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CATEGORY
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4 - Excellent
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3 - Good
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2 - Needs Improvement
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1 - Poor
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Mechanics
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No misspellings or grammatical
errors. All MLA citations used correctly.
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Three or fewer misspellings
and/or mechanical errors. Most MLA citations correct but some incomplete or incorrect.
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Four misspellings and/or grammatical
errors. MLA citations incomplete or incorrect.
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More than 4 errors in spelling
or grammar. No citations or references.
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Organization
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Content is well organized. Uses headings or bulleted lists to group related material.
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Content is logically organized.
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Topics lack logical organization.
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There was no clear or logical
organizational structure, just lots of facts.
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Originality
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Product shows significant original thought. Ideas are creative and inventive.
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Product shows some original
thought. Work shows new ideas and insights.
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Uses other people' ideas (giving
them credit), Little evidence of original thinking.
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Uses other people' ideas without credit and/or includes copied text.
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Requirements
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All requirements are met and
exceeded.
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All requirements are met.
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Requirements incompletely or missing.
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Number of requirements incomplete or missing.
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Content
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Covers topic in depth with
details and examples. Subject knowledge is excellent.
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Includes essential knowledge
about the topic. Subject knowledge appears to be good.
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Includes essential information
about the topic but there are 1-2 factual errors.
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Content is minimal or there
are several factual errors.
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Workload
(for group projects only)
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The workload is divided and
shared, Significant participation by all team members.
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The workload is divided and
shared fairly by all team members.
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One person in the group is
viewed as not doing his/her fair share of the work.
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Several people in the group
are viewed as not doing their fair share of the work.
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