Criteria

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3 Points

2 Points

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Strong Verbal Communication

Looks regularly at the audience; speaks clearly; speaks exclusively or almost exclusively from memory; refrains from using repetitive phrases such as “you know?” “like” “um”; varies speaking tone regularly; has clear enthusiasm for topic

Presentation is 5-7 minutes

Looks at audience fairly regularly; reads from paper or slides and regularly speaks from memory, rarely uses repetitive phrases such as “you know?” “like” “um”; some enthusiasm for topic

Presentation is t least 5 minutes but not over 8 minutes

Occasionally looks at audience; occasionally speaks clearly; regularly uses repetitive expressions such as “you know?” “like” “um”; reads mostly from paper or slides; varies speaking tone occasionally; enthusiasm for topic unclear. Presentation is at least 3 minutes or over 8 minutes

Looks only at note cards/ slides/ feet, etc; speaks softly; often uses repetitive expressions such as “you know?” “like” “um”; only reads paper or slides; speaks in a monotone manner; needs enthusiasm for topic.

Presentation is under Under 3 minutes or over 9 minutes

Content

Content is factual/accurate, relevant; content is logical; content reflects subject excellence; personal research/not plagiarized

Most content is factual/accurate and relevant; content reflects subject matter competence; content is largely logical; personal research/not plagiarized

Has some factual content, some relevant content;

content reflects some subject matter competence

Needs factual content, relevant content; content requires a logical progression; content needs demonstrate subject matter competence

Project contains obvious and pervasive plagiarism

Criteria

4 Points

3 Points

2 Points

1 Point

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Quantitative Reasoning

Contains more than 1 accurate graph or table; graphs or table has multiple data points; tables or graphs have short explanations; graph/table is clear for audience

Contains 1 graph or table that is related to subject of presentation, graphs or table has multiple data points; has short explanation

Has at least 1 graph or table; table or graph has some inaccuracies/unclear for audience; graph or table has at least 2 data points; table or graph requires short explanation text

Needs graph or table, or graph; or table is unrelated to presentation; or graph or table only has 1 bar or data point

Design/Artist Element

Design elements are artistically skillful; interesting; strongly integrated to presentation

Design elements are artistically competent, integrated with presentation

Design element is in preliminary form, needs substantial work

Needs design elements or design elements are unrelated to subject of presentation

PowerPoint Structure

Presentation has all six of the following elements: title slide, a thesis slide, more than 2 evidence slides; a analysis slide and a conclusion slide, and a sources slide

presentation has 8-10 slides

Slides have no obvious inaccuracies

Presentation has all six of the following elements a title slide, a thesis slide, 2 evidence slides; a analysis slide and a conclusion slide, and a sources slide

Presentation has at least 7 slides

Slides contain up to 3 inaccuracies

Presentation has no more than 10 slides

Presentation has at least 4 of the following six elements: a title slide, a thesis slide, 2 evidence slides; a analysis slide and a conclusion slide, and a sources slide

Slides contain 4 to 8 inaccuracies

Presentation includes contains11-13 slides

Presentation needs 4 or more slides from the following elements: a title slide, a thesis slide, 2 evidence slides; a analysis slide and a conclusion slide, and a sources slide

Slides present contains more than 8 inaccuracies

Presentation contains more than 14 slides

Criteria

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3 Points

2 Points

1 Point

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Poster Board Structure

Poster board contains text and images containing a title, thesis, evidence, analysis, a conclusion and sources

Poster board has no obvious inaccuracies

Post board display make balanced use of space

Poster board contains text and images containing a title; thesis, evidence, analysis, a conclusion and sources

Poster board contains up to 3 inaccuracies

Poster board makes adequate use of space

Poster board has at least 4 of the following elements: text and images containing a title, thesis, evidence, analysis, a conclusion and sources

Poster board contains contain 4-8 inaccuracies

Some poster board elements take up to much or too little of space

Poster board needs 4 or more of the following elements: text and images containing a title, thesis, evidence, analysis, a conclusion and sources

Poster board contains more than 8 inaccuracies

Poster board elements take up to much or too little of space

Written Essay

Paper has all of the following elements: a title, thesis, evidence, analysis, a conclusion and sources

Paper is at least 3 pages, has 6 paragraphs or but is not longer than 10 pages

Personal research and writing/not plagiarized

Paper has all of the following elements: a title, thesis, evidence, analysis, a conclusion and sources

Paper has at least 5 paragraphs but is not longer than 10 pages.

Personal research and writing/not plagiarized

Paper has at least 4 of the following elements: a title, thesis, evidence, analysis, a conclusion and sources

Paper contains suspected but limited plagiarism

Paper contains at least 3 paragraphs or shows dramatic improvement from initial drafts

Paper needs at least 4 of the following elements a title, thesis, evidence, analysis, a conclusion and sources

Paper contains obvious and pervasive plagiarism

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