Reply:After reading your classmates’ threads, choose one to which you will respond, then write a reply that interacts with your classmate’s thread and presents a well-reasoned alternative to his or he
ETHC 101
Discussion Board Reply Grading Rubric
| Criteria | Levels of Achievement | |||||
| Content 70% | Advanced | Proficient | Developing | Not Present | Points Earned | |
| Word Count | 15 points Word count is between 500 and 600 words. | 11 to 14 points Word count exceeds 600 words. | 1 to 10 points Word count is less than 500 words. | 0 points Not present | ||
| Style | 10 points Reply offers constructive feedback to a classmate in a manner that is polite, rationally argued, and not overly emotional. | 7 or 9 points Reply offers constructive feedback to a classmate but with some deficiency of politeness, reasonableness, and/or dispassion. | 1 to 6 points Reply offers little to no constructive feedback, and/or is strongly impolite, and/or is very emotional. | 0 points The post is not a reply (it is off-topic). | ||
| Understanding | 10 points Reply utilizes many of the concepts and technical vocabulary taught in the class in a manner that demonstrates accurate understanding. | 7 to 9 points Reply utilizes some of the concepts and technical vocabulary taught in the class in a manner that demonstrates accurate understanding. | 1 to 6 points Reply utilizes some of the concepts and technical vocabulary taught in the class but sometimes in ways that suggest that they are not correctly understood. | 0 points Reply does not utilize the concepts and technical vocabulary taught in the class. | ||
| Structure 30% | Advanced | Proficient | Developing | Not Present | Points Earned | |
| Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar | 10 points Reply is written in paragraph form and is devoid of spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors. | 7 or 9 points Reply is not written in paragraph form and/or has occasional spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors. | 1 to 6 points Reply is not written in paragraph form and has numerous spelling, punctuation, and grammar problems. | 0 points Not present | | |
| Turabian formatting | 5 points Direct references and/or allusions to outside resources (such as the textbooks) are present and are cited using footnotes in current Turabian format. | 4 points Direct references and/or allusions to outside resources (such as the textbooks) are present but are cited otherwise than using footnotes in current Turabian format. | 1 to 3 points Direct references and/or allusions to outside resources (such as the textbooks) are present but the sources are not cited. (Note: if plagiarism is present, that requires additional corrective action.) | 0 points No direct references and/or allusions to outside resources are present. | | |
| Total | /50 | |||||
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