teaching with writing

music grading

Typical grading criteria across all disciplines include assignment address, development of ideas, consistency of focus, purpose and audience address, choice and use of evidence, logic of organization (and/or attention to prescribed formats), accuracy of citations, coherence, and attention to standard mechanics/grammar. Criteria that pertain more specifically to writing in music include: clarity and relevance of interpretation, accuracy of description and technical vocabulary, and precision of notation.

sample grading rubrics

• Music Survey, Essay Grading Requirements: a grading rubric designed to evaluate focus, organization, development, style, and mechanics.
  
  
• Music History, Scoring Guidelines for Essays and Papers: a set of guidelines designed to evaluate the quality of student writers' arguments, evidence, examples, sophistication, documentation, and grammar.

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