Rubrics for assessment

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Project aims and objectives

The project is focused on teaching students specific and important knowledge, understanding, and skills.

The project is focused on standards- derived knowledge and understanding, but it may target too few, too many, or less important goals.

Student learning goals are not clear and specific; the project is not focused on standards.

Projects aims and objectives are not stated.

Content

The content is educational, relates to the objectives and is well organized

The content is educational, well organized, but is not related to the objectives

The content has some educational value, but is not related to the objectives and poorly organized

The content has minimal educational value.

Structure

The plan is well structured and clear for organizing the information, stating the stages of the research and the final research product. All students can independently explain the planned organization of the research findings.

Students have developed a clear plan for organizing the information in the final research product. All students can independently explain this plan.

Students have developed a clear plan for organizing the information as it is gathered. All students can independently explain most of this plan.

Students have no clear plan for organizing the information; students in the group cannot explain their organizational plan.

Group work

Group work is organized sufficiently, delegation of the work is done very well. Each student in the group can clearly explain what information is needed by the group, what information s/he is responsible for.

Group work is organized well, each student in the group can explain what information is needed by the group, what information s/he is responsible for.

Group work is poorly organized, only few students in the group can explain what information is needed by the group, what information s/he is responsible for.

There is no group work, one or two students do the work for the whole group.

Time management

Group independently develops a reasonable, complete timeline describing when different parts of the work (e.g.,planning, research, first draft, final draft) will be done. All students in group can independently describe the high points of the timeline.

Group independently develops a timeline describing when most parts of the work will be done. All students in group can independently describe the high points of the timeline.

Group independently develops a timeline describing when most parts of the work will be done. Most students can independently describe the high points of the timeline.

Some students in the group cannot independently describe the high points of the timeline.