Assignment 2 grading criteria
- 1. Assignment 2: Reflective Blog Grading Criteria Mark Range Criteria 90-100 Exceptional pass Outstanding fulfilmentof learning outcomes 3 and 4: every aspect of them considered in depth. You use a very wide range of precise and relevant examples of your experiences. You describe and explain your experiences in depth, blending personal and academic experiencesthroughout. You give a very thoughtful and self-aware discussion of any problems you may have encountered and your solutions to them. Showing real insight. There is an extremely clear explanationof what you have learnt from these experiencesand how you will use that learning in the future. You convince the reader that you have made academic and personal progress this semester. Your standard of writing is exceptional in terms of structure, appropriate style and vocabulary*, with accurate spellingand grammar; it is very clear. It is beautifully presented and organised, with a range of very well- selected images and/or multi-media to accompany and illustrate your writing. *Please note, that by appropriate style and vocabulary, we are not lookingfor a standard academic writing style.It needsto be in the first person, be less formal but engaging, and also still be appropriate for a ‘public’ audience (e.g. no swearing). Use the language of reflection (e.g.This made me feel…/From this experience,I have learnt to…in the future when…) 80-89 Outstanding pass Excellent fulfilmentof learning outcomes 3 and 4: every aspect of them considered. You use a very wide range of precise and relevant examplesof your experiences You describe and explainyour experiences in depth, often blending personal and academic experiences. You give a very thoughtful and self-aware discussion of any problems you may have encountered and your solutionsto them. There is a very clear explanationof what you have learnt from these experiencesand how you will use that learning in the future. You convince the reader that you have made academic and personal progress this semester. Your standard of writing is outstanding in terms of structure, appropriate style and vocabulary*, with accurate spellingand grammar; it is very clear. It is very nicelypresented and organised, with a range of well-selected images and/or multi-mediato accompany and illustrate your writing.
- 2. *Please note, that by appropriate style and vocabulary, we are not lookingfor a standard academic writing style.It needsto be in the first person, be less formal but engaging, and also still be appropriate for a ‘public’ audience (e.g. no swearing). Use the language of reflection (e.g. This made me feel…/From this experience,I have learnt to…in the future when…) 70-79 Excellentpass Excellent fulfilmentof learning outcomes 3 and 4: every aspect of them considered. You use a very good range of precise and relevant examplesof your experiences You describe and explainyour experiences in depth, and at times blend your personal and academic experiences. You give a thoughtful and self-aware discussion of any problems you may have encountered and your solutions to them. There is a clear explanation of what you have learnt from these experiencesand how you will use that learning in the future. You clearly demonstrate that you have made academic and personal progress this semester. Your standard of writing is excellentin terms of structure, appropriate style and vocabulary*, with accurate spellingand grammar; it is very clear. It is very nicelypresented and organised, with well-selectedimages and/or multi-media to accompany and illustrate your writing. *Please note, that by appropriate style and vocabulary, we are not looking for a standard academic writing style.It needs to be in the first person, be lessformal but engaging, and also still be appropriate for a ‘public’ audience (e.g.no swearing). Use the language of reflection (e.g.This made me feel…/From this experience,I have learnt to…in the future when…) 60-69 Goodpass Very good fulfilmentof learning outcomes 3 and 4: many aspects of them considered. You use well-chosen examples of your experiences. You describe and explain academic and personal experiences,often in some depth. You show some self-awarenessin your discussion of any problems you may have encountered and your solutions to them. There is a clear explanation of what you have learnt from these experiencesand how you will use that learning in the future. You clearly demonstrate that you have made academic and personal progress this semester. Your standard of writing is very good in terms of structure, appropriate style and vocabulary*, with accurate spellingand grammar; it is very clear. It is attractively presented and organised, and you include relevant images and/or multi-mediato accompany and illustrate your writing.
