– professional journal articles (scholarly journals) as sources. These professional journal articles should serve as the foundation of your paper.-You must include a reference page with your professional journal articles referenced APA style on a separate reference page. Papers that do not follow APA style will receive no credit. Papers containing plagiarism will receive no credit in addition to other possible academic penalties.

Grading Criteria for Feeding andNutrients Paper (100 points) Papers containing plagiarism will receive nocredit in addition to other possible academic penalties. See the Tips andTools icon for plagiarism avoidance.

1) Content, Understanding of Sources, and Overall Sophistication Lit Review (50 points possible) 

a.) Content (30; e.g.describe previous research and relevant issues) 

b.) Understanding ofmaterial (10; e.g. your description should make it clear you understand the research) 

c.) Used adequate (at least 5) primary sources (10) 

2) Integration and synthesis  

(30 points possible) 

Very important: How everything fits together and what it means as a whole from a scientific perspective. Emperical data vs. placebo effect explained in context of your food/nutrient. Less important: Use of real-life examples and/or personal anecdotes.   

3) Overall Quality of Presentation and Expression 

(20 points possible) 

APA style (the APA Publication Manual is your best source for APA style; do not rely on any other single source) 

Editing 

Grammar 

Vocabulary