Totally No or little accurate factual material or the No significant attempt to Little organisation of text and/or dreadful inadequate answer may be totally irrelevant. write about the subject. expression and clarity. Bad fail (0 - 19) QUALITATIVE CRITERIA FOR ASSESSMENT OF LEVEL 1 AND 2 COURSEWORK ESSAYS GRADE CONTENT INTERPRETATION PRESENTATION Almost faultless at this level with respect Excellent use of literature (as appropriate Excellent presentation and use of illustrative to: organisation, clarity of expression, for the level) with attempts at critical material (as appropriate for the level). 80 - 100 coherence of argument, factual accuracy analysis, originality or independent Extremely well written style, spelling, – and selection of material. thought. grammar are almost faultless. Correct length and citation of references. Overall, conforms to School guidelines in their entirety. Good structure and clarity. Logically Good understanding and integration of Good presentation and use of illustrative material presented with well focused arguments concepts. Accurate use of relevant (as appropriate for the level). 70 79 – and conclusions on evidence. literature (as appropriate for the level). Fluent writing style, good grammar and accurate Comprehensive and accurate coverage spelling. Correct length and proper citation of of subject. references in text and reference list. Sound structure, clearly written, relevant Evidence of understanding and Sound use of language but may contain minor and mostly accurate. May lack depth integration of concepts. Some attempt to errors of grammar and spelling. Appropriate use 60 - 69 and/or breadth of information. use literature to support arguments (as of diagrams and/or tables. Correct length but appropriate for the level). may contain minor errors in citation of references in text and reference list. Basic framework is sound. Broadly Limited understanding and integration of Acceptable use of language but may lack fluency relevant but limited treatment of subject, concepts. No use of the literature (as and contain occasional errors of grammar and 50 - 59 some factual errors or omissions. appropriate for the level). spelling. Adequate use diagrams and figures plus some attempt to place these in context. May not
Bad fail (0 - 19) Totally inadequate No or little accurate factual material or the answer may be totally irrelevant. No significant attempt to write about the subject. Little organisation of text and/or dreadful expression and clarity. QUALITATIVE CRITERIA FOR ASSESSMENT OF LEVEL 1 AND 2 COURSEWORK ESSAYS GRADE CONTENT INTERPRETATION PRESENTATION 80 - 100 Almost faultless at this level with respect to: organisation, clarity of expression, coherence of argument, factual accuracy and selection of material. Excellent use of literature (as appropriate for the level) with attempts at critical analysis, originality or independent thought. Excellent presentation and use of illustrative material (as appropriate for the level). Extremely well written – style, spelling, grammar are almost faultless. Correct length and citation of references. Overall, conforms to School guidelines in their entirety. 70 – 79 Good structure and clarity. Logically presented with well focused arguments and conclusions on evidence. Comprehensive and accurate coverage of subject. Good understanding and integration of concepts. Accurate use of relevant literature (as appropriate for the level). Good presentation and use of illustrative material (as appropriate for the level). Fluent writing style, good grammar and accurate spelling. Correct length and proper citation of references in text and reference list. 60 - 69 Sound structure, clearly written, relevant and mostly accurate. May lack depth and/or breadth of information. Evidence of understanding and integration of concepts. Some attempt to use literature to support arguments (as appropriate for the level). Sound use of language but may contain minor errors of grammar and spelling. Appropriate use of diagrams and/or tables. Correct length but may contain minor errors in citation of references in text and reference list. 50 - 59 Basic framework is sound. Broadly relevant but limited treatment of subject, some factual errors or omissions. Limited understanding and integration of concepts. No use of the literature (as appropriate for the level). Acceptable use of language but may lack fluency and contain occasional errors of grammar and spelling. Adequate use diagrams and figures plus some attempt to place these in context. May not
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