Rubrics

Under Construction: CHECKLIST FOR EVALUATING WORK IN CORE SEMINAR 2

Writing (Summative)
	J-Scale (Journal)	Magazine	A Tier 4 Journal	A Tier 3 Journal	A Tier 2 Journal	A Tier 1 Journal
	L-Scale (Letter)	F to C	C+ to B-	B to B+	A- to A	A to A+
	M-Scale (Ministry)	Repeat	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
	W-Scale (Words)	Poor	Weak	Conventional	Shows Quality	Striking
	Q-Scale (Quartiles)	n/a	1st -25th Percentile	26th -50th Percentile	51st -75th Percentile	Top Quartile
Formative...
A	Creativity (Originality)	n/a	n/a	Conventional	Shows originality	Striking originality Striking creativity
B	Creativity (Fluency)	n/a	One idea or resource	A couple of ideas or resources	Adequate ideas or resources and they do cohere	Numerous ideas or resources which cohere
C	Creativity (Flexibility)	n/a	Rigid/stilted	Conventional	Breaks with conventions	Unconventional
D	Constructivism	n/a	Quoting	Reiterating	Translating	Generating something new
E	APA	Major flaws	Not familiar with APA	Minor flaws	One or two flaws	Professional
F	Grammar	Major flaws	Numerous flaws	Several minor flaws	One or two minor flaws	Professional
G	Spelling	Major flaws	Numerous flaws	Several minor flaws	One or two minor flaws	Professional
H	Paragraphing	Incoherent	Major flaws	Several minor flaws	One or two minor flaws	Professional
I	Semantics	Major flaws	Numerous flaws	A few minor flaws	One minor flaw	Professional
J	Logic	illogical	illogical	Numerous logical fallacies	A couple of fallacies used or overlooked	Convincing
K	Sequencing	Totally disjointed	Some major problems	A few problems	A couple of problems	Professional
L	Argument	Unformed	Serious flaws	Generally coheres	Well developed	Professional
M	Balance	Prejudice evident	Some biases evident with no support	Some biases evident but weak support is offered	Some biases evident but with support (empirical support or rational argument)	Scholarly consideration of contrasting sides of an issue
N	Thorough	n/a	Missed critical components	Missed important components	Thorough for the most part	Yes, given the topic and space constraints
O	Reader Friendly	n/a	Major problems	Jargon not explained	For the most part	Yes, given the topic and space constraints
P	Focus	No focus evident	Major problems	Off on tangents	Generally focused	Professional
Q	Writing Style	Rambling	Too verbose, and off on tangents	Needs some editing	Tight and coherent	Professional
R	Methodology Sound	Methodology Unclear	Inappropriate method	Not the best method, for the question	Sound methodology	Professional
S	Methodology Described	No description evident	Major problems	Minor problems	One or two small problems	Professional
T	Literature review	No credible literature reviewed	Too sparse	Quantity okay but not sufficient information on studies	Quantity okay with sufficient information on studies, but not fairly/adequately critiqued	Excellent re quantity, quality, presentation, critique, and balance
U	Critical	n/a	Uncritical	Major flaws	Minor flaws	Thorough and fair critical evaluations
V	Recursivity	n/a	Seems like a first draft	Evidence of rewriting and rethinking	Polished and coherent	Professional
W	Craft	n/a	Poor	Some evidence of a crafted document	A couple of flaws	Professional
X	Clarity	n/a	Opaque	Translucent	Transparent	Clear
Y
Z	Bloom=s Taxonomy (evidence of responding to self questioning)	n/a	Low levels- knowledge or understanding	Analysis or evaluation evident, but no synthesis	High levelsB analysis, or evaluation, and some synthesis	High levelsB analysis, evaluation, & synthesis
	Presentations (Summative)
	J-Scale (Journal)	Magazine	A Tier 4 Journal	A Tier 3 Journal	A Tier 2 Journal	A Tier 1 Journal
	L-Scale (Letter)	F to C	C+ to B-	B to B+	A- to A	A to A+
	M-Scale (Ministry)	Repeat	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
	W-Scale (Words)	Social Promotion	Poor	Conventional	Shows Quality	Striking
	Q-Scale (Quartiles)	n/a	1st -25th Percentile	26th -50th Percentile	51st -75th Percentile	Top Quartile
Formative...
a	Humour in presentation	n/a	None	Weak	Evident, and responded to by audience	Well integrated with the message
b	Creative Sound Effects / Music	n/a	None	Evident but distracting	Supports the presentation	Sound track Musical accompaniment
c	Content	n/a	Sparse Disjointed	Logical and linear Knowledgeable (with assists)	Coherent Logical and linear Knowledgeable (good command of the material)	Coherent Logical and linear Knowledgeable (mastery evident)
