Grading Scale, Research Question Worksheet MMW 14, 15, 122 Assignments that are incomplete will not be accepted, and will be considered late until they have all required components. In order to be considered complete, an assignment must include the following: A completed, typed Research Question Worksheet Photocopies/printouts of all sources are cited, correctly highlighted and labeled A complete list of works cited Criteria for Evaluation On-line Sources (if necessary) A-range assignment: Excellent in all or nearly all aspects of the assignment (see C-range category for minimum requirements) A least one debatable research questions is proposed; may still need slight narrowing or modifications, but shows promise Topic is appropriate, but may still need refining/narrowing Number and quality of observations demonstrate: Substantial research efforts and independent thought Wide reading on the topic Careful attention to reading Relevance to topic Clear how all observations lead to conceptual problem, research question, and significance All sources are scholarly Observations include citations Writing is clear and organization is coherent and logical Paper is free of major errors B-range assignment: Meets, and at times exceeds, the basic requirements of the assignment (see C-range category) Debatable research question is proposed; may be problematic, but shows promise Topic is appropriate, but may need refining/narrowing Number and quality of observations demonstrate: Substantial research efforts Wide reading on the topic Attention to reading Relevance to the topic Relatively clear how observations lead to conceptual problem, research question, and significance Sources are scholarly Observations include citations Writing is relatively clear; there may be some problems with clarity, lack of specificity, and/or organization. Paper is free of major errors C-range assignment (characterized by the following) Minimally meets the basic requirements of the assignment. A research question are proposed; may be problematic, perhaps not clear that it’s debatable (Level-3) Topic is appropriate to the course time frame and not US-specific Number and quality of observations demonstrate minimal: Research efforts Reading on the topic Relevance to topic Attention to reading Minimal correlation of observations to the conceptual problem, research question and significance Sources are scholarly Student attempts to use citations correctly Paper may contain some factual errors Writing lacks clarity and/or is somewhat problematic awkward. D-range assignment (characterized by one or more of the following): Minimally meets some, but not all, of the basic requirements of the assignment (see C-range category above) Worksheet is not complete One research question is posed, and it is clearly not Level-3 Topic is appropriate, but very problematic Number and quality of observations demonstrate minimal: Research efforts Reading on the topic Relevance to topic Attention to reading Difficult to determine how observations lead to conceptual problem, research question and significance Citations are significantly problematic Minimal use of scholarly sources (either sources significantly too few, or too many unscholarly sources) Paper contains many factual errors Writing is poorly organized and/or incomprehensible in certain parts F-range assignment (characterized by one or more of the following): Any one of the following may result in a grade of F: No assignment completed, or worksheet significantly incomplete No research question is proposed Topic is not appropriate (either outside timeframe or is US-specific) Observations are inappropriate, completely irrelevant or absent No scholarly sources are used Writing is incomprehensible There are no citations 9.18.14 hkl