(1) What do you think are the three most significant natural factors affecting food security and why? OR (2) Identify three most promising (bio)technologies that may make agriculture more sustainable and explain why DUE TODAY @ 11:59 PM!!!!!!!
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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
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
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3 point
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