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CHECKLIST FOR YOUR WRITING PROJECT
DIRECTIONS:
Please attach this page 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.
Not all items below will be equally weighted.
DOES THIS PAPER  

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

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2. state the answer in a complete sentence which stands on its own?

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3. clearly state the assumptions which underlie the formulas?

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4. provide a paragraph which explains how the problem will be
approached? 		________
5. clearly label diagrams, tables, graphs, or other other visual representations of the math (if these are indeed used)? ________

6. define all variables used?

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7. explain how each formula is derived, or where it can be found?

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8. give acknowledgement where it is due (if you received help)?

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IN THIS PAPER,  

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

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10. is the mathematics correct?

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11. did the writer solve the question that was originally asked?

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COMMENTS:

For more information, see Crannell, Annalisa, "How to Grade 300 Mathematical Essays and Survive to tell the Tale," PRIMUS 4, 3 (1994), 193-201.