G, 10-19 Bad Fail

These are the qualities associated with the grade G, 10-19 Bad Fail*.

*In examinations this mark will often involve seriously short measure or incomplete answers.

Knowledge	Range [breadth/depth]	Seriously inadequate, with major omissions and/or serious inaccuracies.
	Command of Material	Serious inadequacies in knowledge base, which wholly compromise response to material.
	Awareness of Scholarship	Little or no awareness of relevant literature and major issues surrounding a topic.
Argument & analysis	Focus on Question	Wholly irrelevant.
	Clarity of Structure	Wholly incoherent and/or lacking in logical development.
	Analytical Skills and Independence of Thought	No evidence of critical awareness or insight; descriptive narrative of dubious relevance to topic; no evidence of independent thought.
	Use & Evaluation of Evidence	Marks at this level will have major omissions and/or misinterpretations of evidence.
Language & Expression	Clarity, Organisation & Accuracy	Very unclear, even garbled.
	Grammar & Syntax	Very weak syntax and many grammatical errors.
	Spelling	Egregious errors.
	Fluency of Writing	Incoherent and/or compromised by lack of content.
Scholarly apparatus	Accuracy & Consistency of Referencing	As E, but with even greater failing, including near or complete absence.
	Accuracy & Consistency of Works Cited list	As E, but with even greater failing, including near or complete absence.

This article was published on 20 Jul, 2015