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Research Paper Student Assessment

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Date:

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1. Is your title page formatted correctly?

  

2. Is your bibliography complete and formatted correctly? (alphabetized, outdented, not numbered, contains all required data).

  

3. Is your folder in order? Does it include all notes, rough drafts, outline, two copies of the final draft, etc.?

  

4. Your interview was one primary source. What was your other primary source? How was the primary source information included in your report? Explain.

5. What is the topic of your history research paper?
6. What is your thesis statement?
7. What are your two to three research questions?
8. How did you prove your thesis statement? Explain.
(Did you provide examples? Did you stick to the topic? Did the overview after each section of your work relate back to the thesis statement?)
9. How did you include your grandparent's or elder's story and yourself in the paper?
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10. Did you proofread and edit your work?

What kind of assistance did you get from the teacher, librarian, friend, family members, etc.? Briefly explain.

  
11. Did you closely follow the instructions and the directions for the entire process of researching and writing the history research paper?

Did you take notes on note cards?

Did you take notes on paper?

Did you cite all of your sources?

Did you write a complete outline?

 
  
12. What was your visual for the oral presentation?
13. Assess the quality of your work and your research. Include comments on what you liked about the project, and what you found difficult. What you would do differently if you could start again?

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