Assignment 2

1 Unsatisfactory 0.00%

2 Less than Satisfactory 75.00%

3 Satisfactory 79.00%

4 Good 89.00%

5 Excellent 100.00%

80.0 %Content

25.0 %Description of Questionnaire Results

Fails to describe questionnaire results and does not explain what was learned about communication style that enables the student to communicate effectively.

Briefly explains questionnaire results. Does not explain what was learned about communication style that enables the student to communicate effectively.

Briefly describes questionnaire results about communication style and how it affects the way the student communicates.

Adequately describes questionnaire results about communication success level and how it affects the way the student communicates.

Thoughtfully describes questionnaire results about communication success level and how it affects the way the student communicates.

25.0 %Impact of Communication Style on Ability to Communicate

Fails to explain how communication style negatively affects how the student communicates.

Briefly describes impacts of negative communication without explaining the impacts of student's communication style.

Briefly explains how communication style negatively affects how student communicates.

Adequately describes how communication style negatively affects how student communicates.

Thoughtfully describes how your communication style negatively affects how student communicates.

30.0 %Information From Readings, and Personal Reflection

Fails to include information from lectures, readings, or personal reflection to support thoughts.

Includes a limited amount of information from lectures, readings, or personal reflection to support thoughts.

Briefly includes information from lectures, readings, and personal reflection to support thoughts.

Includes an adequate amount of information from lectures, readings, and brief personal reflection to support thoughts.

Includes many references to the information from lectures, readings, and thoughtful personal reflection to support thoughts.

15.0 %Organization and Effectiveness

10.0 %Thesis Development and Purpose

Paper lacks any discernible overall purpose or organizing claim.

Thesis and/or main claim are insufficiently developed and/or vague; purpose is not clear.

Thesis and/or main claim are apparent and appropriate to purpose.

Thesis and/or main claim are clear and forecast the development of the paper. It is descriptive and reflective of the arguments and appropriate to the purpose.

Thesis and/or main claim are comprehensive; contained within the thesis is the essence of the paper. Thesis statement makes the purpose of the paper clear.

15.0 %Organization and Effectiveness

5.0 %Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, language use)

Surface errors are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning. Inappropriate word choice and/or sentence construction are used.

Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the reader. Inconsistencies in language choice (register), sentence structure, and/or word choice are present.

Some mechanical errors or typos are present, but are not overly distracting to the reader. Correct sentence structure and audience-appropriate language are used.

Prose is largely free of mechanical errors, although a few may be present. A variety of sentence structures and effective figures of speech are used.

Writer is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English.

5.0 %Format

2.0 %Paper Format (Use of appropriate style for the major and assignment)

Template is not used appropriately or documentation format is rarely followed correctly.

Template is used, but some elements are missing or mistaken; lack of control with formatting is apparent.

Template is used, and formatting is correct, although some minor errors may be present.

Template is fully used; There are virtually no errors in formatting style.

All format elements are correct.

3.0 %Research Citations (In-text citations for paraphrasing and direct quotes, and reference page listing and formatting are appropriate to assignment)

No reference page is included. No citations are used.

Reference page is present. Citations are inconsistently used.

Reference page is included and lists sources used in the paper. Sources are appropriately documented, although some errors may be present.

Reference page is present and fully inclusive of all cited sources. Documentation is appropriate and style is usually correct.

In-text citations and a reference page are complete. The documentation of cited sources is free of error.

100 %Total Weightage