H571 Principles of Health Behavior: Final Paper Grading Rubric
Category
Unacceptable
(Below Standards)
Does not adequately convey
topic / significance. Does not
provide reader with importance
of sub-topics and/or following
discussion. Lacks thesis
statement. 2
Acceptable
(Meets Standards)
Conveys topic generally
with limited discussion of
importance of theoretical
application and/or
importance to explain
behavior, and provides a
general thesis 3
Good
(Occasionally Exceeds)
Conveys topic and subtopic,
provides a general thesis
statement for direction of the
paper 4
Summary of
identified
article used to
explain and
change
behavior
Does not adequately summarize
the identified article’s use of
theory and/or article was
inappropriate to use for the
critique 5
Good summary of the
identified articles and theory in
its application to behavioral
explanation and intervention
design and evaluation 10
Critique of the
theoretical
application to
explain and
change the
chosen
behavior
Conclusion
Inadequate analysis/critique and
provides summary only. 5
Adequately summarizes the
identified article’s use of
theory, demonstrating
some understanding of the
theoretical application to
intervention design and/or
no discussion of behavioral
explanation and/or
evaluation 8
Adequate analysis/critique,
does not fully discuss
application of theory for
explaining and developing
intervention to change the
health behavior 8
APA
Formatting
/grammar
Errors in formatting and/or
grammar and detracts from
content 0
Adequate summary of
theoretical application to
explaining/changing health
behavior 4
Several errors and/or does
not adhere to APA style 2
Good summary of theoretical
application to
explaining/changing health
behavior 5
Minimal errors, mostly adheres
to APA style 3
Introduction &
statement of
health
significance
Does not summarize evidence to
support thesis statement 2
Good analysis/critique,
demonstrates understanding of
the theoretical application to
explain and change the
behavior 10
Excellent
(Exceeds Standards)
Specific thesis statement supported with
strong introduction of the clearly
delineated subtopics, importance of
theoretical application to behavioral
explanation and behavior change
interventions, and organized
appropriately to the requirements of the
paper 5
Excellently summary of the articles, with
solid understanding of the theory used to
explain the behavior, in addition to
change and evaluate the behavior change
intervention, and the articles selected for
critique were appropriate and well-chosen
12
Points
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12
Excellent analysis/critique, demonstrates
strong understanding of the application of
theory to behavioral explanation and
intervention design/evaluation to change
the health behavior, with clear statement
of effectiveness and/or discussion on how
to improve 12
Excellent summary of theoretical
application to explaining/changing health
behavior 6
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No errors 5
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