Internal and External Stakeholders Identified

Stakeholders and/or roles are not clearly identified.

Most stakeholders and their roles are identified near beginning or at some point in the paper.

All stakeholders and their roles are clearly identified early in paper.

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Reasons in support of the claim

Most reasons are weak or not stated.

Insufficient support for claim, articulating few or no positive or negative influences on stakeholders.

Most reasons are strong.

Sufficient support for claim, articulating some positive or negative influences on stakeholders.

All reasons are strong. Solid support for claim, articulating important positive or negative influences on stakeholders.

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Reasons against the claim

Alternative viewpoints identified insufficiently or not at all.

Most important strengths and weaknesses in comparison to claim not identified.

Counter argument to alternatives not stated or developed insufficiently and does not show that the paper’s claim is still valid.

Alternative viewpoints identified sufficiently.

Most important strengths and weaknesses in comparison to claim addressed.

Counter argument to alternatives developed sufficiently and shows that paper’s claim is still valid.

Alternative viewpoints identified very clearly.

All important strengths and weaknesses in comparison to claim fully addressed.

Counter argument to alternatives developed fully and shows that the paper’s claim is still valid.

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Organization and Clarity

Insufficient organization with little or no introduction, few or no transitions;

insufficient conclusion.

Sufficient organization with clear introduction; some transitions, conclusion.

Solid organization with strong introduction, helpful transitions, effective conclusion.

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Writing – Grammar, spelling, punctuation

Sentence / paragraph structure, spelling, and punctuation

(6 + different errors: Many issues)

Sentence / paragraph structure, spelling, and punctuation

(4 – 5 different errors: Minor issues)

Sentences / paragraph structure, spelling, and punctuation

(0 – 3 different errors)

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APA

Insufficient application of APA conventions:

Title page, font and spacing, pagination, in text citations, and reference page. (6 + different errors; significant issues with APA application)

Sufficient application of APA conventions:

Title page, font and spacing, pagination, in text citations, and reference page. (4 – 5 different errors; minor issues with APA)

Exemplary application of APA conventions:

Title page, font and spacing, pagination, in text citations, and reference page. (0 – 3 different errors

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