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Checklist and Grading Scale

for the Case Study or Personal Project

  The checked statements in Section I are common problem areas that apply to your paper. Checks in Section II designate several particularly strong areas that apply to the paper.

 Section I:

         [    ]       Your paper should be neater and more error free

         [    ]       Your paper should have a better introductory paragraph.

         [    ]       The punctuation and grammar need attention.

         [    ]       The spelling and typos must be improved

         [    ]       I found one or more incomplete or confusing sentences, marked by a “?”

         [    ]       Vary your writing more (i.e., sentences are bland and uncreative or you     

                 get into a rut with similar style).

         [    ]       The general “flow” of your paper is weak.  Some sentences seem to have nothing to do with the one previous to it (marked by a *).

         [    ]       You have done a good job with sentence and paragraph construction, but not exceptional.  Note my comments in the margins.

         [    ]       The paper is adequate, but it lacks the in-depth analysis which a few others had (examples:  speculating about the discrepancies in the various profiles,  analyzing the item content to explain why your response was a certain way, or backing up assertions by specific facts or events).

         [    ]       The overall quality of your paper can be improved.  It is:

                      [    ]   too brief (you have used broad generalizations and have not fulfilled the purpose of the paper)

                      [    ]   too long (you overdo it by being wordy—learn to edit your own work)

                      [    ]  lacking in “sparkle” and creative sentence structure

                      [    ]  filled with cliches and stereotyped phrases (e.g., “I really learned a lot,” “I know a lot more about my personality now,” and so forth)

                      [    ] not in compliance with APA style format.  Specifically, no pagination (  ), incorrect citation format (   ), margins overly small or large (   ), other (   ).

  Section II:

        [    ]       Fairly well written (not exceptional). . . nice flow, good sentences and logic

        [    ]       Very neat and clean (virtually error free) but lacks the “sparkle” or readability of the best papers

        [    ]       Your paper demonstrates some excellent insight and/or creativity, as well as exceptional effort on your part.

Overall effectiveness:     Poor              Fair              Good                Excellent

Comments:                                                                                    Grade: