Critical Thinking Rubric

Date: _______________ Rater: ____________________________ TRAIT Identi ies and Summari!es problem at issue Course: __________________ Acceptable Identifies the main problem and subsidiary, embedded, or implicit aspects of the problem Identifies, appropriately, ones own position on the issue Student: ________________ Exemplary Identifies not only the basics of the issue, but recognizes nuances of the issue Score

Unacceptable Does not identify and summarize the problem, is confused or identifies a different or inappropriate problem Addresses a single source or view of the argument and fails to clarify presented position relative to ones own Deals only with a single perspective and fails to discuss other salient perspectives Does not surface the assumptions and ethical issues that underlie the issue "erely repeats information provided, ta ing it as truth or denies evidence without ade!uate #ustification

"ersonal perspecti#e and position $ther salient perspecti#es and positions %ey assumptions

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Conclusions' implications' and conse(uences

(ails to identify conclusions, implications, and conse!uences of the issue

Draws support from experience and information not available from assigned sources Identifies other salient Addresses and analyzes perspectives drawn from salient perspectives drawn outside information from outside information Identifies some of the ey Identifies and !uestions the assumptions and ethical validity of the ey issues assumptions and addresses the ethical dimensions that underlie the issue $xamines the evidence and %bserves cause and effect source of evidence, !uestions and addresses existing or its accuracy, precision, potential conse!uences& relevance, and completeness 'learly distinguishes between fact, opinion, and ac nowledges value #udgments Identifies and discusses %b#ectively reflects upon conclusions, implications, own assertions and conse!uences