- 3. *Please note, that by appropriate style and vocabulary, we are not lookingfor a standard academic writing style.It needsto be in the first person, be less formal but engaging, and also still be appropriate for a ‘public’ audience (e.g. no swearing). Use the language of reflection (e.g. This made me feel…/From this experience,I have learnt to…in the future when…) 50-59 Clear pass Fulfilmentof learning outcomes 3 and 4: some aspects of them covered to a good standard. You use good examples of your experiences. You describe and explainacademic and personal experiences,at times this needs more depth and detail. You show some self-awarenessin your discussion of any problems you may have encountered and your solutions to them. There is an explanation of what you have learnt from these experiences and how you will use that learning in the future. You demonstrate that you have made academic and personal progress this semester. Your standard of writing is generallygood in terms of structure, appropriate style and vocabulary*, with some frequent errors in spellingand grammar. It is generally clear but your expressioncould be improved for greater clarity. Its presentation and organisation are good and there are some attractive aspects to it, such as some use of imagery. *Please note, that by appropriate style and vocabulary, we are not looking for a standard academic writing style.It needs to be in the first person, be lessformal but engaging, and also still be appropriate for a ‘public’ audience (e.g.no swearing). Use the language of reflection (e.g.This made me feel…/From this experience,I have learnt to…in the future when…) 40-49 Satisfactory pass Fulfilmentof learning outcomes 3 and 4: some aspects of each covered. You use some examplesof your experiences but there needsto be more of them. You describe examples of your experiencesbut their relevance or meaning needsto be explainedwith more depth. You started to show some self-awarenessin your discussion of any problems you may have encountered and your solutions to them. There is some comment on what you have learnt from these experiences but how you will use this in the future needs more consideration. You demonstrate some academic and personal progress this semester but this may need to be more fully explainedor there may be some imbalance betweenthe academic and personal. Your standard of writing is generallygood in terms of structure, appropriate style and vocabulary*, but with some frequent errors in
- 4. spellingand grammar. It is generally clear but your expressioncould be improved for greater clarity. Its presentation and organisation is sometimes a little muddled or needs more attractive aspects adding to it, such as some use of imagery. *Please note, that by appropriate style and vocabulary, we are not looking for a standard academic writing style.It needs to be in the first person, be lessformal but engaging, and also still be appropriate for a ‘public’ audience (e.g.no swearing). Use the language of reflection (e.g.This made me feel…/From this experience,I have learnt to…in the future when…) 30-39 Needsimprovementtopass You did not fulfil both learning outcomes 3 and 4. Each learning outcome for an assignment needs to be fulfilledinorder to pass. You needed to use specific examples of your experiences,or far more if some were included. You describe examples of your experiencesbut their relevance or meaning is not always clear. You needed to show more self-awarenessin your discussion of any problems you may have encountered and your solutions to them. There may be some comment on what you have learnt from these experiencesbut how you will use this in the future needs far more consideration. You may demonstrate some academic and/or personal progress this semester but this may need to be far more fully explained. You may have made some effort to use a clear structure, and appropriate style and vocabulary but this is not consistent and there are frequent errors in spellingand grammar. Your writing is not always clear. Its presentation and organisation is muddled, needs more attractive aspects adding to it, such as some use of imagery, or seems as though not much thought has been given to it. *Please note, that by appropriate style and vocabulary, we are not looking for a standard academic writing style.It needs to be in the first person, be lessformal but engaging, and also still be appropriate for a ‘public’ audience (e.g.no swearing). Use the language of reflection (e.g.This made me feel…/From this experience,I have learnt to…in the future when…) 20-29 Needssignificantrevisionto pass You did not fulfil both learning outcomes 3 and4. Each learning outcome for an assignment needs to be fulfilledinorder to pass. You needed to use specific examples of your experiences. You describe some general experiencesbut their relevance or meaning is always clear. You needed to show some self-awareness in your discussion of any problems you may have encountered and your solutions to them.
- 5. There may be some comment on what you have learnt from these experiencesbut how you will use this in the future needs to be considered. You may demonstrate some academic and/or personal progress this semester but this needs to be far more fully explained. You may have made some effort to use a clear structure, and appropriate style and vocabulary* but this is not consistent and there are frequent errors in spellingand grammar. Your writing is often unclear. Its presentation and organisation is muddled, needs more attractive aspects adding to it, such as some use of imagery, or seems as though not much thought has been given to it. *Please note, that by appropriate style and vocabulary, we are not lookingfor a standard academic writing style.It needsto be in the first person, be less formal but engaging, and also still be appropriate for a ‘public’ audience (e.g. no swearing). Use the language of reflection (e.g. This made me feel…/From this experience,I have learnt to…in the future when…)