( Latest Revision: Feb 07, 2013 ) reviewCriteria

reviewCriteria


Communication Networks -- CS 3000

These are some guidelines to help the grading process on the reviews.  It is 
an attempt to associate point deductions with faults that may be encountered 
in the student papers.

(-20)  Missing copy of article                                      (-20)
(-30)  Inappropriate choice of article                              (-30)
(-02)  Some Difficulty reading copy or photocopy                    (-02)
(-05)  Significant difficulty reading copy or photocopy             (-05)
(-10)  Article too short.                                           (-10)
(-20)  Article MUCH too short.                                      (-20)
(-40)  Article RIDICULOUSLY short.                                  (-40)
(-05)  Article older than required (5 pts per year)                 (-05)

(-05)  Review not double spaced                                     (-05)
(-05)  Review not done on 8-1/2 by 11 inch paper                    (-05)

(-05)  Wrong font size in review                                    (-05)

(-02)  Wrong relative font size in header and/or footer             (-02)
(-03)  Inadequate space between document body and header or footer. (-03)
(-01)  Item missing from header                                     (-01)
(-05)  Missing Header (completely)                                  (-05)
(-03)  Missing Header (from all but first page)                     (-03)
(-05)  Missing footer                                               (-05)
(-05)  Missing page numbers                                         (-05)
(-02)  Page numbers do not progress                                 (-02)

(-05)  Missing Title                                                (-05)
(-02)  Title in header                                              (-02)
(-02)  Title not centered                                           (-02)
(-03)  Wrong font size in title                                     (-03)
(-03)  Inadequate space between title and main document             (-03)

(-05)  Use of right *and* left justification.                       (-05)

(-05)  Paragraphs not indented                                      (-05)

(-04)  Margins not set correctly                                    (-04)

(-05)  New review starts, but not on a new page.                    (-05)

(-15)  Review about a half page too short.                          (-05)
(-15)  Review about a page too short.                               (-10)
(-15)  Review about a page and a half too short.                    (-15)
(-75?) Review MUCH too short.                                       (-75?)
(-03)  Review too long.                                             (-03)

(-10)  Article not cited                                            (-10)
(-03)  Missing item from citation (each)                            (-03)

Other possible deductions:
(-15)  Inadequate article summary.                                  (-15)
(-15)  Most discussion of article missing -- what you learned, etc. (-15)
(-15)  Vague wording -- extremely uninformative prose.              (-15)