Grading Rubric for Oral Exams (Midterm and Final) in Upper ...



Grading Rubric for Oral Exams (Midterm and Final) in Upper Division History Course

Susan Ambrose, Carnegie Mellon University

| |A (18-20 points) |B (16-17 points) |C (14-15 points) |D/R |

| |Exemplary |Competent |Developing | |

|Dimensions: | | | | |

| |Shows a deep/robust |Shows a limited understanding |Shows a superficial |Shows no understanding |

| |understanding of the topic with|of the topic, not quite a |understanding of the topic, |of the topic and no |

|Overall Understanding |a fully developed argument per |fully developed argument per |argument not developed enough |argument per the |

| |the categories below |the categories below |per the categories below |categories below |

| |Clearly articulates a position |Articulates a position or |Articulates a position or |Does not articulate a |

|Argument |or argument |argument that is incomplete or|argument that is unfocused or |position or argument |

| | |limited in scope |ambiguous | |

| |Presents evidence that is |Presents evidence that is |Presents evidence that is |Presents a lot of |

| |relevant and accurate |mostly relevant and/or mostly |somewhat inaccurate and/or |inaccurate and/or |

| | |accurate |irrelevant, but corrects when |irrelevant evidence |

|Evidence |Presents sufficient amount of | |prompted | |

| |evidence to support argument |Presents limited evidence to | |Doesn’t present enough |

| | |support argument |Does not present enough |evidence to support |

| | | |evidence to support argument, |argument, even when |

| | | |but augments when prompted |prompted repeatedly |

| |Fully discusses the major |Adequately discusses some of |Discusses minor implications |Doesn’t discuss the |

| |implications of the argument or|the major implications of the |(missing the major ones) OR |implications of the |

|Implications |position |position |does not discuss major |argument or position |

| | | |implications adequately | |

| |There is logic in the |There are a few areas of |Ideas are somewhat disjointed |Ideas are disjointed |

| |progression of ideas |disjointedness or intermittent|and/or do not always flow |and/or do not flow |

|Structure | |lack of logical progression of|logically, making it a bit |logically, hence |

| | |ideas |difficult to follow |argument is very |

| | | | |difficult to follow |

| |Did not have to prompt with |Prompted minimally (one or two|Prompted a lot (a series of | |

|Prompting |probing questions at all |probing questions) |probing questions) | |

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