EDUC 816 Purpose Statement and Central Research Question Assignment Instructions Overview The purpose statement introduces the purpose of the applied research study. The purpose of the research shoul

Criteria

Levels of Achievement

Content

Advanced

Proficient

Developing

Not Present

Quality of Information

32 to 35 points

The purpose statement and research question clearly follow the required template.

29 to 31 points

The purpose statement and research question loosely follow the required template.

1 to 28 points

The purpose statement and research question do not follow the required template.

0 points

Not present

Content

41 to 45 points

The information in the purpose statement is well developed, concisely written, and clearly related to the research question. The Purpose Statement includes three forms of data collection. The first form of data collection is interviews.

38 to 40 points

The information in the purpose statement is somewhat developed and/or concisely written and/or clearly related to the research question. The Purpose Statement includes three forms of data collection. The first form of data collection is interviews.

1 to 37 points

The information in the purpose statement is not well developed and/or not concisely written and/or not clearly related to the research question. The Purpose Statement contains fewer than three forms of data collection.

0 points

Not present

Structure

Advanced

Proficient

Developing

Not Present

Mechanics & Format

18 to 20 points

Minimal or no grammatical, spelling, and/or punctuation errors are present, and the document is written in current APA format. Contains a perfectly formatted title page.

17 points

A few grammatical, spelling, and/or punctuation errors are present, and/or errors in current APA format are found. Title page has an error(s).

1 to 16 points

Many grammatical, spelling, and/or punctuation errors are present, and/or errors in current APA format are found. Missing title page.

0 points

Not present