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Grading and Responding to Student Writing
Grading and Responding to Student Writing
Grading and Responding to Student Writing
In a sense we might begin by substantially revising the notion of "grading" in a traditional sense when it comes to informal writing. With informal writing the goal is engagement with the course material and the emphasis is more on participation than on polished performance.
Quick-List Strategies for Commenting on Student Writing
- Grading Formal Writing
- Grading Informal Writing
- Responding to Informal Writing
- Commenting: an essential part of grading
Writing@CSU Resources
Links to Grading Rubrics
- Sample Analytic Grading Rubric Without Comments: Rubric (Word File)
- Sample Analytic Grading Rubric With Comments: Rubric (Word File)
- Academic and Social Integration (University of South Dakota): Final Exam Grading Rubric (PDF file)
- Ad Analysis (University of California at Irvine): Grading Rubric
- Argument Analysis (University of Central Florida): Rubric
- Brochure Evaluation (Stanford University): Teacher Rubric
- Case Study Analysis - Engineering (Clemson University): Assignment Guidelines and Grading Criteria
- Group Case Study (University of Toronto): Evaluation Rubric (Word File)
- Essay Rubric (Dr. Sophia McClennen of Penn State): General Evaluation Rubric for Papers
- History Essay (North Carolina State University): Grading Rubric
- Historical Writing Analysis (Montana Historical Society): Six Traits for Analyzing Historical Writing (PDF File)
- Topical Essay (University of Wyoming): Grading Rubric
- History Paper (San Francisco State): Grading Rubric
- History Paper (Goucher College): Assignment Grading Rubric
- Term Paper (UC Davis): Example of a Grading Rubric for a Term Paper in any Discipline (PDF file)
- Research Paper: Grading Rubric (PDF file)