SPED 751

Paper Submitted for Consideration for Publication on www.BehaviorAdvisor.com

 

Name:___________________   Day/Time of class attended _______________

Unacceptable

(F grade)

Marginal

(C- to C+)

Proficient

(B- to B+)

Exemplary

(A- to A+)

The paper is short and superficial in its coverage of the topic.

The paper could use more detail and elaboration.  The topic receives minimal coverage.

The paper provides strong coverage of the topic.

The paper is detailed and specific.  The coverage of the topic is full and informed.

No strategies are offered for use by educators; OR they are poorly explained.

Minimal strategies are offered for use by educators; OR they are superficially described.

The strategies are many and well explained.  An educator could implement them.

A multitude of strategies are explained in a detailed fashion.

No references for further investigation are provided.

A minimal listing of resources for further investigation is offered.

A strong listing of resources for further investigation is provided.  References are in APA citation form with few errors.

The listing of resources for further investigation is extensive and detailed.  References are in near-perfect APA citation form.

The writing style and mechanics are not yet acceptable for graduate work.

Writing style and mechanics are adequate but need improvement.

Writing style and mechanics are generally correct.

Writing style and mechanics are at a high level.

____ “This”, “that”, “these”, & “those” are adjectives.  Follow them with a noun.

____ Avoid ending a sentence or phrase with “in”, “of”, “if”, “to” “for”, “from”,

                         “with”, “in”, and similar prepositions/words.

____ Work on the:

            ___punctuation

            ___capitalization

            ___spelling

            ___grammar/syntax

            ___organization

            ___APA citation style

            ___subject/verb agreement

            ___tense

            ___Other:

___Avoid mixing singular and plural forms ("Tell the student [singular] that they [plural]

                                    should sit down.").

___Please provide more complete citation information for listed resources.
___Please enter all the information requested in the heading of this scoring rubric
Other comments:

 

SCORE: _____ of 100 points