BIO 4030
Spring 2011
Student c1ock33
Wiki Project Grading Rubric
CATEGORY
CHECKLIST
SCIENTIFIC
ACCURACY
(15 pts total)
You are rewarded for doing any TWO of the items below:
1. Correction of incorrect facts
2. Stating common errors or misconceptions
3. Clarification of confusing phrases
4. Adding (updating) knowledge
5. Identifying what is not known
6. Disambiguation of a definition
7. Providing historical context
Omission of important facts and inclusion of incorrect information
will prevent you from getting the best possible score.
QUALITY OF
ORGANISATION
(10 pts total)
You are rewarded for doing any TWO of the items below:
1. Organizing the topics in a logical manner
2. Correcting typos and grammatical errors
3. Being clear and concise, and complying with the Wiki
Manual of Style
4. Including links to other relevant Wikipedia articles
5. Including links to relevant AND reliable external sources
COMMENT/
GRADE
15
10
QUALITY OF
CITATION
(15 pts total)
You are rewarded for providing at least ONE citation that
follows the Wiki guidelines for scientific citations. But you are
welcome to cite more sources.
You may consider reviews, primary reviews and primary
articles for articles on genes. You may cite books and news if you
choose to work on the background of researchers.
You are strongly advised to prioritize and select sources that
are more often cited or have greater impact (eg. more recent
research results, etc).
15
BONUS
(10 pts total)
You are rewarded for efforts and originality, based on an
overall evaluation of your work. Good ways to get full credit for
this section are to exceed expectations in the preceding three
sections and to keep in mind Wikipedia’s “good article criteria.”
10
Comments
50
Total