Assignment 1 grading criteria
- 1. Assignment 1: Two-Part Portfolio Grading Criteria Mark Range Criteria 90-100 Exceptional pass Outstanding fulfilmentof learning outcomes 1 and 2: all aspects of them considered in depth. You use a wide range of precise and relevant examples of your weeklyreading. You explainthe process of finding and selectingmaterial in depth with a discussion of any problems you may encounter and your solutions. You have accurately identifiedthe key points from each article and have shown a very insightful understanding of them. You have used your own academic style to summarise them articulately. You may have started to identifythe similaritiesand differences betweenthe articles. Your reasons for choosing your second article are very clearly explainedand justified,and convince the reader that it is an excellentchoice. Your standard of writing is exceptional in terms of structure, academic style and vocabulary, with accurate spellingand grammar; it is very clear. You have no errors in your referencing. It is very well-presentedand organised. 80-89 Outstanding pass Excellent fulfilmentof learning outcomes 1 and 2: all aspects of them considered. You use a wide range of precise and relevant examples of your weekly reading. You explainthe process of finding and selectingmaterial in depth with some discussion of any problems you may encounter and your solutions. You have accurately identifiedthe key points from each article and have shown insightful understanding of them. You have used your own academic style to summarise them articulately. You may have started to identifythe similaritiesand differencesbetween the articles. Your reasons for choosing your second article are very clearly explained and justified,and convince the reader that you have thought through your choice carefully. Your standard of writing is outstanding in terms of structure, academic style and vocabulary, with accurate spellingand grammar. It is very clear. You have no errors in your referencing. It is very well-presentedand organised. 70-79 Excellentpass Excellent fulfilmentof learning outcomes 1 and 2: all aspects of them considered. You use precise and relevant examples of your weeklyreading.
- 2. You clearly explain the process of finding and selectingmaterial with some discussion of any problems you may encounter and your solutions. You have accurately identifiedthe key points from each article and have shown excellent,and sometimes insightful,understanding of them. You have summarised them in your own words extremely well. You may have started to identifythe similaritiesand differences between the articles. Your reasons for choosing your second article are very clearly explained and justified, and show excellentunderstanding of the process of selecting information. Your standard of writing is excellentin terms of structure, academic style and vocabulary, with accurate spellingand grammar (very few errors). It is very clear. You have made only minor errors in your referencing. It is very well-presentedand organised. 60-69 Goodpass Very good fulfilmentof learning outcomes 1 and 2: many aspects of them considered. You use well-chosen examples of your weeklyreading. You explainthe process of finding and selectingmaterial with some acknowledgement of problems you may encounter and your solutions. You have accurately identifiedmost of the key points from the articles, showing good understanding of them, and have summarised them in your own words very well. Your reasons for choosing your second article are clearly explained and justified, and you show very good understanding of the process of selecting information. Your standard of writing is good in terms of structure, academic style and vocabulary, with mostly accurate spellingand grammar (occasional errors). It is generally very clear. You have made some errors in your referencing. It is very well-presentedand organised. 50-59 Clear pass Fulfilmentof learning outcomes 1 and 2: some aspects of them covered to a good standard. You use good examples of your weeklyreading. You explainthe process of finding and selectingmaterial with some reference to problems you may encounter and your solutions, although these are not fully considered. You have accurately identifiedmany key points from the articles, showing sound understanding of them. You have summarised them in your own words well. Your reasons for choosing your second article are explained quite clearly with some justification,and you show good understanding of the process of selectinginformation. Your standard of writing is generally good in terms of structure, academic style and vocabulary, with some frequent errors in spelling
- 3. and grammar. It is generally clear but your expressioncould be improved for greater clarity. You have made some frequent errors in your referencing. Its presentation and organisation are mostly good. 40-49 Satisfactory pass Fulfilmentof learning outcomes 1 and 2. You use examples of your weeklyreading but there could be reference to a greater number of them. You describe the process of finding and selecting material although your explanation could be more developed.There is some awareness of problems you may encounter and your solutions. You have identifiedsome key points from the articles but may have missed some significant ones, and you may need to summarise them in your own words a little more fully. Your reasons for choosing your second article are explained but you could be more detailed, and you have described some basic aspects of selecting information. You have made an effort to use an academic structure, style and vocabulary but this is not consistent and there are frequent errors in spellingand grammar. It is generally clear but your expressioncould be improved for greater clarity. You have made frequent errors in your referencing or you have not referenced often enough. Its presentation and organisation is muddled at times and does not always follow academic expectations. 30-39 Needsimprovementtopass You did not fulfil both learning outcomes 1 and 2. Each learning outcome for an assignment needs to be fulfilledinorder to pass. You needed to use examples of your weekly reading, or far more examples if some were included. You describe aspects of the process of finding and selecting material but this neededto be more detailed. You have shown some basic awareness of the content of each article but there may have been some misunderstanding, or you reliedon quoting rather than summarising. Your may have given some reasons for choosing your second article and described some basic aspects of selecting information but they are not fullyexplainedand you miss out important aspects of the process. You have made some effort to use an academic structure, style and vocabulary but this is not consistent and there are frequent errors in spellingand grammar. Your writing is not always clear. You have made frequent errors in your referencing or you have not referenced often enough. Its presentation and organisation is untidy. 20-29 Needssignificantrevisionto pass You did not fulfil both learning outcomes 1 and 2. Each learning outcome for an assignment needs to be fulfilledinorder to pass. You needed to use examples of your weeklyreading.
- 4. You describe some aspects of the process of findingand selecting material but this needed to be far more detailed. You may have shown some basic awareness of the content of each article but there was some significant misunderstanding, or you relied on quoting rather than summarising. Your may have given some reasons for choosing your second article and described some basic aspects of selecting information but your reasons are not always clear or show some misunderstanding of the process. You have made some effort to use an academic structure, style and vocabulary but this is not consistent and there are frequent errors in spellingand grammar. Your writing is often unclear. You have not referenced. Its presentation and organisation is untidy.