Research+Report+Rubric

Research Report Rubric

**__Project Evaluation__** Name __My work on__ __focuses on required information for the project. (Give yourself a **√+**, a **√**, or a **√-**.) __ I worked hard—both for homework and in class—and was resourceful when confronted with challenges. ||    I put forth a reasonable effort and completed work in a timely manner. I worked with minimal teacher guidance. ||    I needed regular reminders to get my work done. Some of my work was late and/or incomplete. I needed frequent teacher guidance. ||  ||   ||   ||     I consistently focused and did not need reminders to get my work done. ||    I was reasonably focused, and responded well to reminders to get work done. ||    I needed regular reminders and could only focus for brief periods at a time. ||  ||   ||  I found relevant information, and was resourceful about finding this information. My sources were excellent. I had five or more informative sources. ||    I found most of the information I needed with minimal input from my teacher. My sources were good. I had five informative sources. ||    I needed regular teacher help finding relevant sources, and even then I had only four or fewer sources. ||  ||   ||   ||     As I read, I underlined and wrote margin notes. My notes were in my own words and all quotations, etc. were properly documented. I had enough information to complete my project. Notes were organized by subtopic. ||    I underlined as I read. My notes were in my own words and some quotations, etc. were documented. I had almost enough information to complete my project. Some information was organized by subtopic. ||    I had some notes and some documentation. Notes were random and not organized using subtopics. ||  ||   ||  I accurately documented all sources of information in a works consulted. I had in-text citations for quotes, summaries, illustrations, etc. ||    Generally, my documentation in my works consulted was accurate. I had some relevant in-text citations. ||    I made little effort to accurately document my sources. I had few if any in-text citations. ||  ||   || __ ** Observations: **  __
 * ** PROCESS  ** || **  Thorough  ** || **  Satisfactory  ** || **  Needs Work  ** || **  Student  ** || **  Teacher  ** ||
 * Effort ** ||
 * Focus **
 * Focus **
 * ** RESEARCH  ** || **  Thorough  ** || **  Satisfactory  ** || **  Needs Work  ** || **  Student  ** || **  Teacher  ** ||
 * Finding Informa-tion ** ||
 * Quality of Notes **
 * Documen-tation of Sources ** ||

** OVER  ** Information was very accurate. It reflected my excellent sources, showed appropriate analysis, and contained relevant statistics, quotations, etc. ||    Information was accurate. It reflected my good sources, and contained some analysis, relevant statistics, quotations, etc. || Information contained inaccuracies, no analysis, and had few if any relevant statistics, quotations, etc. ||   ||   || My project is well-organized with an appropriate title and subtitles. Written and visual material complement each other. It is easy for my audience to see where the presentation begins and to follow its flow to a logical conclusion. ||    My project reflects an attempt to organize material in a logical manner. My audience should be able to figure out where it begins and ends. ||    I made little effort to organize information, and my audience needs my help to understand how the presentation fits together. ||  ||   ||   ||     My writing follows guidelines on the paragraph assessment checklist, and it is mechanically sound and fluent. ||    Generally, my writing follows guidelines on the paragraph assessment checklist. It has few mechanical and other errors. ||    My writing would be of higher quality if I had taken the time to revise it and to edit out unnecessary errors. ||  ||   ||   ||     I have an appropriate amount of visual material. It is relevant and it gives my audience valuable information about my topic. ||    Most of my visual material is relevant, but my project would be stronger if I had more pictures, graphs, illustrations, etc.  || While some of my visual material is relevant, much of it is not. I needed considerably more visual information. ||  ||   ||  My project and my conversations about it clearly show that I understand my topic. Specifically, my answers to questions further reflect my comprehension. ||    I am comfortable with my topic and can easily answer questions about it. However, I am unable to elaborate beyond the info on my project. ||    I do not have even a rudimentary understanding of topic, and am unable to answer questions about the subject. ||  ||   ||   ||     My presentation is neat and attractive, and clearly reflects pride in effort. ||    I put some effort into making my presentation neat and attractive, but, with more care, it would have been visually more appealing. ||    I clearly needed to put more effort into making a neater and visually more appealing presentation. ||  ||   || ** Observations: ** __
 * ** PRODUCT  ** || **  Thorough  ** || **  Satisfactory  ** || **  Needs Work  ** || **  Student  ** || **  Teacher  ** ||
 * Quality of Written Information ** ||
 * Quality of Written Information ** ||
 * Organiza-tion ** ||
 * Quality of Writing **
 * Quality of Visual Material **
 * Under-standing-Knowledge of Topic ** ||
 * Aesthetics **