Course: BI-301
Instructor: Sharon Ellerton
Assignment: Essay
Rubric assessing Analytical Reasoning skills to identify issues or problems and evaluate
evidence to make informed decisions.
Competencies: A – factual knowledge
B – conceptual understanding
C – critical thinking/application
Competency
A. Identifies
answer to
problem and
summarizes its
major points
B. Demonstrates
higher level
thinking by
explaining a
concept
C. Identifies
implications,
evaluates
conclusions
Competency
Identifies
answer to
problem and
summarizes its
major points
Demonstrates
higher level
thinking by
explaining a
concept
Identifies
implications,
evaluates
conclusions
3
Identifies the
answer and the
summary contains
all major points
Completely
explains the
concept.
Identifies and
evaluates
implications of
change with a well
developed
explanation.
2
Identifies
the answer
and
summarizes
briefly
Can explain
the concept
adequately.
1
Identifies
answer with
an inadequate
summary
0
Does not
identify any
part of the
answer
Can explain a
small portion
of the
concept.
Cannot
explain the
concept.
Identifies
and
evaluates
implications
of change.
Partially
identifies and
evaluates
implications
of change.
Does not
evaluate
implications
of change.
3
6 students
2
8 students
1
5 students
0
1 students
2 students
9 students
3 students
6 students
4 students
3 students
8 students
5 students
Student
A
B
C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
3
1
1
2
3
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
2
0
2
3
1
1
2
0
1
2
2
0
2
3
2
2
1
2
0
0
3
0
2
2
1
0
1
2
3
1
3
0
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
0
3
0
0
1
3
0
Exam
Grade
98
58
86
84
90
71
91
91
95
97
77
63
64
74
91
69
72
96
83
71
Course
Grade
A
D
ABAC+
BA
A
A
CDD+
BA
F
CA
C+
C+