B+: Very good. Solid achievement expected of most graduate students. B: Good. Acceptable achievement. B-: Acceptable achievement, but below what is generally expected of graduate students. A General Writing, Thinking and Presenting Rubric: C Below – Element A - Excellent B - Good Not Acceptable Standards Generalized Strong and A solid or vague specific argument argument argument No identifiable by a not easily identifiable reader though identifiable identifiable by argument. not perhaps to by a reader. intended Individual Argument the intended Some points audience. points lack or Thesis audience. reinforce the points and cohesion Most points argument, research and fail to reinforce the but many fail reinforce the express a argument to reinforce argument uniform idea. throughout the or relate to throughout the piece. the piece. argument. Clear presentation of critical thinking related to the Demonstrates issues, effective critical substance, thinking, but Overall central some points shallow argument and could be more Very little analysis of research. fully developed. analysis. topic. Need Easily May not be Discussion to delve understood by easily is entirely Critical deeper into intended understood by Thinking subject. audience. intended without and Supporting All facts, audience supporting, Analysis research is figures and Supporting either absent supporting research relates or or is not research relate to the central analyzing to the central argument and is any research and argument or mostly analyzed. thesis and are contextualized effectively and analyzed contextualized for a reader. and analyzed for intended audience. Ideas are fully Most ideas are Ideas are Difficult to developed. fully developed briefly of Ideas understand Overall the and thoughtful. explained,
B+: Very good. Solid achievement expected of most graduate students. B: Good. Acceptable achievement. B-: Acceptable achievement, but below what is generally expected of graduate students. A General Writing, Thinking and Presenting Rubric: Element A - Excellent B - Good C – Below Standards Not Acceptable Argument or Thesis Strong and specific argument easily identifiable by intended audience. points and research reinforce the argument throughout the piece. A solid argument identifiable by a reader though not perhaps to the intended audience. Most points reinforce the argument throughout the piece. Generalized or vague argument not identifiable by a reader. Some points reinforce the argument, but many fail to reinforce or relate to the argument. No identifiable argument. Individual points lack cohesion and fail to express a uniform idea. Critical Thinking and Analysis Clear presentation of critical thinking related to the issues, substance, central argument and research. Easily understood by intended audience. All facts, figures and supporting research relate to the central argument or thesis and are effectively contextualized and analyzed for intended audience. Demonstrates effective critical thinking, but some points could be more fully developed. May not be easily understood by intended audience Supporting research relates to the central argument and is mostly contextualized and analyzed for a reader. Overall shallow analysis of topic. Need to delve deeper into subject. Supporting research is either absent or is not and analyzed. Very little analysis. Discussion is entirely without supporting, or analyzing any research of Ideas Ideas are fully developed. Overall the Most ideas are fully developed and thoughtful. Ideas are briefly explained, Difficult to understand
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