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PhilCS 4/584         Position Paper #1 Grading Rubric          16 Feb 10
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1.  Premise 1:  Did you state clearly whether you agreed or
		disagreed with it?

		(Doesn't matter whether you agreed or didn't agree,
		only with whether you said so.)

		3 pts = clearly stated whether you agreed or not
		2 pts = not clearly stated but implied
		1 pts = stated, but incorrect terminology
		0 pts = did not clearly state whether you agreed

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2.		Did you give your reasons for your (dis)agreement?

		3 = reasons given, clearly stated, & pertinent
		2 = partial credit: I couldn't decide between 1 & 3
		1 = reasons given,
		    but not clearly stated or not pertinent
		0 = no reasons

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3.  Premise 2:  Did you state clearly whether you agreed or
                disagreed with it?

		(Doesn't matter whether you agreed or didn't agree,
                only with whether you said so.)

		0, 1, 2, or 3, as for Premise 1

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4.              Did you give your reasons for your (dis)agreement?

		0,1,2, or 3, as for Premise 1

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5.  Valid?	no answer:			0

		yes; XOR no, but no MP:		1

		         no, with wrong MP
		      or yes, with right MP:	2

		         no, with right MP:	3

    (MP [Missing Premise] = computers are not natural phenomena)

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6.  Evaluation of MP (agree?  why?):	

		no evaluation				0
		dis/agree, but no reason		1
		dis/agree, w/ unclear reason		2
		dis/agree, w/ clear/pertinent reason	3

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7.  Conclusion:  Did you state clearly whether you agreed or
                 disagreed with it?

		3 = clearly stated whether you agreed
		2 = not clearly stated, but implied
		0 = did not clearly state whether you agreed

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8.  		 Did you give your reasons for your (dis)agreement?

		0,1,2, or 3 points, as for premise 1

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9.  Citation style:

	used sources w/o citing				-3
	used sources w/ incomp & incorrect citation	-2
	used sources w/ incomp XOR incorrect citation	-1
	not applicable					 0

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10.  Attached draft 1 & list of peer editors
	to demo that draft 2 <> draft 1?		 0
     Didn't						-1	

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The total is 24 points, which, following my grading theory,
maps into letter grades as follows:

letter	CSE484		both	CSE/PHI584

  A			23-24
  A-			 22
  B+			 21
  B			19-20
  B-			 18
  C+			 17
  C	14-16			9-16
  C-	11-13
  D+	 9-10
  D			5-8
  F			0-4	

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On my grading scheme,

        "A" means "understood the material for all practical purposes",
                (here, that's 24 pts = 8 parts * 3 pts full credit)

        "B" has no direct interpretation,
            but comes about when averaging A and C grades

        "C" means "average",
                (here, that's max 16 pts = 8 * 2 pts partial credit)

        "D" means "did not understand the material,
                (here, that's max 8 pts = 8 * 1 pt minimum credit)

        "F" usually means "did not do the work" (i.e., 0 pts),
            but can also come about when omitting some parts
	        and doing D work on others.

Please see my grading website,

        http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/howigrade.html

for the theory behind all of this, which, by the way,
I'm happy to discuss via UBLearns email.
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