CSUEB ILO Critical Thinking Rubric Approved by Academic Senate, March 2016 Description: Critical thinking is a habit of mind characterized by the comprehensive exploration of issues, ideas, artifacts, and events before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion. 4 3 2 1 Explanation of Explanation stated Explanation stated Explanation Explanation too issues clearly and less clearly and/or stated weak for necessary provides all provides mostly provides some understanding or relevant relevant relevant not provided. information information information necessary for full necessary for full necessary for understanding. understanding. understanding. Use of evidence Provides sufficient Provides some Provides little Lacks information information to information to information to to support claims support claims and support claims support claims and conclusions conclusions made. and conclusions and made. made. conclusions made. Context, Thoroughly Analyzes Minimally Fails to analyze analyzes strengths strengths and analyzes strengths and assumptions and weaknesses of weaknesses of strengths and weaknesses of one's own and one's own and weaknesses of one's own and others' others' one's own and others' assumptions; assumptions; others' assumptions; does carefully evaluates evaluates context. assumptions; not evaluate influence of minimally context. context. evaluates context. Alternative Carefully evaluates Evaluates most of Evaluates Evaluates viewpoints all relevant the relevant some of the little/none of the alternative alternative relevant relevant alternative viewpoints. viewpoints. alternative viewpoints. viewpoints. Statement of States a clear States a relatively States a Does not state a position position that is clear position that position that position. valid, original, has some validity, lacks validity, and/or innovative, originality and/or originality, as appropriate. innovation, as and/or appropriate. innovation. Conclusions, Conclusions, Conclusions, Conclusions, Conclusions, implications, implications, and implications, and implications, implications, and and consequences flow consequences and consequences do consequences from student’s generally flow consequences not flow from analysis. from student’s minimally flow student's analysis. analysis. from student’s analysis.
CSUEB ILO Critical Thinking Rubric Approved by Academic Senate, March 2016 Description: Critical thinking is a habit of mind characterized by the comprehensive exploration of issues, ideas, artifacts, and events before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion. 4 3 2 1 Explanation of issues Explanation stated clearly and provides all relevant information necessary for full understanding. Explanation stated less clearly and/or provides mostly relevant information necessary for full understanding. Explanation stated provides some relevant information necessary for understanding. Explanation too weak for necessary understanding or not provided. Use of evidence Provides sufficient information to support claims and conclusions made. Provides some information to support claims and conclusions made. Provides little information to support claims and conclusions made. Lacks information to support claims and conclusions made. Context, assumptions Thoroughly analyzes strengths and weaknesses of one's own and others' assumptions; carefully evaluates influence of context. Analyzes strengths and weaknesses of one's own and others' assumptions; evaluates context. Minimally analyzes strengths and weaknesses of one's own and others' assumptions; minimally evaluates context. Fails to analyze strengths and weaknesses of one's own and others' assumptions; does not evaluate context. Alternative viewpoints Carefully evaluates all relevant alternative viewpoints. Evaluates most of the relevant alternative viewpoints. Evaluates some of the relevant alternative viewpoints. Evaluates little/none of the relevant alternative viewpoints. Statement of position States a clear position that is valid, original, and/or innovative, as appropriate. States a relatively clear position that has some validity, originality and/or innovation, as appropriate. States a position that lacks validity, originality, and/or innovation. Does not state a position. Conclusions, implications, and consequences Conclusions, implications, and consequences flow from student’s analysis. Conclusions, implications, and consequences generally flow from student’s analysis. Conclusions, implications, and consequences minimally flow from student’s analysis. Conclusions, implications, and consequences do not flow from student's analysis.