Part 1, Overall Evaluation:

• Draft Status:

  • a complete draft, acceptable as a final draft
  • significant work, but not complete but deserves minor revisions
  • multiple problems obscure content and inhibit suggestions for improvement

• Impact:

  • SOLD: the motivation, problem, context, methods, & success criteria are clear. I'm convinced of the worthiness of the venture and the author's imminent success in this endeavor.
  • Maybe if you told me more... : topic is identified, but other elements are vague or omitted.
  • Frightened: I don't understand enough to comment further.

• Section Structure:

  • each section well structured, with an overview &/or connection to the project as appropriate. the structure emphasizes what's important. information appears in the appropriate sections. appropriate use of tables and figures.
  • overall structure is discernable, but deserves improvement
  • unclear structure in more than one section of the report or repeated organizational problems that interfere with the proposal's coherence.

• Paragraph Structure:

  • each paragraph is unified around a single topic. topic sentences are apt. information order and connectivity succeed. not too long, not too short.
  • paragraphs are understandable, but occasional problems with structure and connectivity persist
  • repeated problems at the paragraph level interfere with my understanding of this proposal.

• Sentence Structure & Word Choice:

  • grammar, word choice, verb tense, pronouns all flawless
  • some re-occurring problems that do not interfere
  • sentence and word level problems interfere with my understanding of this proposal.

Part 2, Proposal-specific Information:

• Is the general problem clear?
  

• Is the specific problem clear?
  

• Is the motivation clear? Is the specific problem important?
  

• Is the context clear? Is the relationship between the literature and the proposed project clear?
  

• Does the solution constitute a well thought out plan?
  

• Has the author demonstrated sufficient mastery of the subject matter to inspire confidence in his/her ability to complete this project?

Part 3, What needs the most work:

• What parts of the draft that deserve further revision. What sort of revision is needed?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• What needs are not met by the text. As the reader, what else do you need to know to understand and evaluate this thesis project?