In this activity, you will look at a ‘bad example’ for section 2a Macroeconomic Performance of
the Country Report. It is a bad example in the sense if students submit something of similar
quality, they are very likely to fail this assignment.
A selected section of the Country Report Instruction:
. Macroeconomic performance (~350 words)
a. Assess the macroeconomic performance of your country based on macroeconomic
indicators, e.g. GDP per capita, inflation, unemployment etc.
b. Explain how the indicators in (a) are related to each other in the context of your country.
c. What factors are driving the indicators in (a)? Are those factors likely to continue or
change in the near future?
Selected sections of the rubric (the whole rubric is available on Blackboard):
High distinction –
7
Distinction – 6 Credit – 5 Pass – 4 Fail – 3 Significant fail
– 1
Macroeconomic
Performance
(25%)
Excellent
integration of
identifying,
extracting and
processing
appropriate data to
support a
sophisticated
analysis, in a very
detailed and highly
analytical way. The
analysis is very
sound and
coherent.
Good integration of
identifying,
extracting and
processing
appropriate data to
support a very good
analysis, in a
detailed and
analytical way. The
analysis is sound
and coherent.
Adequate integration of
identifying, extracting
and processing
appropriate data to
support a good
analysis. The analysis
has only minor issues
regarding data,
soundness or
coherence.
Basic Integration of
identifying, extracting
and processing data to
support a basic
analysis. The analysis
has major issues
regarding data,
soundness or
coherence.
Inadequate
integration of
identifying,
extracting and
processing of
data. The
discussion is
largely
descriptive. The
analysis has
serious issues
regarding data,
soundness or
coherence.
Evidence of
little to no
efforts.
Overall
presentation and
writing quality /
References (10%)
Report is easy to
read, concise, free
of textual errors,
including reference
conventions. Very
high quality
graphics or tables
are presented to
assist explanations.
Fully follow the
Report instruction.
Report
communicates
clearly, with few
textual errors,
including referencing
conventions. High
quality graphics or
tables are presented
to assist
explanations. Very
minor deviation from
the Report
instruction.
Report communicates
adequately, is largely
free of textual errors
that affect readability.
Referencing
conventions are mostly
accurate. Clear
graphics or tables are
presented to assist
explanations. Small
deviation from the
Report instruction.
Report suffers from
some textual errors
that hinder
communication. Some
errors in referencing
conventions. Adequate
quality graphics or
tables are presented to
assist explanations.
Moderate deviations
from the Report
instruction.
Report suffers
from many textual
errors. Only partly
follow referencing
conventions. Low
quality graphics
or tables are
presented to
assist
explanations.
Significant
deviations from
the Report
instruction.
Evidence of
little to no
efforts.
Your tasks are:
a) Working with your peers as a group to identify problems with this sample that make it fail
based on the marking rubric (see above);
b) Write down problems (in dot points) and share them with the class;
c) Discuss with your peers how to fix two or three main problems as identified by yours as
well as other groups;
d) Fix one or two problems by yourself;
e) Share your results with your peers to see what they think.