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Holistic Rubric for Essay Questions

Response

Criteria

Rating

Excellent

Clarity of thought, Complete. Shows understanding of all processes, reasonable hypothesis or thoughtful questions, conclusions supportable by data, shows creativity,

9

Competent

Clarity of thought, shows understanding of major processes

7

Good

Completes the activity, but explanations may be slightly ambiguous or unclear, may contain some incompleteness, inappropriateness, or unclearness in representation, hypothesis, understanding of processes, or conclusions.

4

Fair

Assignment and explanation is unclear or major flaws in concept mastery, incorrect use of scientific terms, inappropriate or omitted hypothesis.

3

Poor

Product does not reflect the assignment, does not distinguish what information is needed, and restates the question without making an attempt at a solution.

2

TOTAL

25 Points