MgtS 4461

Business and Society

Take-home assignment grading guide

I have had requests from several students to “formalize” what I’m expecting from students in terms of the written take-home assignments. In my mind, this is a very fair and reasoned request. Here is a formalization of my grading guide that I commit to adhere to “until further notice…”

Grade	What performance looks like
A-range	Student fully examines situation. Logically presents answer, and conclusions are supported by his/her analysis. There are few or no significant gaps in logic. (Gaps will often be highlighted by comments such as, “Have you thought about…?” “On the other hand, what if…?”)
B-range	Student fully examines situation. Answer is logical, although less complete than for an A-grade paper. That is, there are several instances where thinking appears incomplete or there are gaps in the student’s logic.
C-range	Student does not appear to have fully examined the situation. The answer is not logical, or there are clear logical gaps in the analysis (going from point A to point D, without discussing points B and C along the way).
D-range	Student does not appear to have fully examined the situation. The answer is not logical, and there are clear logical gaps in the analysis (going from point A to point D, without discussing points B and C along the way)..
F-grade	Student merely presents an opinion on the question. There is little logical explanation of why they believe as they do.