Grading Rubric
Project 1 (Revised 12/22/2010)
15% of grade -- Total 100 points
Faculty may allow students to resubmit projects that are worth less than 70 points.
Part I |
0-8 points |
9-15 points |
16-18 points |
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Research Question (18 points) |
There is no question OR question is stated as a topic OR question is very broad OR question is not truly researchable (can be answered by a simple statement of facts or a number) |
Stated as a question but is too broad OR too narrow OR question passes the "so what"; test, but does not lend itself to scholarly research |
Question is specific, narrow enough to be researchable, and relevant to the student's discipline |
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Keywords and Related Terms (18 points) |
Keywords do not "match" the question OR students provided terms for only one concept OR student provides only keywords but no synonyms |
Student provides at least one relevant keyword for each important concept in the research question with some synonyms OR keywords are related to the general topic, but not the specific question OR students provided relevant terms for some, but not all, the important concepts |
In addition to providing a relevant keyword for each concept, student provides synonyms or alternative terminology |
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Search Strategy (18 points) |
Student has not translated question into an actual strategy OR submits an incomplete strategy with one concept represented OR Strategy contains at least two relevant concepts, but does not correctly use operators or alternative terminology |
Strategy contains at least two relevant concepts, and Boolean or proximity operators used correctly |
Sophisticated search strategy uses Boolean or proximity searching correctly, offers synonyms, and/or grouping |
Database List (18 points) |
None of the databases submitted are appropriate to the topic OR student submits only one database | Students lists two databases relevant to the topic OR student lists three databases, but one is not relevant | Student lists three (or more) appropriate databases for finding literature on the topic |
Part II |
0-8 points |
9-12 points |
13-14 points |
APA Citation (14 points) |
Citation is not in proper APA format OR contains many errors | Citation is in APA format with several errors | Citation is in APA format with no more than one or two errors |
Part III |
0-3 points |
4-6 points |
6-7 points |
Article (7 points) |
Student does not complete this part of the assignment OR student submits an article that is from a news paper, encyclopedia (or wikipedia) entry, or similar type of document | Student has cited an article that is not scholarly (trade or magazine) OR the article is scholarly, but not relevant to the research question | Student has cited an article that is scholarly and peer-reviewed, and is relevant to the research question |
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Subject Terms (7 points) |
Student does not submit subject terms (or other key terms) OR submits subject terms that are not relevant to the topic |
Student submits one subject term (or other key term) that is relevant to the topic |
Student lists two subject terms that are relevant to the topic OR if there are no subject terms in the database used, key terms from the abstract or another field, that can be used to further search |