How to achieve food security in the face of climate change?

EssayEvaluationRubric_PLSC125_2019.pdf

Criteria Excellent Good Need improvement Poor

Structure

• Logically organized • Very smooth in transitions • Professional format

• Good organization with minor defects • Largely smooth in transitions • Good format

• Poor organization with clear deficiency • Ineffective transitions • Rambling format

• No apparent organization • Difficult to follow • No format

Language

• Mostly concise yet effective sentences • No typos and grammatical errors • Accurate terms and vocabulary

• Some long complex sentences • Rare typos and grammatical errors • Mostly accurate terms and vocabulary

• Many complex/compound sentences • Some typos and grammatical errors • Some inaccurate terms and vocabulary

• Faulty simple or complex sentences • Full of typos and grammatical errors • Many inaccurate terms and vocabulary

Content

• Central idea is well developed • Abundant evidence or reasoning to support the idea • Relevant and good examples

• Central idea is evident • Sufficient evidence or reasoning to support the idea • Relevant examples

• Central idea is a bit vague • Not enough critical evidence or reasoning to support the idea • Few relevant examples

• No central idea • No critical evidence or reasoning to support the idea • No relevant examples

Knowledge synthesis

• Rich and accurate information sources • Clear knowledge integration and synthesis • Novel and original thinking

• Sufficient and accurate information sources • Some knowledge integration and synthesis • Some critical thinking

• Accurate but inadequate information sources • Little knowledge integration and synthesis • Rare critical thinking

• Insufficient information sources • No knowledge integration and synthesis • No critical thinking

Rubric for evaluating essays of PLSC125 (Fall semester 2019)

4 points 3 points 1-‐2 points 0 point

8 points 6 points 3-‐4 points 0-‐3 point

4 points 3 points 1-‐2 points 0 point

0 point

3 point

0 point