File naming convention: Please include your name. If I get 10 files all called “my proposal” or “FOR 690 project ideas,” I will have trouble finding yours. Prepare a 10-minute talk with visual aids ...

Includes introductory sentence that includes the author, title, and main idea. Has supporting sentences that highlight key/major points that support the author's main ideas. Does not include personal ...

To give students the grading rubric and help them understand our criteria for evaluating their work; to have students revise their thesis/introduction with our grading criteria in mind Pass out the ...

This rubric is based on four elements that together work for an effective paper: thesis, evidence and analysis, structure, and style: The A paper makes an interesting, complex, and important argument ...

Join College of Arts and Sciences faculty members in a discussion on how rubrics can be used to provide students and faculty with meaningful assessment feedback. Gusztav Demeter, instructor in the ...

It’s midterm season, which means the leaves are turning, it’s time to pull out the sweaters (at least in some regions of the country), and there’s a pile of grading on your desk or in your digital ...

I often say that I’d teach for free but need to be paid to grade. Grading is hard work. It’s not only time-consuming, but it is stressful, exhausting and at times even agonizing. All too often, ...