RUBRIC FOR THE PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY

ESSAY	+50 (points)

The student read three chapters, not including the preface, in the problems of philosophy, and wrote a 3-page essay summarizing three of the problems. The essay had an introductory and concluding paragraph. The essay was engaging, showed a strong understanding of all three problems, gave proper references to its sources, was well written, and made interesting comparisons. 
	+40

The student read three chapters, not including the preface, in the problems of philosophy, and wrote a 3-page essay summarizing three of the problems. The essay demonstrated a moderate understanding of the problems, gave proper references to its sources, was moderately well written, and made obvious comparisons.
	+30 

The student read 2 or 3 chapters, not including the preface, in the problems of philosophy, and only wrote a 2 page essay summarizing 2 or 3 of the problems.  The essay did not show an adequate understanding of the problems, it didn’t give proper references to its sources, was poorly written, and made few comparisons.

	+10-20

The student wrote a 1 page essay summarizing 1-2 of the problems. The essay showed a poor grasp of the problems, didn’t give proper references to its sources, was poorly written, and didn’t stay on topic.

GRAMMAR	0 (points subtracted)

The student separated the essay into paragraphs, and made very few mistakes with punctuation, grammar, and spelling. 
	-2

The student separated the essay in paragraphs, and made moderate mistakes with punctuation, grammar, and spelling.
	-4

The student did not separate the essay into paragraphs, or made a lot of mistakes with punctuation, grammar, and spelling.
	0

The student did not write an essay.

INSTRUCTIONS	0 (points subtracted)

The student read and followed all instructions. 
	-1

The student read and followed most of the instructions.
	-2

The student followed some of the instructions.
	-4

The student did not follow instructions.

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