NMSU BUSINESS Assignment 2

Written Assignment Rubric

Instructor Name: Professor S. E. Weiss Student Name:     ________________________________________

NOTE: Value is up to 100 points for each of the two parts.

CATEGORY

Up to 100

Above Standards

Up to 75

 Meets Standards

Up to 50

 Approaching Standards

25 or Less 

 Below Standards

Evidence and Examples

All of the evidence and examples are specific, relevant and explanations are given that show how each piece of evidence supports the student's position. Instruction terms met.

Most of the evidence and examples are specific, relevant and explanations are given that show how each piece of evidence supports the student's position. Instruction terms met

At least one of the pieces of evidence and examples is relevant and has an explanation that shows how that piece of evidence supports the student's position. Instruction terms mostly met.

Evidence and examples are NOT relevant AND/OR not fully explained. Instruction terms not met.

Evidence of Critical Thinking

Includes clear evidence of critical thinking-application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation. All facts are well supported and reported accurately.

Beginning of critical thinking. Generally accurate but could be improved with more analysis and creative thought. Tendency to recite facts rather than address major issues.

+POINTS DEDUCTED+

Some, poorly developed evidence of critical thinking that needs more development of creative thought and thorough analysis. Too much repeating of text language.

Does not enter into any critical thinking. Work based solely on text facts and statistics, rather than well thought out examples or real-world experiences.

Mechanics, Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling

Student follows task specific conventions of paraphrasing, sentence boundaries, usage, agreement and with no errors in grammar, punctuation or spelling that distract the reader from the content - 0

Student makes 1 to 3 small errors in grammar, punctuation or spelling, usage, agreement or sentence boundaries that distract the reader from the content. - 5

Student makes 3 to 5 errors in grammar, punctuation, or spelling which distract the reader from the content or errors change the content. - 9

Student makes more than 5 errors in grammar, punctuation or spelling that distract the reader from the content or make the content incorrect as written.. – 15

Correct use of American Psychological Association (APA) title and Abstract pages, in-text citations and References page

Student has correct title page, abstract page, References page, and accurate credit given by in text citations, for works cited sources and makes no errors. Student primarily uses his own words. Essay easy to read. -0

Student makes 1 to 3 errors in citations and required in text documentation. Student uses mostly his own words. Essay is still easy to read. -5

Student makes 4 to 6 errors in APA citations and required documentation or references Borrowed language "dropped" without contextualization or citation that catch the reader's attention and interrupts the flow. - 9

Student makes 7 or more errors in, citations, required documentation or works cited. Student avoids legitimate quotes and frequently attempts to patch together words that catch the reader's attention and interrupts the flow or makes the work incorrect. Plagiarism present – 15