EL3880B Essays: Criteria

Some of the criteria that will be used for assessing your essays are listed below.
Soft copies of essays should be submitted to the appropriate folder in the IVLE workbin. No hard copies will be accepted.
Percentage of total marks for your essay: 20%.

EL3880B: Criteria Used for Marking Your Essays Important criteria are marked with asterisks. (This is a general guide and is currently being revised. Depending on the specific demands of the essay assignment, there may be variations to the rubrics below)

A. Answering the question

1.         Correct understanding of the question*

2.     Execution of the main requirements of the question and/or its various parts*

B. Organisation of essay

3.         Clarity

4.         Systematic and smooth development of arguments and ideas

5.         Appropriate introduction and conclusion

C. Accuracy

6.         Making correct observations

7.     Good understanding and correct application of concepts

D. Originality

8.     Ability to formulate and make use of original ideas

9.          Ability to express own opinions or judgments*

10.     Willingness to take intellectual risks, instead of following set patterns or procedures

E. Quality of argumentation

11.     Adequate evidence and/or examples for observations and arguments

12.  Relevant examples, observations or arguments

13.  Significance of observations or arguments

14.  The presentation of complete arguments

15.  The presentation of fair or convincing arguments or observations

F. Critical, interpretive and thinking abilities

16.   Critical thinking ability*

17.      Ability to make perceptive observations

18.   Depth of thinking

G. Command of language

19.      Spelling errors

20.     Grammatical agreement

21.     Sentence construction

22.     Idiomatic usage

23.     Vocabulary: correct use of words

H. Formatting

24.     Problems with formatting?

I. Research

25.   Whether adequate research (where needed) has been done

26.    The systematic and purposeful ability to use references