Research Proposal Rubric

Student Name:

CATEGORY / 10 (Great Work) / 8 (Good Work) / 6 (Poor Work) / 4 (Not Passing)
Research Question / Has a good, coherent, and researchable research question. / Has a solid, coherent, and researchable research question. / Has a fairly good researchable research question. / Has a research question that isn’t focused.

Introduction

/ Creates an introduction that justifies and explains the significance of the subject. / Creates an introduction that attempts to justify and explain the significance of the subject. / Creates an introduction that begins to justify and explain the significance of the subject. / Creates an introduction that does not justify and explains the significance of the subject.
Annotations / Creates three annotations that do a good job summarizing the texts. / Creates three annotations that do a solid job summarizing the texts. / Creates three annotations that do a fair job summarizing the texts. / Creates three annotations.
Reliability of Sources / All sources appear reliable / All sources might be reliable. / All sources are verifiable. / There are not three sources.
Outline / The outline will help the writer create a fine research project. / The outline might help the writer create a fine research project. / The outline has an outside chance of helping the writer create a fine research project. / The outline is not extant or is poorly done.
Word Choice / · Precise terms.
· Figurative language.
· No tense or agreement problems.
· No misused words.
· Rich language. / · Some imprecision.
· Little figurative language.
· 1-2 tense or agreement problems per page.
· Misused words.
· Average language. / · Imprecise language.
· Literal language.
· 3+ agreement problems per page.
· Many misused words.
· Repetitive language. / · Very imprecise language.
· Only literal language.
· 4+ agreement problems per page.
· A great many misused words.
· Very repetitive language.
Sentences / · 0 errors in grammar per page.
· Varies sentence form. / · 1 error per page.
· Repeats sentence form. / · 2 errors per page.
· Boring sentence form. / · 3+ errors per page.
· Very boring sentence form.
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