d	Communication	n/a	Major Problems	Weak	Good	Has a naturalness to it
e	Aware of audience needs	n/a	Major Problems	At times	Usually	Really in tune with the audience=s attention span and interest
f	Audience involvement	n/a	No involvement	Spectators	Some	Actively and meaningfully involved
g	Audience Learning	n/a	Very little	Some learningB even if from mistakes B 10% of content	Learning is evidentB maybe 50% of the content	Substantial learningB 80% of the key information points
h	Visual aids	n/a	None	Cue cards, overhead, chalkboards...	Good use of aids: Powerpoint, puppets, children, animals, toys,	Excellent use of aids: collage, student created characters from various media, etc.
i	Audio Aids	n/a	None used	Some use	Good use of audio (Music, WAV files, voice-over, theme songs...	Creative audioB compose and play a song, burn a CD, mime, simulate a radio show,
j	Pacing	n/a	poor	VariedBseems okay at times	Good pacing for the most part	Professional
k	Sequencing	n/a	Material is out of sequence	Some material is out of sequence	Logical and orderly	Logical, orderly, and creative (e.g., use of rewind, playback, parallelism,...
l	Transitions	n/a	Major problem	Minor problem but distracting	Good, but room for improvement	Professional quality
m	Getting Attention	n/a	Poor	Evidence of a strategy to hook interest	Good attention-getting techniques	Great attention-getting technique/s
n	Holding Attention	n/a	Poor	Attention falters mid way through	Attention is held until the end...	The audience is riveted.
o	Summarizing	n/a	None evident or not relevant	Not necessary but would help	Good summary, review	Good summaryB dramatic, visual, handouts, bizarre, humourous, use of mnemonic...
p	Adaptable when necessary	n/a	Rigid	Attempts to adapt fail	Good adaptations when necessary	All adaptations necessary seem natural and confidently handled
q	Enthusiasm	n/a	No affect	Attempts at affect	Good affect	Almost professional (e.g., drama majors, radio broadcasters, motivational speakers)
r	Length of Presentation	n/a	Over 10 minutes	Close to 10 minutes but does not need to be so long	5-10 minutesBand it=s a reasonable amount of time for content	Timing seems Ajust right@ at every point of the presentation
s	Video quality	n/a	Poor	A few problems but not watchable	Good	Looks Professional
t	Editing--Video Transitions	n/a	Disjointed	Broken, Sluggish, Large Gaps	Smooth, just minor glitches	Appears Professional
u	Video Lighting	n/a	Didn’t learn from others mistakes	Didn’t learn from others mistakes	Good	Appears Professional
v	Video Tripod	n/a	Unsteady	Unsteady but watchable	Steady	Appears Professional
w	Audio Quality	n/a	Static and volume problems	Static or volume problems	Good quality	Audio Editing
x	Voice	n/a	Not clear	Minor Problems	Good	Excellent (Quality, affect, editing,…)
y	Voice Overlay	n/a	None	Attempted	Makes sense	Appears professional in terms of form and content...
z	Handouts	n/a	None	Handouts are made available	Handouts are valuable but not likely to be read	Logical, concise, appealing ...
zz	Debriefing / Commentary	n/a	Absent but needed	Attempted but lacks clarity	Clear and logical	Clear and logical and dramatic (acted, colour, loud, visual, handout, etc.)
yy	Tech-WWW, Powerpoint, etc.	n/a	Basic, but not clear or reader friendly	Content okay but flaws distract from content	Form and content make a good communicative fit	Into advanced functions (WAV files, video, split screen, etc.), hypertext, etc

Conference Proceedings (Summative)
	J-Scale (Journal)	Magazine	A Tier 4 Journal	A Tier 3 Journal	A Tier 2 Journal	A Tier 1 Journal
	L-Scale (Letter)	F to C	C+ to B-	B to B+	A- to A	A to A+
	M-Scale (Ministry)	Repeat	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
	W-Scale (Words)	Social Promotion	Poor	Conventional	Shows Quality	Striking
	Q-Scale (Quartiles)	n/a	1st -25th Percentile	26th -50th Percentile	51st -75th Percentile	Top Quartile
Formative...
1	Font	Egregious differences	Many fonts, sizes,...	A few fonts, sizes... but it seems to work okay	A couple of differences	Professional
2	Format	Haphazard	Disjointed	Some variations	Consistent, coherent	Professional
3	Flaws	Haphazard	Many flaws (font, format, binding, margins, paper, editing, names, readability, visual impact, etc... )	A few flaws	One flaw	Professional