Rubric
Grading Criteria for Scholarly Paper
The highest potential points for the Scholarly paper are 35-points. Please use these guidelines for in-class participation.
1. This assignment is worth a possible 35 points.
2. The Assignment is located in the course syllabus and Assignment tool bar.
3. The scholarly paper should be written according to 6th edition APA format. This includes a title page, body of text, and reference page.
4. Submit to the assignment drop box by due date noted in course syllabus and class calendar.
Scholarly Paper Rubric
| Category | Exemplary | Proficient | Sufficient | Underdeveloped | Score |
| Quality and Accuracy of Information | 15 points | 10 points | 5 points | 1 | |
| | All criteria are met with supporting information. | 1-2 criteria not met with supporting information. | 3-4 criteria not met with supporting information. | >4 of the criteria is not met and/or missing significant supporting information. | |
| Mechanics | 10 points | 5 points | 3 points | 1 | |
| | Adheres to APA format; error free paper. 90% - 100% of paper is well organized, consist of well constructed paragraphs, and sources are accurately documented in APA format. No spelling or grammatical errors. | Adheres to APA 80%-89% of paper is error free, well organized, consist of well-constructed paragraphs, and sources are accurately documented in APA format. Contains 1-5 spelling or grammatical errors. | Adheres to APA 70%-79% of paper is error free, well organized, consist of well-constructed paragraphs, and sources are accurately documented in APA format. Contains 6-10 spelling or grammatical errors. | Greater than 69% of the paper is disorganized with poorly constructed paragraphs; does not adhere to APA format. Contains greater than 11 spelling or grammatical errors. . | |
| Amount of Information | 5 point | 3 points | 1.5 points | 0 | |
| | Adheres to page requirement guidelines. | Exceeded or did not reach page requirement guidelines by 1 page. | Exceeded or did not reach page requirement guidelines by 2 pages. | Exceeded or did not reach page requirement guidelines by more than 2 pages. | |
| Timeliness | 5 points | 3 points | 1.5 points | 0 | |
| | Submits assignment on or before the electronic week due date. | Submits assignment 1 day after the electronic week due date. | Submits assignment 2 days after the electronic week due date. | | |
| | 35 | 21 | 11 | 2 | |
| Scores | 21.5 - 35 = Exemplary | 10.5 -21 = Proficient | 2.5 - 11 = Sufficient | 0 –2 = underdeveloped | |
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