TEMPLATE GRADING BY CATEGORIZATION
Criterion | Total Nonsense/ Fatal Mistakes/ Answer not relevant to question/
| Serious Mistakes Answer unacceptable/ But some positive element | Basic approach correct/ Too many errors/ Main formula etc correct | Started correctly, Answer In complete. But no mistakes | The Answer correct. Some crucial details such as units missing. Solved but answer not given explicitly | All correct / But presentation needs improvement |
Category | F | E | D | C | B | A |
Score | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
REMARKS:
For each problem criterion for categorization needs to be provided. This is best done after
browsing through a random sample of answers received.
For some problems some categories may be missing, or two categories may get merged.
The scheme is applicable to long answer type problems.