This “Critical Writing Assessment” rubric is designed to explain the difference between regurgitation and original thinking. It is designed for feedback, not just data-gathering, and could be used (or modified for use) to guide peer review.

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Requires students to develop a critical, argumentative response to a short story and include two scholarly sources.

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Requires students to read an in-depth (10 pages or more) article from a credible source and evaluate it for bias, content, audience and connection to the textbook.

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Development of the CATME instrument was funded by grants from the National Science Foundation and conducted by a multi-disciplinary team of researchers. http://www.catme.org.

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This concise rubric is intended to give basic feedback on broad areas of writing skill, including thesis, organization, grammar & mechanics, and development.

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