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Grading Rubric & Thesis Template

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  • 25-05-2015 6:33pm
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    Mmmm_Lemony
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    I can understand why a thesis template may not be a requirement from an institution for a postgraduate course. Regardless there are countless examples online. However, for my primary degree I was sure that it was a Hetac requirement to provide a grading rubric to student at the start of semester. Can anyone shed some light on this?

    We have been given an option of a project based or academic type thesis. I've chosen a project based thesis but I am unable to find a template or rubric online to plan against. We are 4 weeks into a 16 week project and we haven't been given a rubric yet. Is this normal?


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    Tom Dunne
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    Mmmm_Lemony wrote: »
    We are 4 weeks into a 16 week project and we haven't been given a rubric yet. Is this normal?

    I wold say that for any assessment, providing students with a marking rubric is essential, and particularly bad form if it is not provided.


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    Mmmm_Lemony
    Registered Users Posts: 891 ✭✭✭Mmmm_Lemony


    Tom Dunne wrote: »
    I wold say that for any assessment, providing students with a marking rubric is essential, and particularly bad form if it is not provided.

    Completely agree. However, is it a requirement from Hetac? I'm reluctant to approach the university administration about this as it may open a can of worms.


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    Tree
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    Check with whoever's supervising your project.

    I don't think ive been given more than a vague outline for a thesis report and any project grading rubrics ive seen are reasonably vague with a lot of leeway.


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    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    Mmmm_Lemony wrote: »
    However, is it a requirement from Hetac? I'm reluctant to approach the university administration about this as it may open a can of worms.

    I'm not even sure HETAC are around any more, but whatever their new incarnation, I would imagine it would be more a case of "we expect you to provide rubrics" without actually enforcing it.

    I'd approach the lecturer/supervisor. Without knowing your particular issue, I'd be very surprised if you did not find support for your very reasonable request.


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