Scoring Rubric for Assignment
Criteria
Outst
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Excel
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Avera
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Fair
Need
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OVERALL APPEARANCE AND ORGANISATION
5
4
3
2
1
5
4
3
2
1
5
4
3
2
1
5
4
3
2
1
-Organization supports the purpose. Transitions
are mostly appropriate. Appropriate sequence of
ideas.
LEVEL OF CONTENT
-Content indicates original thinking and develops
ideas with sufficient and firm evidence.
LANGUAGE MECHANICS
-writing has few spelling, punctuation, and
grammatical errors allowing the reader to follow
ideas clearly.
SOURCE AND EVIDENCE
-Quality of References
-Use of Most Recent Edition of the Publication
-Using the American Psycho-logical Association
(APA) format