HUM_YOT

Applied Humanities

Rubric Review the Rubric 4 Module Four: Examining the Humanities, continued / Page 4.1.1 Review the Rubric On this page: 0 of 6 attempted (0%) | 0 of 5 correct (0%) Objective: Understand how your project will be graded by reviewing the rubric for the assignment.

Academic writing is something of an art, which means that evaluating that writing requires a lot of careful consideration by a reader. In a course like this one, there are many sections (each with many students), so many different people will be grading assignments. How can a school communicate standards for student work clearly and help instructors be consistent in how they apply those standards?

The answer, for many courses and schools, is a rubric. A rubric typically lists each of the critical elements of the assignment and, for each element, describes a few different standards of performance.

For example, your exploration document will include a section in which you describe the cultural artifacts you have chosen. This element is worth 8 of the 100 points possible for this assignment.

The rubric for this assignment asks your instructor to give your description one of four ratings:

Not Evident: If your work “does not describe selected cultural artifacts” in the paper, you’ll get 0 of the 8 points. Needs Improvement: If your work “describes selected cultural artifacts, but with gaps in detail or clarity,” you’ll get 55% of the 8 points, which is 4.4 points. Proficient: If your work effectively “describes selected cultural artifacts” you’ll get 85% (6.8 points). Exemplary: If your work “meets ‘Proficient’ criteria and description is exceptionally clear and contextualized,” you’ll earn 100%—all 8 points.

The detailed standard provided for each of these four categories helps ensure consistent grading from one day to another and from one instructor to the next.

What follows is the complete rubric for your exploration document and a few questions about it. You don’t need to read the entire rubric word for word, but let the questions

below guide your review of it. Knowing how you’ll be graded makes earning a good grade a lot easier!

Critical Elements

Exemplary 100%

Proficient 85%

Needs Improvement

55%

Not Evident 0% Value

Cultural Artifacts

Meets “Proficient” criteria and description is exceptionally clear and contextualized

Describes selected cultural artifacts

Describes selected cultural artifacts, but with gaps in detail or clarity

Does not describe selected cultural artifacts

8

Common Theme

Meets “Proficient” criteria and identified theme is especially well- aligned with artifacts

Identifies at least one common theme to serve as framework of exploration document and explains how theme is expressed in artifacts

Identifies at least one common theme to serve as framework of exploration document and explains how theme is expressed in artifacts, but with gaps in clarity or detail

Does not identify at least one common theme to serve as framework of exploration document and does not explain how theme is expressed in artifacts

8

Personal Experience

Meets “Proficient” criteria and explanation demonstrates keen insight into impact of humanities on personal experiences

Explains how identified theme is related to personal experience

Explains how identified theme is related to personal experience, but with gaps in clarity or detail

Does not explain how identified theme is related to personal experience

8

Profession

Meets “Proficient” criteria and explanation demonstrates keen insight into impact of humanities on professional experiences

Discusses a profession that could be impacted by identified theme

Discusses a profession that could be impacted by identified theme, but with gaps in clarity or detail

Does not discuss a profession that could be impacted by identified theme

8

Critical Elements

Exemplary 100%

Proficient 85%

Needs Improvement

55%

Not Evident 0% Value

Humanities Resources

Meets “Proficient” criteria and description of resources demonstrates strong understanding of information needed to investigate expressions of human creativity

Describes at least three relevant and appropriate humanities resources that could be used to investigate theme and artifacts

Describes at least three humanities resources that could be used to investigate theme and artifacts, but with gaps in appropriateness, relevance, or detail

Does not describe at least three humanities resources that could be used to investigate theme and artifacts

8

Research: Historical Context

Meets “Proficient” criteria and response demonstrates insight into essential humanities principles

Discusses relationship between each cultural artifact and its historical context, citing sources

Discusses relationship between each cultural artifact and its historical context, but with gaps in detail, clarity, or citation

Does not discuss relationship between each cultural artifact and its historical context

8

Research: Similarities and Differences

Meets “Proficient” criteria and response demonstrates insight into essential humanities principles

Explains similarities and differences observed in cultural artifacts in relation to theme, citing sources

Explains similarities and differences observed in cultural artifacts, but not in relation to theme or with gaps in detail, clarity, or citation

Does not explain similarities and differences observed in cultural artifacts

8

Research: Medium

Meets “Proficient” criteria and response demonstrates insight into essential humanities principles

Discusses the medium through which cultural artifacts were created, citing sources

Discusses the medium through which cultural artifacts were created, but with gaps in detail, clarity, or citation

Does not discuss the medium through which cultural artifacts were created

8

Critical Elements

Exemplary 100%

Proficient 85%

Needs Improvement

55%

Not Evident 0% Value

Thesis Statement

Meets “Proficient” criteria and claim demonstrates insight into connection between theme and artifacts

Develops clear, specific, and arguable thesis statement that conveys claim about theme and artifacts, based on research

Develops thesis statement that conveys claim about theme and artifacts but thesis statement is not based on research, lacks clarity or specificity, or is not arguable

Does not develop thesis statement that conveys claim about theme and artifacts

8

Audience

Meets “Proficient” criteria and identification of audience demonstrates insight into theme and thesis statement

Identifies an audience that would be interested in theme and thesis statement, based on research

Identifies an audience, but audience is not appropriate for theme and thesis statement or is not based on research

Does not identify an audience

8

Message

Meets “Proficient” criteria and response demonstrates sophisticated understanding of how to effectively communicate with specific audience

Describes how and why message can be tailored to audience, providing specific examples based on research

Describes how and why message can be tailored to audience, but with gaps in examples or research support

Does not describe how and why message can be tailored to audience

8

Critical Elements

Exemplary 100%

Proficient 85%

Needs Improvement

55%

Not Evident 0% Value

Reference List

Provides reference list that includes all humanities resources used to research artifacts, theme, and thesis statement, ensuring that list is formatted according to current APA guidelines

Provides reference list that includes all humanities resources used to research artifacts, theme, and thesis statement, but list has gaps in adherence to current APA formatting guidelines

Does not provide reference list that includes all humanities resources used to research artifacts, theme, and thesis statement

8

Articulation of Response

Submission is free of errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is presented in a professional and easy-to- read format

Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

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Multiple-Choice Question

For the “Cultural Artifacts” critical element, what does your exploration document need to do to get a score of “Proficient”?

Provide complete APA Style citations of the two artifacts you’ve chosen. Describe the two artifacts you’ve chosen with sufficient detail and clarity. Choose two artifacts from the gallery of options provided in Learning Block 2.4. Justify the value of the two artifacts you’ve chosen as worthy of study.

Multiple-Choice Question

For the “Common Theme” critical element, what percentage of the points would you get for meeting the “Proficient” category, and what percentage would you get for meeting the “Exemplary” category?

0% for Proficient or 100% for Exemplary 100% for Proficient or 85% for Exemplary 5% for Proficient or 85% for Exemplary 85% for Proficient or 100% for Exemplary

Multiple-Choice Question

For the “Personal Experience” critical element, what makes the difference between “Proficient” and “Exemplary”?

a great story brevity and concision keen insight clarity and detail

Multiple-Choice Question

Which critical element evaluates how well your exploration document “identifies an audience that would be interested in theme and thesis statement, based on research”?

Audience Profession Message Articulation of Response

Multiple-Choice Question

Which of the critical elements asks graders to check the formatting of your APA citations?

Articulation of Response Profession Audience Message

Response Board For which critical element in this rubric do you think you will have the hardest time scoring “Exemplary”?

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