Student Name: ------------------------------------------------------------
SCORE POSSIBLE
I. CONTENT
A. Article from approved list? (-1 if not) ........ _____ 2
B. Paper's problem and context discussed? ......... _____ 4
C. Hypotheses tested discussed? ................... _____ 2
D. Data and data collection? ...................... _____ 2
E. Methods used? .................................. _____ 2
F. Findings discussed? ............................ _____ 4
G. Fit with rest of physical geography? ........... _____ 2
H. Curriculum or outside relevance discussed? ..... _____ 2
TOTAL CONTENT (maximum) ........................ _____ 20
II. WRITING MECHANICS:
A. Is the paper very well organized and
integrated? Disorganized panic writing = 0
Organized and not too hard to follow = 1
Extremely good flow, like a professional
publication = 2 .............................. _____ 2
B. Spelling
Wholesale misspellings = 0
A few misspellings = 1
No misspellings at all = 2 .................... _____ 2
C. Grammar (subject-verb agreement; consistency
in tense) ..................................... _____ 1
D. Correct, complete, and varied sentences
Bad = 0; mostly okay = 1; perfect = 2 ......... _____ 2
E. Punctuation and capitalization (commas
seem especially problematic) ................... _____ 1
F. No sexist usage anywhere -- consult the
guidelines for the paper ...................... _____ 1
G. Student has elegant and publishable
style -- unusual sophistication in the
use of language. VERY rare -- maybe 1 or
2 students show this caliber of writing,
and it presupposes everything else is
perfect ....................................... _____ 1
TOTAL WRITING MECHANICS: ...................... _____ 10
III. COMPUTATION OF OVERALL POINTS:
Total content points ............................. _____ 20
Total writing mechanics ........................... _____ 10
Now, add these numbers ............................ _____ 30
Divide answer by 2 to get weighted score .......... _____ 15