HSE 400 Critical Thinking Rubric
Grading Rubrics
2. Critical Thinking Exercise Rubric
Participation in critical thinking exercises is essential to the successful completion of this course. Please keep in mind the following guidelines to help you develop and formulate sound, thought-provoking responses and earn the maximum grade available.
General Guidelines
· Take the time to organize your thoughts prior to formulating your responses.
· Carefully proofread your responses before submitting them.
· Provide peer feedback using polite and courteous language.
· You must use proper APA style to cite and list your references.
· No credit will be given for posts made outside the week the critical thinking exercise is assigned.
· Substantive contributions are required. Posts such as “I agree” or “Good job” will not be awarded any credit in the critical thinking exercise.
Rubric Guidelines
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Main Topic Relevance
measures the relevance of your response to the main topic. To earn full credit, your post must contain content that clearly addresses the main topic of discussion.
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Main Topic Critical Thinking
measures your critical thinking ability in your response to the main topic. To earn full credit, your post must be well developed with substantial, relevant supporting details that demonstrate critical thinking.
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Main Topic Timeliness
measures when you first post your response to the main topic. To earn full credit, you must post your response to the main topic on or before the due date.
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· The due dates for posting your first posts in the critical thinking exercise can be found on the course calendar, course schedule, the News and Announcement forums, or in the actual discussion forum post directions themselves. If you have any questions, contact your instructor at the appropriate email address found in the syllabus.
· Please note that critical thinking exercises are graded as separate assignments; guidelines and requirements are for EACH exercise, not collectively.
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Main Topic Post Length
counts the number of words you use in your response to the main topic. To earn full credit, your post must be 250 words or more in length.
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Peer Response Engagement / Topic Relevance
measures your relevance to the topic being discussed and your engagement with peers. To earn full credit, your peer responses must engage dialog relevant to the topic with at least two or more peers.
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Peer Response Length
counts the number of words you use in your peer responses. To earn full credit, your peer responses must be 100 words or more in length.
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Overall Mechanics / Professionalism
measures your ability to communicate effectively. To earn full credit, your contributions must be written in a professional manner using APA guidelines and be free of grammatical, spelling, capitalization, or punctuation errors.
Critical Thinking Exercises will be graded using the following criteria:
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Criteria |
16 points |
24 points |
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Main Topic Relevance |
Discussion post partially addressed the main topic. |
Discussion post addressed the main topic. |
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Criteria |
8 points |
12 points |
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Main Topic Critical Thinking |
Main points were apparent with some supporting details provided that demonstrated some critical thinking. |
Main points were well developed with substantial, relevant supporting details that demonstrated critical thinking. |
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Criteria |
8 points |
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Main Topic Timeliness |
Created new Discussion Topic on or before initial due date. |
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Criteria |
4 points |
6 points |
8 points |
10 points |
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Main Topic Post Length |
100-149 words. |
150-199 words. |
200-249 words. |
250+ words. |
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Criteria |
16 points |
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Peer Response Engagement / Topic Relevance |
Dialog with two peers were relevant to the topic. |
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Criteria |
4 points |
6 points |
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Peer Response Length |
Dialog with one peer met the required word length of 100+ words. |
Dialog with two peers met the required word length of 100+ words. |
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Criteria |
8 Points |
12 Points |
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APA Style: In-Text Citations and References |
APA style was used with some errors. Some in-text citations conform to APA style AND/OR some references are cited correctly AND/OR there is some accuracy between in-text citations and the references. |
APA style was mostly used accurately and consistently. Most or all in-text citations conform to APA style. Most or all references are cited correctly. There is accuracy between in-text citations and the references. |
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Criteria |
8 points |
12 points |
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Overall Mechanics / Professionalism |
Critical Thinking Exercise posts contained some APA, grammatical, spelling, capitalization, and/or punctuation errors, distracting from professionalism. |
Critical Thinking Exercise posts were written in a professional manner using APA guidelines and were mostly free of grammatical, spelling, capitalization, or punctuation errors. |
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