Appendix Assessment Criteria - Essays – 70-100% 60-69% 50-59% 40-49% 30-39% Use a wide range of Include a fairly wide Include a range of Include a range of Have little or no material, the range of material, material which is material which has material relevant to relevance of which which is relevant to predominantly some relevance to the specified topic is immediately the specified topic relevant to the the specified topic area; apparent; area; specified topic area; area; Demonstrate an Demonstrate a Demonstrate a Demonstrate a good Demonstrate some excellent reasonable limited understanding of understanding of understanding of understanding of understanding of that area; that area; the topic area; that area; the area; Present an Present a clear and Present an Present a coherent identifiable consistent identifiable argument, with argument, but may argument, argument, with evidence of provide no evidence Present no producing some evidence of and/or of policy-based discernible and/or policy-based and/or theoretical and/or theoretical argument; theoretical theoretical recommendations recommendations recommendations recommendations where appropriate; where that is where appropriate; where appropriate; appropriate; Have a very good Have a good Have a recognisable structure, which Have an excellent structure which structure, though might have an structure, with a might have a the introduction and introduction or a directive the conclusion may conclusion that is introduction and a introduction or fairly be weak, but which Have a weak, almost not entirely clear conclusion, weak conclusion, nevertheless non-existent definitive, but which have provided providing something provides a structure notwithstanding will a vehicle for the of a framework for framework, albeit provide a reliable central argument the central shaky, for the vehicle for the presented; argument central argument central argument presented; presented; presented; Has stylistic Have no significant problems, in terms Have major stylistic Have a few stylistic No major stylistic stylistic of spelling, grammar problems which problems in relation problems in relation shortcomings, in etc, but not to the impact upon the to spelling, grammar to spelling, grammar relations to spelling, extent that they argument and focus etc. etc. grammar etc. serve to obscure the of the essay argument presented Meets to some Conform to the Conform to the Mainly conform to Fail to conform to extent the bibliographic and bibliographic and the bibliographic the bibliographic bibliographic and referencing referencing and referencing and referencing referencing standards specified. standards specified. standards specified. standards specified standards specified.
Appendix – Assessment Criteria - Essays 70-100% 60-69% 50-59% 40-49% 30-39% Use a wide range of material, the relevance of which is immediately apparent; Include a fairly wide range of material, which is relevant to the specified topic area; Include a range of material which is predominantly relevant to the specified topic area; Include a range of material which has some relevance to the specified topic area; Have little or no material relevant to the specified topic area; Demonstrate an excellent understanding of the topic area; Demonstrate a good understanding of that area; Demonstrate a reasonable understanding of that area; Demonstrate some understanding of that area; Demonstrate a limited understanding of the area; Present a clear and consistent argument, producing and/or theoretical recommendations where appropriate; Present a coherent argument, with evidence of and/or theoretical recommendations where appropriate; Present an identifiable argument, with some evidence of policy-based and/or theoretical recommendations where appropriate; Present an identifiable argument, but may provide no evidence of policy-based and/or theoretical recommendations where that is appropriate; Present no discernible argument; Have an excellent structure, with a directive introduction and a clear conclusion, which have provided a vehicle for the central argument presented; Have a very good structure, which might have an introduction or a conclusion that is not entirely definitive, but notwithstanding will provide a reliable vehicle for the central argument presented; Have a good structure which might have a introduction or fairly weak conclusion, providing something of a framework for the central argument presented; Have a recognisable structure, though the introduction and the conclusion may be weak, but which nevertheless provides a framework, albeit shaky, for the central argument presented; Have a weak, almost non-existent structure Have no significant stylistic shortcomings, in relations to spelling, grammar etc. Have a few stylistic problems in relation to spelling, grammar etc. No major stylistic problems in relation to spelling, grammar etc. Has stylistic problems, in terms of spelling, grammar etc, but not to the extent that they serve to obscure the argument presented Have major stylistic problems which impact upon the argument and focus of the essay Conform to the bibliographic and referencing standards specified. Conform to the bibliographic and referencing standards specified. Mainly conform to the bibliographic and referencing standards specified. Meets to some extent the bibliographic and referencing standards specified. Fail to conform to the bibliographic and referencing standards specified
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