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- What components are you looking for in the answers to this assignment?
- What is the relative weight of these components? Are they equally important?
- What is excellent performance on this assignment? What is average performance?
To learn about designing a grading rubric, the following book is very helpful: Walvoord BE and Anderson VJ (1998) Effective Grading (Jossey-Bass: San Francisco).
The following websites from other universities also contain sample rubrics appropriate for grading essays and papers.
Ball State University, English Department Writing Program
Prof. Karen Coats, English Department, Illinois State University
Texas A&M University, Writing Center
Below are examples of other grading rubrics used at Boston University. These were designed using Primary Trait Analysis (PTA), where characteristics of a good paper have established point values associated with them. The absence of certain traits results in a defined reduction in credit assigned.
CAS BI 107: Dr. Katie Kearns
Principles of Biology I
Laboratory Report Grading Rubric
| SECTION |
VALUE |
CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Introduction |
5 |
Presents relevant background to experiment; relates background to objectives; states both objectives and hypotheses; all relevant background cited |
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4 |
Presents relevant background to experiment; missing one of the other traits |
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3 |
Presents irrelevant background or relevance unclear; or missing more than one other trait |
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2 |
Presents irrelevant background or relevance unclear and several other key traits missing |
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| Overall content |
1 |
Background material copied from or substantially similar to lab manual |
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3 |
Conveys commanding knowledge of topic; demonstrates independence of thought; material presented in logical order; proper spelling and grammar |
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2 |
Conveys adequate knowledge of topic with no spelling/grammar/typographical errors |
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1 |
Demonstrates poor knowledge of topic; improper spelling or grammar, poor proofreading |
MET CS 201: Prof. Gerard Keegan
Introduction to Computer Science using C++
Programming Assignments Grading Rubric
VALUE |
CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Grade of 100 |
- Correct solution,
- Well documented with comments, with good structure and effective use of whitespace, and
- Uses instructions and techniques from the current lesson(s)
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| Grade of 90 |
- Correct solution, but missing either (2) or (3) above
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| Grade of 80 |
- Partial solution (logic errors)
- Well documented with comments, with good structure and effective use of whitespace, and
- Uses instructions and techniques from the current lesson(s)
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| Grade of 70 |
- Partial solution (logic errors), but missing either #2 or #3 above
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| Grade of 60 |
- Compiles or builds with errors, but shows effort
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