NAMES: ___________________________________________________

LAB/PROJECT NAME: ______________________________________

CHECKLIST FOR YOUR WRITING PROJECT

(adapted from a similar checklist by Annalisa Crannell, Franklin and Marshall College)

DIRECTIONS:

Please print this page and attach it with a paper-clip to your writing assignment when you turn it in.
This list will be used by your instructor to grade your assignment, and will be returned to you with comments.
Keep a copy of your paper for your own reference.
Please feel free to use this checklist as a guide for yourself while writing this assignment.
DOES THIS PAPER:

1. clearly (re)state the problem to be solved?

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2. clearly state answers in complete sentences that stand on their own? ________
3. clearly state the assumptions that underlie the formulas? ________
4. provide a paragraph that explains how the problem will be approached? ________
5. clearly label diagrams, tables, graphs, or other visual representations of the mathematics? ________
6. define all variables used? ________
7. explain how each formula or assertion is derived, or where it can be found? ________
8. give acknowledgement where it is due? ________
IN THIS PAPER,

9. are the spelling, grammar, and punctuation correct?

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10. is the mathematics correct? ________
11. did the writer(s) solve the question that was originally asked? ________

INSTRUCTOR'S COMMENTS: