GROUP NO.

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CATEGORY Excellent Competent Needs Improvement Incomplete RATING

10 – 9 8–7 6–4 3–0
Cover page is Cover page is Cover page is Paper did not
Cover included in the included in the included in the paper include this
paper, complete paper, complete but incomplete and element.
and without but with with misspelled
misspelled words. misspelled words. words.
Research The title is clear, The title is clear, The title is unclear. Paper did not
Title variables are well variables are well include this
stated and the stated; however, element.
number of words is the number of
less than fifteen. words exceeds
fifteen.
Introduction An intriguing A fairly well Introduction is not Lacks a proper
introduction based formulated well constructed, introduction.
on facts leads introduction with uninteresting, or
clearly into the some evidence to does not lead into the
research proposal support the topic research proposal.
leads into the
research proposal.
Problem Stated the research Fairly well posed Statement of the Lacks a proper
Statement problem clearly, statement of the problem is notstatement of the
and provided problem that clearly stated and/or problem.
motivation for provides evidence lacks quality
Evidence
undertaking the but the evidence evidence to support presented does
research. is not as strong as the problem. not support the
it could be. problem
statement.
Purpose of Very clearly stated Fairly well stated Purpose of the study Lacks a purpose
the Study the purpose of the purpose of the is not clearly stated of study
study and study but did not and/or the value is statement.
demonstrated its demonstrate its not stated.
potential value. potential value.
Research Well stated Fairly well stated Stated hypothesis is Lacks a
Hypothesis research hypothesis hypothesis based unclear based on the hypothesis.
based on the on the purpose of purpose of the study.
purpose of the the study.
study.
Literature Demonstrated basic Demonstrated Unclearly mentioned Did not mention
Review knowledge of basic knowledge some previous work any previous
literature in the of literature or in the area. research,
area, and of prior previous research literature, or
work on the in the area, but theories.
specific research did not mention
problem. any theories.
Mentioned at least
1 theory.
Methods Clear list of Minor errors or Some details missing Major details are
methods, well- omissions in the in the methods missing from the
described, methods portion. sections, but still methods.
containing all clear what
essential experiments will be
information. completed.
References References are References are References are given No references
given for more than given for 2 for more than 1 are provided, or
2 relevant sources. relevant sources. relevant source. they are not cited
Appropriate Appropriate Appropriate citation correctly.
citation style is citation style is style is used.
used. used.
Writing Very well written Well written Fairly written Poorly written
Mechanics proposal with few proposal with few proposal that lacks paper that lacks
grammatical errors. grammatical clarity; has poor organization.
Adheres to all the errors. Adheres to transition sentences. There are
proposal writing most of the There are several multiple
format proposal writing grammatical errors.
grammatical
requirements as format Adheres to most of
presented in the requirements as the proposal writing errors. Fails to
guidelines. presented in the format requirements adhere to the
guidelines. as presented in the proposal
guidelines. writing format
requirements as
presented in the
guidelines.
TOTAL