Interdisciplinary Overuse Injuries in Young Athletes Capstone

Week Four Final Paper ChecklistDoes your cover page follow the correct APA format?
Does your introductory section end with the thesis
statement?
Does the thesis statement include the argument plus the
three supporting elements?
Are the supporting elements addressed in the paper in
the same order they are listed in the thesis statement?
Do the topic sentences for each new section begin with
a transitional word or phrase?
Does the body of the paper reveal balance in the
argument? (Thus, each supporting element section
contains about the same amount of information.)
Is the source support properly cited?
Do your citations match the reference entries?
Does the conclusion include a restated thesis statement
either in the first or second sentence? (Note: The
restated thesis should be a revised version, not the same
thesis used in the introduction.)
Is your reference page alphabetized?
Are your references formatted in proper APA format?
Do your references use hanging indentions?
Does your paper use 6-10 sources?
Are your sources current? (Sources no older than five
years are preferred, but up to ten years would be fine.)
Is your use of source support limited to no more than
20% of the paper? (If not, you will want to correct this
before submitting the final paper for a grade.)
Does your paper use one-inch margins?
Do your body paragraphs use a first-line indention of
one-half inch?
Is the font in the entire paper Times New Roman, 12point?
Does your paper make use of objective point of view
rather than subjective point of view? How do you know?
Does your paper use academic language only?
Does your paper include counterpoints and rebuttals?
Did you make use of Boolean operators when you were
searching for credible sources in the online library?
Did you review the rubric to be sure that you
understood how your paper would be scored?
Did you use the Keiser OWL as an added layer of review?
Did you use www.grammarly.com to check your paper
for any grammar and mechanics errors? (This is
encouraged, but it is not mandatory.)
Is the body of the essay (not including the title page and
reference page) 15-20 pages (or 4,000 words)?