Name: _____________________  Topic: ______________________    Score: ___/50

 

Written Presentation Outline Component of Research Assignment

 

I.  What I am Looking For:       

 

A.      Completeness and Detail (concise and to the point)

1. Opening introduction statement

2. Preview - Table of Contents List

3. Clearly stated Purpose of the Research

4. Complete & Well-organized Body of data, concepts, and thoughts

5. Summary

6. Concluding statement

7. Bibliography

B.      Focused Topic (narrowed down to manageable breadth)

C.      Focused Purpose – Becoming an Expert in a particular niche

D.      Interesting choice of topic

E.       Accurate, up-to-date, high quality information

F.      Thoughtful analysis

G.      Minimum of Two pages with at least 600 words (can be it up to four pages with 1000 words)

 

II. Rubric: Mandatory Components of this Research Assignment

 

     ___  A.  Introduction, Content List, and Stated Purpose of Presentation (6 Pts)

 

     ___  B.  Outlined Body of Research (35 Pts)

ü     Must be in an outlined format.   Check my outlines for examples.

ü     Well-organized, complete, informative, and accurate subtopics of your research topic.

ü     Must be thorough (include all your data) and reflect everything that you will actually cover in your oral presentation.

ü     If in doubt, show me a rough draft prior to the submittal deadline.

 

      ___ C.  Summary/Conclusion of your research  (4 Pts)

ü     Make sure to clearly state, in a "nutshell", what you have just presented above in Part B. AND your own thoughts and reflections on how your research has enlightened you on your chosen topic.

 

      ___ D. Bibliography (5 Pts)

ü     Minimum of five references - at least two must be from hardcopy

ü     Correct format

 

      ___E.  Outline should be 2 or more pages long (600 words or more w/ 1.5 spacing)

    

    ___ F. Total Earned Points (Out of possible 50 points)