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Personal interest paper 
Choose a “Topic of Personal Interest” for individual research. Be prepared to submit a 5- to 6-page paper within four Weeks. Choose any topic related to course content. Appropriate topics include: Issues of autonomy, gender roles, sexuality, self-concept, relationships, marriage, parenthood, teen parenting, grandparenthood, divorce, stepfamilies, child abuse, domestic violence, widowhood, death, bereavement, and other related subjects. For other ideas, refer to the text Table of Contents. In your paper, describe the problem, how it affects those involved, ways of preventing such problems, and approaches and resources for resolving or improving the problem. At least five sources of information are required, documented in APA style in-text citations and reference page
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Subject: Vocational  
Type: Writing  
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  Poor

2 pts

Fair

3 pts

Excellent

4 pts

APA Format

Poor

Major problems with APA format
Fair

Minor Mistakes in APA Format
Excellent

Meets all APA standards described in the APA manual
Grammar, Spelling, Syntax

Poor

Major problems with grammar, spelling and syntax. Resulting in an unclearly written paper
Fair

Minor problems with grammar, spelling and syntax. These problems should have a limited impact on the readability of the paper.
Excellent

Clearly written paper with no spelling, grammar or syntax errors.
Describe the problem

Poor

Fails to identify a problem associated with the topic
Fair

Identifies a problem associated with topic. provides limited background on the problem.
Excellent

Identifies a problem associated with topic. provides extensive background on the problem.
Effects and approaches

Poor

Fails to identify the effects of the identified problem with regards to adult development.
Fair

Identifies the effects of the identified problem with regards to adult development.
Excellent

Identifies the effects of the identified problem with regards to adult development.
Identifies best practice approaches to preventing or mitigating the identified problems.
References

Poor

No references cited
Fair

Three references cited
Excellent

Five or more references cited



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