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The report meets these criteria:
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Beginning
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Developing
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Competent
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Proficient
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CONTENT
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Includes at least 10 verifiable facts about topic.
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Mentions at least three leading theories and discusses how reliable each theory is.
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Mentions the unexplained aspects and tells why they are unexplained.
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Gathered evidence in support of a thesis, including information on all relevant perspectives.
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Communicates information and ideas from primary and secondary sources accurately and coherently.
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Makes distinctions between the relative value and significance of specific data, facts, and ideas.
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RESEARCH AND CITATION
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Includes a bibliography of reference materials for a report using a variety of consumer, workplace, and public documents.
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Uses a variety of reference sources, including word, pictorial, audio, and Internet sources, to locate information in support of topic.
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Includes visual aids by using technology to organize and record information on charts, data tables, maps, and graphs.
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Demonstrates correct citation of sources, including direct quotations and paraphrased material.
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WRITING STYLE
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Anticipates and addresses readers' potential misunderstandings, biases, and expectations.
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Uses technical terms and notations accurately.
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Uses varied and expanded vocabulary.
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Uses appropriate tone and style.
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Final draft is legible, shows accurate spelling and correct use of conventions of punctuation and capitalization.
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Demonstrates appropriate manuscript conventions, including pagination, spacing and margins.
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Produced a paper of at least 1500 words.
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