Rubric for Grading

Criteria
Research Questions	Wrote thoughtful, creative, well-worded, specific questions that were relevant to the assigned topic.	Wrote well-worded, specific questions that were relevant to the assigned topic.	Wrote questions which lacked focus, were poorly stated, and were not entirely relevant to the assigned topic.	Wrote questions which lacked a specific focus, were poorly stated, and not relevant to the assigned topic.
Organization & Synthesis	Presented content clearly and concisely with a logical progression of ideas and effective supporting evidence.	Presented most of the content with a logical progression of ideas and supporting evidence.	Presented content which failed to maintain a consistent focus, showed minimal organization and effort, and lacked an adequate amount of supporting evidence.	Presented content which was unfocused, poorly organized, showed little thought or effort and lacked supporting evidence.
Results of Investigation	Wrote notes including succinct key facts which directly answered all of the research questions and were written in the student’s own words.	Wrote notes which included facts that answered most of the research questions and were written in the student’s own words.	Wrote notes which included irrelevant facts which did not answer the research questions. Some notes were copied directly from the original source.	Wrote notes which included a majority of facts which did not answer the research questions. Most or all notes were copied word-for-word from the original source.
Visual Presentation	The display is very attractive, extremely neat (no glue or tape showing) and completely free of spelling errors.	The display is fairly attractive, neat (no glue or tape showing) and mostly free of spelling errors.	The display is relatively neat and mostly free of spelling errors.	The display is legible.
Oral Presentation	Presented all information in a clear and organized way.	Presented most of the information in a clear and organized way.	Presented information which was poorly organized or was difficult to understand some of the time.	Presented information which was poorly organized and hard to understand.
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