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Developing

Beginning

Quality Of Information 35%

Information gathered provides answers to the all research tasks along with several supporting details and/or examples. 35% - 25%

Information gathered provides answers to main questions along with few supporting details and/or examples. 24% - 15%

Information gathered provides answers to main questions, but no details or examples are given. 14% - 5%

Information gathered does not cover the task presented/ has little or nothing to do with the questions presented. 4% - 0%

Organization 10%

Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material.Excellent planning strategies 10% - 8%

Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed. 7% - 5%

Content is logically organized for the most part.The report lacks appropriate clearness of information. 4% - 2%

There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts. 2% - 0%

Originality 30%

Product shows a large amount of original thought. Ideas are creative and inventive.Personalattitude is clearly expressed. 30% - 25%

Product shows some original thought. Work shows new ideas and insights. 24% - 15%

Uses other people's ideas (giving them credit), but there is little evidence of original thinking. 14%2%

Uses other people's ideas, but does not give them credit. 1% - 0%

Mechanics 10%

No misspellings or grammatical errors. 10%

Three or four misspellings and/or mechanical errors. 8%-9%

Five or more misspellings and/or grammatical errors. 7%-3%

Many errors in spelling or grammar.There is no evidence of proof reading. 2% - 0%

Illustrations 5%

There are many illustrations carefully selected to support ideas and facts presented. Images are effectively integrated in the text. 5 %

There are some illustrations carefully selected to support ideas and facts presented. The use of text and graphics is appropriately incorporated. 4%

There are some illustrations but not clearly related to ideas and facts presented. 3% - 1%

No illustrations to support ideas and facts. 0%

Multimedia 5%

Multimedia elements are used in a balanced, attractive, easy-to-follow way. All elements contribute rather than distract from the presentation 5 %

There are some multimedia elements. Most elements contribute rather than distract from the presentation. 4%

There are some multimedia elements, but technical difficulties inhibit the viewer's ability to see, hear, or understand content. 3% - 1%

Multimedia elements are a distraction to overall effectiveness of the project or do not exist. 0%

Sources/ webliography 5%

Source information collected for all graphics, facts and quotes. All documented in desired format. 5%

Source information collected for all graphics, facts and quotes. Most documented in desired format. 4%

Some sources are not documented. 3%-1%

No sources are given. 0%

TOTAL % 100%