iRubric: Foundations research paper rubric

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Foundations research paper Rubric for grading final paper for Theo Foundations University Seminar. Rubric Code: GX75983 Ready to use Public Rubric Locked Rubric Subject: Humanities Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

Foundations research paper Descriptions
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Theological reasoning	Poor No thesis or central idea	Fair Major gaps in the understanding of the sources used or of basic concepts	Good Research and theological reasoning evident but there are oversights in the treatment of topics studied in the course	Excellent Research and theological reasoning contribute to a nuanced and compelling essay on a topic of contemporary interest
Biblical criticism	Poor No historical and/or literary context offered	Fair Historical and/or literary context offered is inaccurate or misleading	Good Historical and/or literary context invoked, but treatment is superficial	Excellent Historical and/or literary context used to interpret the Bible responsibly
Argument and support	Poor No argument or no support	Fair Framework of argument and support, but no scholarly-to-scholarly secondary sources (inaccurate or unreliable resources used in place of scholar-to-scholar resources)	Good Good argument and support, but may go astray at times (not evenly strong)	Excellent Excellent argument supports the thesis with relevant evidence
Organization	Poor Poor organization	Fair Organization does not help in making an argument for the thesis	Good Organization good, but some parts are unnecessary distractions	Excellent Very good organization
Style and citations	Poor Many ungrammatical constructions or unidentifiable sources	Fair Several ungrammatical constructions or identifiable sources given without proper citation style	Good Good grammar, but niceties such as introducing quotes spotty OR citations sometimes adequate, sometimes inadequate	Excellent Very good style AND properly formatted citations