comments (each with 5 or more words) on every single page of the rough draft of the report.

2) Indicate what you like and do not like on each page.

3) Write at summary paragraph( 30-50 words) to the author outlining how to improve their paper typed or hand written on back of this sheet.

4) Web search of five lines of text-shows text (above).

Staple this review sheet inside the rough draft cover page when you hand it back to Dr Wilson.

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