Final Paper Rubric Criteria LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT Advanced 90-100% Proficient 80-89% Developing

Final Paper Rubric

Criteria

LEVELS

OF

ACHIEVEMENT

Advanced

90-100%

Proficient

80-89%

Developing

1-79%

Not Present

Total

Current APA Style Compliance

(Overall)

22.5 to 25 points:

0-1 minor errors in current APA style in the required items: title page has all necessary information; page numbers on each page (must all be in Times New Roman font); line spacing (ONLY double-spaced throughout); the title of your paper is in bold on the title page and also in bold and centered at the top of your first page of text; the heading of references is bold and centered at top of a new page; and paper is in the required Word .doc or .docx format.

20 to 22.25 points:

2-3 minor errors in current APA style in the required items.

1 to 19.75 points:

More than 3 errors in current APA style in the required items.

0 points:

Not present

Current APA Style Compliance

(in References only)

22.5 to 25 points:

0-1 minor errors in current APA style in the required items: Correct indentation (must be hanging indent); proper citation of authors (initials and last names only); correct use of ampersand (&) and commas; all authors (up to 20) are included without …; proper capitalization (only the first word of title/subtitle or proper nouns capitalized in the article title); journal name and volume number are italicized; includes issue number (if applicable) and page number range; and includes converted doi.org activated hyperlink (EX: https://doi.org/theDOInumberforyourarticle)

20 to 22.25 points:

2-3 minor errors in current APA style in the required items.

1 to 19.75 points:

More than 3 errors in current APA style in the required items.

0 points:

Not present

Articles

22.5 to 25 points:

0-1 minor errors in the required items:

All five articles included are all from peer-reviewed journal articles and none more than 10 years old (2010-2020).

20 to 22.25 points:

2-3 minor errors in the required items.

1 to 19.75 points:

More than 3 minor errors in the required items.

0 points:

Not present

Text

22.5 to 25 points:

0-1 minor errors in the required items:

Must be under 25% (green) match in the TurnItIn report (be sure to read your report and make corrections and resubmit until you get to under 25%); must be five full pages of text; no contractions used (can’t, won’t, etc. – those words must be written out); proper grammar usage and spelling; no writing in first person (no “I” statements – this is not a personal essay); all five of the articles are discussed and properly cited; in-text citations are in correct APA format with only author last names and year; proper usage of et al. for more than two authors; no mention of articles titles or journal names in text; no quotes containing more than 39 words allowed; and page numbers are included in the in-text citation for all direct quotes from the articles.

20 to 22.25 points:

2-3 minor errors in the required items.

1 to 19.75 points:

More than 3 minor errors in the required items.

0 points:

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