Research Paper Feedback Form
Name of writer:
Title of paper:
Content
This paper:
Has a clearly stated thesis, theme, or controlling idea
Has a clear organization and structure
Develops the theme with details and supporting evidence
Has sufficient content for the assignment
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Presentation
This writer:
Conveys a particular voice intended for a specific audience
Uses appropriate word-choice and style
Includes no mechanical errors
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Research
Sources are varied
Sources are accurate and reliable
Source material is correctly incorporated into the paper
Citations follow precisely the format required by the course
Bibliography page is accurate and complete
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General comments:
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Research Paper Feedback Form
Description of the Criteria
The criteria under Content and Presentation are the same as on the standard Writing Feedback
Form. Different for the Research Paper are the criteria listed under Research and described
below.
Sources are varied
• Material is taken from many different locations (books, periodicals, scholarly journals,
reference works, on-line databases, the Internet, newspapers), not just from a few.
• A range of research procedures were explored (reports, interviews, biographies,
government documents, almanacs, atlases, bibliographies, indexes, experiments, surveys,
interviews, observations).
Sources are accurate and reliable
• Primary sources are used instead of secondary sources
• Sources are authoritative, written by reputable authorities in the field and published in
academically reliable sources, not obscure sources or those devoted to sensationalism
• Sources are up-to-date
• The assumptions and biases of the source are clearly stated
• The information used is significant and relevant to the topic.
Source material is correctly integrated into the paper
• All quoted material is cited
• All paraphrased material is cited.
• Information not accepted as “common knowledge” is cited
• Quoted material within the body of the text is correctly punctuated (the parenthetical
citation following the quotation marks, the period following the parentheses; brackets,
ellipses, “sic” are used correctly)
• Short quotations fit the grammar of the sentence in which they appear
• Quoted material that is longer and set off from the text is properly introduced, with a clear
indication of why it is included
• The paper is the work of an individual author and not a string of quotations bound together;
quotations are not used as a way to avoid writing
• There is no plagiarism, no use of information, material, or quotations from another source
that is not cited
Citations follow precisely the format required by the course
The paper adheres to the citation format required by the course (MLA, APA, CBE, Chicago
style) as stated by the instructor and syllabus
Bibliography page is accurate and complete
• The requirements and guidelines of the course’s chosen format are met
• All punctuation and mechanics are correct (book titles underlined, essay titles in quotation
marks, a period at the end of the bibliographic information
• The difference between “Works Cited” and “References” is shown
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