Statistics 770: Rubric for a Seminar Report

Score:

2

3

4

5

Weights

Categories

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Reasoning

The student:

4

- understanding of the main ideas

- shows limited understanding of the main ideas

- shows some understanding of the main ideas

- shows general understanding of the main ideas

- shows thorough understanding of the main ideas

4

- number and relevance of supporting facts and details

- retells few of the main ideas

- retells some of the main ideas accurately and includes supporting details

- summarizes most of the main ideas accurately and includes supporting details

- summarizes and interprets all the main ideas accurately and includes supporting details

4

- critical evaluation of the main ideas (e.g. elegance, ingenuity; relation to the student's background and experience; possible applications, extensions, or future directions)

- gives no discussion of the main ideas

- gives some discussion of the main ideas

- gives a good discussion of the main ideas

- gives an insightful discussion of the main ideas, clearly showing their relevance and importance in a broader context

Communication

The student's report:

1

- purpose: to summarize and evaluate a seminar

- shows limited evidence of the purpose in the introduction

- communicates the purpose somewhat clearly in the introduction

- communicates the purpose clearly in the introduction

- communicates the purpose clearly in an effective and interesting introduction

1

- voice (use of the author's own words)

- contains words taken directly from the seminar notes

- contains some words from the seminar notes as well as the student's own words

- contains appropriate words from the seminar notes as well as the student's own words

- contains ideas expressed concisely in the student's own words, which expand on the concepts

2

- writing style

- expresses ideas poorly and includes many ineffective words

- expresses some ideas poorly and includes some ineffective words

- expresses most ideas concisely and contains a good variety of vocabulary

- expresses all ideas concisely and contains an extensive vocabulary used correctly and effectively

Organization

The student's report:

1

- overall structure (introduction, body, conclusion)

- is presented in a disorganized way

- shows some organization, including an introduction, body and conclusion

- contains an introduction, a body, and a conclusion, with the conclusion linked to the introduction

- contains an introduction, a body, and a conclusion that are effectively linked to each other

Conventions

In the student's report:

1

- grammar, spelling, punctuation

- there are several major errors or omissions

- there are several minor errors or omissions

- there are only a few minor errors or omissions

- there are practically no errors or omissions

2

- visual presentation (e.g. indentations, spacing, margins, title, formulas)

- few aspects of the expected visual presentation are evident

- some aspects of the expected visual presentation are evident

- most aspects of the expected visual presentation are evident

- all aspects of the expected visual presentation are evident


Statistics 770
Last modified 2009-09-15