Category III: Critical Thinking/Developing Content Score 5: Excellent In all essays, topics are analyzed, synthesized, and evaluated The writer offers elaborated, in depth. complex thinking. Score 4: Good to Very Good In nearly all essays, topics are analyzed, synthesized, and evaluated The writer offers in general. often elaborated, complex thinking. Score 3: Fair In nearly all essays, topics are analyzed and synthesized The writer offers sufficiently. sometimes elaborated, complex thinking. Score 2: Marginal In most essays, topics are not analyzed or developed beyond supplying some examples to support the writer’s points. There is little evidence of elaborated, complex thinking, regardless of essay length. Score 1 Poor to Very Poor In all or nearly all essays, topics are not examined, developed, or supported beyond a very superficial treatment. Essays are very short and underdeveloped. Category IV: Using Texts or Sources Score 5: Excellent The writer’s use of material from other texts is expertly managed. Score 4: Good to Very Good The writer uses material from other texts to explore, construct, and develop his/her own ideas. Incorporation of quotations, paraphrase, or summary into the writer’s text is and the graceful, relationship between the source material and the writer’s ideas is clear and logical. Score 3: Fair The writer uses material from other texts, but source material or is not as well sometimes dominates integrated as in a Incorporation of quotations, paraphrase or summary is but not adequate, “4.” particularly graceful OR the relationship between writer’s text and source material is sometimes not signaled. Score 2: Marginal The writer allows source material to dominate OR incorporation of quotations, paraphrase or often summary is OR relationship between writer’s text and source material is clumsy unclear or sometimes illogical. Score 1: Poor to Very Poor The writer he/she can use material from other sources. The use of quotations, does not demonstrate paraphrase or summary is OR there is little evidence of sources extremely disruptive, unclear, or illogical used.
Category III: Critical Thinking/Developing Content Score 5: Excellent In all essays, topics are analyzed, synthesized, and evaluated in depth. The writer offers elaborated, complex thinking. Score 4: Good to Very Good In nearly all essays, topics are analyzed, synthesized, and evaluated in general. The writer often offers elaborated, complex thinking. Score 3: Fair In nearly all essays, topics are analyzed and synthesized sufficiently. The writer sometimes offers elaborated, complex thinking. Score 2: Marginal In most essays, topics are not analyzed or developed beyond supplying some examples to support the writer’s points. There is little evidence of elaborated, complex thinking, regardless of essay length. Score 1 Poor to Very Poor In all or nearly all essays, topics are not examined, developed, or supported beyond a very superficial treatment. Essays are very short and underdeveloped. Category IV: Using Texts or Sources Score 5: Excellent The writer’s use of material from other texts is expertly managed. Score 4: Good to Very Good The writer uses material from other texts to explore, construct, and develop his/her own ideas. Incorporation of quotations, paraphrase, or summary into the writer’s text is graceful, and the relationship between the source material and the writer’s ideas is clear and logical. Score 3: Fair The writer uses material from other texts, but sometimes source material dominates or is not as well integrated as in a “4.” Incorporation of quotations, paraphrase or summary is adequate, but not particularly graceful OR the relationship between writer’s text and source material is sometimes not signaled. Score 2: Marginal The writer often allows source material to dominate OR incorporation of quotations, paraphrase or summary is clumsy OR relationship between writer’s text and source material is unclear or sometimes illogical. Score 1: Poor to Very Poor The writer does not demonstrate he/she can use material from other sources. The use of quotations, paraphrase or summary is extremely disruptive, unclear, or illogical OR there is little evidence of sources used.
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