GRADING GUIDELINES FOR CVE 581/582 PROGRESS REPORT

SEMINAR

Oral Presentation = 40
Written Presentation= 60
The suggested breakdowns for the WRITTEN PRESENTATION are
as follows
- Technical Content = 40
o Abstract in one block 5.0 mks
o Logical introduction including well-stated Aim and Objectives
15.0 mks
o Literature Review
5.0 mks
o Sufficiency and adequacy of stated method
15.0 mks

- Referencing = 10
o Compliance to Departmental Style 3.0 mks
o Varieties in Citation 2.0 mks
o References (numbers of Authors) 5.0 marks
11 20 = 1 marks
21 30 = 2 marks
31 40 = 3 marks
41 50 = 4 marks
> 51 = 5 marks

- Presentation = 10
o Cover design 2,0 mks
o Pagination (as appropriate) 2.0 mks
o Justification 2.0 mk
o Tables/Figures appropriately titled 2,0 mks
o Consistency of Paragraphing style
2.0 mks
Examples of variety of citations, using more than two (2) authors
as illustrations:
1. According to Wazobia et al. (2017), black is black and white is
white. .
2. In the investigation conducted by Wazobia et al. (2017), black is
black and white
3. Black is black and white is white (Wazobia et al., 2017)
4. Wazobia et al. (2017) concluded (or showed or demonstrated) that
black is black and white is white
5. In their own work, Wazobia et al. (2017) said that black is black and
white is white
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6. The work of Wazobia et al. (2017) showed (or demonstrated) that
black is black . .
7. It can be concluded from the findings of WAZOBIA et al. (2017) that
black is . . .

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