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KNES 381: History of Sport, Games and Culture

Grading Rubric

Excellent

Good

Fair

Poor

Thesis

The book’s Thesis is insightful, plausible and original

The book’s Thesis is plausible with some good insight

The book’s Thesis is plausible but not insightful or original

The book’s Thesis is not plausible or insightful

/5

Organization

And Explosion

Thesis is clearly stated

Each Paragraph has a clear topic

Argument progresses in a logical order

Progress through the arguments is clearly signposted

Effectively links course material to the major themes discussed in the book

Skillfully weaves personal sport history into the narrative

Effectively weighs up the strengths and weaknesses of the book

Thesis is clearly stated

A few paragraphs lack focus

A few ideas are out of order

Some transitions are lacking

Attempts to link course material to the major themes discussed in the book

Attempts to weave personal sport history into the narrative

Attempts to weigh up the strengths and weaknesses of the book

Thesis is somewhat clearly stated

Several paragraphs lack focus

Ideas are not always presented in the best order

Argument wanders, lacks transitions

Makes a limited attempt to link course material to the major themes discussed in the book

Makes a limited attempt to weave personal sport history into the narrative

Makes a limited attempt to weigh up the strengths and weaknesses of the book

No clear thesis stated

Many paragraphs are unfocused

Major organizational problems

No clear flow or argument

Makes no attempt to link course material to the major themes discussed in the book

Makes no attempt to weave personal sport history into the narrative

Makes no attempt to weigh up the strengths and weaknesses of the book

/10

Use and citation

of evidence

(APA Referencing Style)

All major arguments are supported by scholarly evidence from the book

Evidence is appropriately chosen, formatted and cited

Evidence is specific and directly relevant to the topic

Nearly all major arguments are supported by scholarly evidence from the book

A few minor errors in format and citation are present

In a few cases the evidence provided does not support the argument

Most major arguments are supported by real-world or scholarly evidence

Several minor errors in format and citation are present

Scholarly sources are established, peer reviewed publications and resources

In several cases evidence provided does not support the argument

Several major arguments lack evidentiary support

Many errors in format or citation are present

Inappropriate (i.e. not peer-reviewed) resources are used

Sources are not cited frequently enough

Evidence cited is not relevant

/2

Mechanics

(double-spaced with a font of 12)

Paper is nearly free of stylistic, grammatical, or punctuation errors

Nearly all sentences are clear and easy to understand

A few stylistic, grammatical, or punctuation errors are present

A few sentences are unclear or hard to understand

Many stylistic, grammatical, or punctuation errors are present

Many sentences are unclear or hard to understand

Very frequent grammatical, or punctuation errors

Very frequent unclear sentences

/3