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Developmental topic of personal interest Developmental topic of personal interest o Choose a “Developmental Topic of Personal Interest” for individual research. Be prepared to submit a 5- to 6-page paper in Week Four. o Choose any topic related to course content. Appropriate topics include: Issues of autonomy, gender roles, sexuality, self-concept, relationships, marriage, parenthood, grandparenthood, divorce, stepfamilies, widowhood, death, bereavement, and other related subjects. For other ideas, refer to the text Table of Contents. o 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 Rubric Code: W24W2X By gevans Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Humanities Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

Adult Developmental Topic
	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 adult development	Fair Identifies a problem associated with adult development. provides limited background on the problem.	Excellent Identifies a problem associated with adult development. 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 peer reviewed references cited