Evaluation

Research Rubric – (individual student scores)

Beginning

1
Developing

2
Accomplished

3
Exemplary

4

Score

Completion of Research Guide

5 or fewer questions were correctly answered

6-7 questions were correctly answered

All 8 questions were correctly and clearly answered

All 8 questions were correctly and clearly answered, additional facts were added

Use of Research Sites

1-2 research sites were used

3 research sites were used

4 research sites were used

All 4 research sites were used along with additional optional sites

Depth of Understanding of Research

Student appears unclear about basic facts researched

Student has a grasp of facts as presented in research

Student has firm grasp of basic facts and expands on them

Student has firm grasp of basic facts, expands upon them and makes connections to everyday life

Teamwork - Participation, Cooperation & Leadership

As a team member, showed infrequent participation and cooperation in research sharing

As a team member, shared own research but did not fully participate in research discussions

As a team member, fully participated and cooperated in sharing research

As a team member, demonstrate high levels of participation, cooperation and leadership in sharing research

Attention & Involvement

Not attentive or involved in this process

Attentive & involved in some but not all of this process

Attentive and involved throughout this process

Attentive and involved throughout this process, showed leadership

Project Rubric - (one score per team)

Beginning

1
Developing

2
Accomplished

3
Exemplary

4

Score

Quantity of Publicity Piece(s) 

None

1 piece

2 pieces

3 or more pieces

Quality of Publicity

Who, What, Where &When

Publicity includes 1 or none of these W's

Publicity includes 2 of these W's

Publicity includes 3 of these 4 W's

Publicity includes all 4 W's

Quality of Publicity

WHY

Publicity has no examples of WHY

Publicity includes 1 example of WHY

Publicity includes 2 examples of WHY

Publicity includes 3 examples of WHY

Appeal of Publicity

Visual and/or auditory

Publicity is sloppy and/or has many errors

Publicity is neat, but has errors in grammar and/or spelling

Publicity is neat, correct and pleasing to the eye/ear

Publicity is neat, correct, eye-catching and holds attention of the audience

Completion of Project Planning Sheet

Project Planning Sheet includes 1 or none of the W's

Project Planning Sheet includes 2-3 of the W's

Project Planning Sheet includes 4 of the W's

Project Planning Sheet includes all 5 W's

Proposal Content

Statement, materials, computer needs, planning sheet, research guides

Proposal in unclear, lacking 4 or all 5 of the requested elements

Proposal is less than clear and lacks 2-3 of the requested elements

Proposal is clear but lacking 1 of the 5 requested elements

Proposal is clear and complete including all 5 requested elements

Teamwork

Participation, Cooperation & Leadership

The team failed to complete a project due to lack of cooperation and participation

Some team members did not participate or cooperate on the project

All team members participated and cooperated on the project

All team members demonstrated high levels of participation, cooperation and leadership

Class Presentation

Some team members were not involved at all in the presentation

Minimal involvement of some team members detracted from the overall presentation

Some, but not all team members presented their portions in an interesting, clear fashion

Presentation captivated the audience with all team members presenting their portions using eye contact and appropriate volume