Term+Papers

=Term Paper Guidelines= Each student will generate a term paper directly on the course’s Wiki Page. Topics will be selected from the list of course topics found online. The student working on a given topic will be responsible for leading the discussion on the relevant lecture day. The term paper is worth 40% of the final grade and the quality of the final and intermediate products should reflect this weight. The following intermediate deadlines will be used for developing the term papers.
 * Selection of topic - Due Jan 19; Feedback by Jan 21
 * Preliminary reference list – Due Jan 31; Feedback by Feb 7
 * Detailed outline – Due Feb 14; Feedback by Feb 21
 * 50% draft – Due Feb 28; Feedback by March 6
 * 90% draft – Due March 27; Feedback by April 3
 * Final draft – Due April 10; Feedback by April 17


 * Purpose - ** There are three main objectives behind the Wiki Term Paper:
 * 1) To allow everyone to develop in-depth knowledge on a specific restoration topic
 * 2) To produce a final class wiki that we can all use as a reference going forward in our professional careers
 * 3) To help all of us to make meaningful topic associations between different pages within our Wiki

**Target Audience -** The primary audience (reader) for your wiki is your fellow students. Write your Wikis with the same mindset that you use when developing your class presentation. The idea is to introduce the general principles and then to describe the state-of-knowledge and applications within restoration.

**"Topic Associations" -** This is one of the great strengths of a wiki and I can't wait to see this unfold! As I'm sure everyone has noticed, most of the topics we are covering this semester are closely related. As you build your wiki, please do your best to link-up to all of the other pages being developed by your colleagues. I'll help to play this role as well.


 * Grading -** You will be graded based on your ability to meet the project objectives based on the following scale.
 * || 50% Draft || 90% Draft || Final ||
 * Clearly state objectives || 25 pts || 10 pts || 5 pts ||
 * Logical outline and flow || 25 pts || 10 pts || 5 pts ||
 * Identified important references || 25 pts || 10 pts || 10 pts ||
 * Strong overview of general topic || 25 pts || 20 pts || 10 pts ||
 * Clear connections with restoration || 0 pts || 20 pts || 10 pts ||
 * Appropriately cross-referenced (linked-up) || 0 pts || 5 pts || 10 pts ||
 * Proper format and references || 0 pts || 5 pts || 10 pts ||
 * Written at proper level (for your colleagues) || 0 pts || 5 pts || 10 pts ||
 * Correct grammer and spelling || 0 pts || 5 pts || 10 pts ||
 * Quality of peer-reviews || 0 pts || 10 pts || 20 pts ||
 * **Total** || **100 pts** || **100 pts** || **100 pts** ||
 * Peer-Reviews** - Peer-review is an important process not only to improve the products being reviewed, but also to improve our own writing. At the conclusion of the 50% draft, each student will be assigned two wikis to peer review. Dr. Stone will provide a third review, and he will also evaluate the quality and value of the peer reviews. The peer-review will be worth 10 pts on your 90% draft. We will repeat this process on the 90% draft, and this will be worth 20 pts on your final draft. Dr. Stone will provide specific review guidelines that reflect the scale given above. Your grade will be based entirely on Dr. Stone's review (i.e. we're not //peer-grading//).

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