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Excellent |
Satisfactory |
Needs Improvement |
| Characteristics(50 pts) |
Thorough coverage of the characteristics of the selected disability with no errors or serious omissions (50 pts) |
Most important characteristics covered, but 1-2 key issues missing; may have 1 error (43 pts) |
Limited explanation of content with no more than 2 errors (38 pts) |
| Interventions(100 pts) |
Thorough coverage of at least 3 research proven intervention techniques appropriate for the selected disability (100 pts) |
Contains 2 intervention techniques or coverage of one technique is vague. (85 pts) |
Vague coverage of all techniques (75 pts) |
| References(30 pts) |
5 professional sources, at least 4 from journal; match usage in text (30 pts) |
4 professional sources or one source doesn’t match text (25 pts) |
4 professional sources or 2 sources don’t match text (20 pts) |
| Style of writing(20 pts) |
Written in concise sentences with no more than 1 quote (20 pts) |
Written in wordy sentences and/or contains 2-3 quotes (15 pts) |
Rambling and/or contains more than 3 quotes (10 pts) |
| References(20 pts) |
All major elements in references are correct; references are alphabetized and have hanging indent (20 pts) |
May have 1-2 major element errors and references are not alphabetized or lacks hanging indent (15 pts) |
Has more than two major element errors and references are not alphabetized or lacks hanging indent (10 pts) |
| Citations (20 pts) |
Author(s), date, and page number when quoting in correct format; all unknown material in each paragraph has citation (20 pts) |
Author and date in most citations; most unknown material has citation (15 pts) |
Some kind of citation is provided for at least half of the body content (10 pts) |
| Paper (20 pts) |
Everything double-spaced; all pages have short header; title page, abstract, body, and reference page have all required parts (20 pts) |
May have three errors in any combination from correct format (15 pt) |
Has four or more errors in any combination from correct format (10 pts) |
| Mechanics of Writing (40 pts) |
Well-organized, correct grammar and syntax, no spelling or proofing errors (40 pts) |
Organized; may have 1 serious grammatical/syntax error and 4 spelling or proofing errors (32 pts) |
Limited organization or serious grammatical/syntax errors or numerous spelling/ Proofing errors (28 pts) |