Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/Boston College/Developmental Biology (Spring 2013)/Grading

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Grading
The project is worth 100 points total, and will be graded in parts:

As long as you post your proposal by the due date, you will receive the points. If you do not get your subject approved, you will not get credit for any of the assignment.
 * Part 1: Proposal--10 points


 * Part 2: Written Article--75 points


 * Part 3: Peer Review--15 points

Ways to Lose Points

As mentioned above, if you are late turning in any portion of the assignment, you will lose 5 points per day (including weekend and holidays) late. I will try and remind you of due dates, but turning things in on time is ultimately up to you and your partner. If you create a separate mainspace page for your topic instead of using your user subpage during the proposal period or instead of editing the stub directly after your proposal is accepted, you will lose 10 points.

Grading rubric Wikipedia Writing Assignment (Written article = 75 of 100 points)
Format (15 pts): Content (60 pts): ______ Introduction summarizes the subject according to Wikipedia standards ______In-paper citations are present and used correctly according to Wikipedia format see Citing sources ______ Bibliography includes at least 5 secondary resources, and is formatted correctly according to Wikipedia format ______ Body of the paper encompasses all reasonably researched information on the subject. Paper should conform to Wikipedia writing standards (Neutral point of view) and explore chosen subject in adequate detail. (Note: “adequate detail” means I shouldn’t be able to do a quick literature search and find information not included in the paper. I want you to search current and past literature and summarize all the information you find into an easy-to-read and understand paper. If you are missing major bits of information, or have included incorrect information without citations to back up your findings, you will lose points here). ______ Body includes a section on “current” or “future” research that touches on any on-going investigations in chosen area which may not be published yet, or are in the process of being published. ______ All attempts were made to address and fix any and all comments/suggestions given by the course and Wikipedia community during peer review. If the change was not made, adequate explanation was given (which did not include "this is for an research assignment, so leave us alone)  Ways to Lose Points  ______ Minus 5 points per day late  ______ Creating a separate topic page outside of your user space  ______ Evidence of plagiarism found (Please see BC's Academic Integrity Policy for more information)  ______ More than 2 direct quotes in the paper, minus 5 points per extra quote   Extra Credit  ______ If your article is chosen as a Good Article, you will receive 25 extra credit points
 * Paper is on one of the assigned topics and was approved
 * Paper is at least 6 paragraphs in length of actual writing
 * Paper follows the standard Wikipedia structure for good, full length articles
 * There is no more than one grammatical/spelling error throughout the paper (everybody gets 1 mistake for free!). Note that this includes spurious capitalisation, eg. Frontal Lobe Epilepsy rather than frontal lobe epilepsy.

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