Consequences of Teasing and Bullying in Middle Childhood
Rubric for Research Paper (Psyc 200)
Components Excellent (150-135) Good (134-115) Acceptable (114-85) Unacceptable (84-0) Content/ Vocabulary
Fluency, sequencing, & appropriateness of psychological and/or developmental terms, concepts, theories, & authors’ names.
Good use and linking of psychological and/or developmental terms , concept & theories but lacking fluency
Minimal use of psychological and/or developmental terms , concept & theories but in isolation or use of jargon; name dropping of authors or concepts/theories but insufficient context or explanation
Little or no use of psychological and/or developmental terms , concept & theories or incorrect use; cliché’s, idiom’s, and colloquialisms
Statement of Problem/Thesis
Thesis is compelling, genuinely debatable, focused, specific, and arguable
Thesis is clear and debatable, but may have shifting focus and/or specificity
Thesis is vague or pedestrian, raises some debate, but lacks focus and/or specificity
Thesis is limited, unclear, trite, inconsistent or absent, and lacks focus and specificity
Conceptualization Integrating or synthesizing psychological and/or developmental concepts in original and innovative way
Integrated psychological and/or developmental concepts or theories
Clear presentation of psychological and/or developmental sequenced concepts or theories
Little or no use of concepts or theories; may show some knowledge of psychological and developmental concept or theory, but does not demonstrate clear understanding
Organization Clear focus and use of appropriate/consistent tense and tone. Evidence of planned organization of thought having a clear connection from the beginning (introduction), through the middle , to the conclusion
Logical organization. Focused on a purpose—suitable tone and use of chronology. Focus wanders a bit in a few places but whole of the paper is organized in a logical manner
Attempt to establish and maintain purpose and communicate with the reader
Unsuccessful attempt to establish and communicate purpose to the reader
Argument/ State of Purpose
Clear statement examples, sequencing, logical and multiple authorities sources, evidentiary support, current journal sources
Clearly sequenced steps leading to clear conclusion, logical argument with authoritative sources (not necessarily current)
Support by argument and evidence but with weak sources
Presentation of opinion or statement without evidentiary or logical support; illogical argument
Relevance Depth and complexity of ideas—details, reflection, analysis, and thought. Does not digress from main points of the research topic and statement of the problem.
Digresses somewhat from the relevant points or includes irrelevant material in a few places
Several unelaborated idea development and repetitious details
Unelaborated idea development and repetitious details
Cogency –Depth and breadth of
Integration of thought and argument exhibits
Depth of ideas supported by
Lapses in focus and coherence of research
Lacks focus and coherence. Use of
insight, reasoning, and understanding
depth of understanding for the research topic
relevant details for research topic. Logic falters in a few places
topic. Use of simplistic and awkward sentence in places
simplistic and awkward sentences. Use of imprecise and simplistic language.
Mechanics No errors and excellent sentence structure, word usage and fluency, correct number of pages for paper
Few or no errors, but sentence structure could improve and correct number of pages for assignment
A few overlooked errors, did not meet correct number of pages for assignment
Several errors in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and/or sentence structure showing carelessness, did not meet correct number of pages for assignment
APA Style Written in APA style; title page correctly formatted, body of paper double spaced, indentation & margins pagination, citations and separate reference page formatted
APA style with a few errors
APA style but several errors in cover page content, page enumeration, format (margins & indentation), headers, citation & reference format
Not in APA style
References Predominance of sound primary peer- reviewed authorities sources, use of secondary sources correctly, recent journals, in-text citations, accessible references, 3+ peer- reviewed sources
Use of secondary sources, accessible references, 3 sources but not all peer-reviewed sources
Personal communication or popular sources predominate; variable citation permanence
No resources referenced
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