EASTWOODS College of Science and Technology

San Ramon, Dinalupihan, Bataan

Telefax No. (047) 636-1571

Second Quarterly Examination

Practical Research 1

GRADING RUBRIC FOR A RESEARCH PAPER—out of 75 points total

CATEGORY 15 points 10 points 7 points 5 point

Introduction/ exceptional introduction proficient basic introduction that weak or no

Thesis that grabs interest of introduction that is states topic but lacks introduction of
____ reader and states topic. interesting and states interest. topic.
thesis is exceptionally topic. thesis is somewhat paper’s purpose is
clear, well-developed, thesis is clear and clear and arguable. unclear/thesis is
and a definitive arguable statement weak or missing.
statement. of position.

Content paper is exceptionally information relates to information relates to information has

knowledge: Quality researched, contains 3 the main topic. the main topic, but little or nothing to
of Research peer reviewed articles, Paper, is well- few details and/or do with the thesis.
the 3 articles relate to researched in detail examples are given. information has
the thesis argument in a and from 3 good Shows a limited weak or no
____
logical manner. sources. References variety of sources. connection to the
References are correctly are correctly cited References are not thesis. References
cited cited correctly are not cited
correctly.

Content exceptionally critical, consistent some connections limited or no

application: relevant and consistent connections made made between connections made
Support of Thesis connections made between evidence evidence and thesis. between evidence
and Analysis between evidence and and thesis some analysis. and thesis.
thesis. good analysis. lack of analysis.
____
excellent analysis.

Conclusion excellent summary of good summary of basic summary of lack of summary of

____ thesis argument with topic with clear topic with some final topic.
concluding ideas that concluding ideas. concluding ideas.
impact reader. introduces no new introduces no new
introduces no new information. information.
information.

Writing Writing is clear and Most ideas are stated Many ideas require Paper does not
____ relevant, with no clearly and are clarification and/or meet the criteria for
grammatical and/or related to the topic, are off-topic or have the assignment (too
spelling errors – polished with only minor marginal relevance to short or incomplete,
and professional. grammatical and/or the assignment. Many too long, and/or
Reference section spelling errors. grammatical and/or completely off-
properly formatted. Reference section spellings errors topic). Reference
adequate. throughout the paper. section missing.
The paper is very
challenging to read
due to poor writing
flow. Improper
reference section.

“Advancing Your Knowledge & Skills for Global Competitiveness”

 EASTWOODS College of Science and Technology
San Ramon, Dinalupihan, Bataan
Telefax No. (047) 636-1571

Second Quarterly Examination

Practical Research 2

GRADING RUBRIC FOR A RESEARCH PAPER—out of 75 points total

CATEGORY 15 points 10 points 7 points 5 point

Introduction/ exceptional introduction proficient basic introduction that weak or no

Thesis that grabs interest of introduction that is states topic but lacks introduction of
____ reader and states topic. interesting and states interest. topic.
thesis is exceptionally topic. thesis is somewhat paper’s purpose is
clear, well-developed, thesis is clear and clear and arguable. unclear/thesis is
and a definitive arguable statement weak or missing.
statement. of position.

Content paper is exceptionally information relates to information relates to information has

knowledge: Quality researched, contains 3 the main topic. the main topic, but little or nothing to
of Research peer reviewed articles, Paper, is well- few details and/or do with the thesis.
the 3 articles relate to researched in detail examples are given. information has
the thesis argument in a and from 3 good Shows a limited weak or no
____
logical manner. sources. References variety of sources. connection to the
References are correctly are correctly cited References are not thesis. References
cited cited correctly are not cited
correctly.

Content exceptionally critical, consistent some connections limited or no

application: relevant and consistent connections made made between connections made
Support of Thesis connections made between evidence evidence and thesis. between evidence
and Analysis between evidence and and thesis some analysis. and thesis.
thesis. good analysis. lack of analysis.
____
excellent analysis.

Conclusion excellent summary of good summary of basic summary of lack of summary of

____ thesis argument with topic with clear topic with some final topic.
concluding ideas that concluding ideas. concluding ideas.
impact reader. introduces no new introduces no new
introduces no new information. information.
information.

Writing Writing is clear and Most ideas are stated Many ideas require Paper does not
____ relevant, with no clearly and are clarification and/or meet the criteria for
grammatical and/or related to the topic, are off-topic or have the assignment (too
spelling errors – polished with only minor marginal relevance to short or incomplete,
and professional. grammatical and/or the assignment. Many too long, and/or
Reference section spelling errors. grammatical and/or completely off-
properly formatted. Reference section spellings errors topic). Reference
adequate. throughout the paper. section missing.
The paper is very
challenging to read
due to poor writing
flow. Improper
reference section.

“Advancing Your Knowledge & Skills for Global Competitiveness”