You are expected to answer all of the questions completely according the following framework. About half of the essay questions each week will be graded with the 7point rubric below. About half will be graded on a measure of whether or not you completed them (0 to 1 point depending upon how thorough you are (effort)).
Many of the homework questions ask you to use
physical principles discussed in class to analyze a situation and
reason an outcome.
For each of the questions or parts of questions, the answer will be
graded for correctness on a scale of 0 to 7 based on the following rubric:
1.
Identifies physical principle or principles that are relevant to answering the
question:
(2 if correct, 0 if irrelevant principle, 1 if have both some relevant and some irrelevant principles.)
2.
Explains how the principle(s) apply to the situation described in the problem:
(1 if correct, 0 if not)
3.
Employs proper reasoning to explain the logic in going from how principle
applies to the situation to the answer to the question.
(2, 1, 0 according to level of correctness. If #1 or #2 are 0, this should automatically be 0.)
4.
Clarity of writing.
(2 if good, 1 if difficult but can be figured out, 0 if incomprehensible. If 0 here, all the others will be left blank.)
So if your answer is scored as 5/7 and the question (part) is worth 1 pt, you will receive 0.71 pts for that part.