Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 (<50) (50-64) (65-74) (>75) (>85) A. Students embark Article of no Article of Article of Article of Article of strong on inquiry and so interest to limited some interest interest with interest with determine a need other interest to to other impact on significant impact for knowledge/ personae other personae other on other understanding personae personae personae B. Students Sources of Sources of Information Information Multiple sources find/generate information information from one or from multiple of information needed used from primarily from two sources sources of within e-Sim used information/data outside inside e-Sim within the information with evidence of using appropriate within the wide engagement methodology with with personae some engagement of other personae C. Students critically Insufficient Limited but Adequate Extensive Extensive and evaluate and/or correct and accurate and accurate accurate information/data inaccurate information information information to information with and the process to information back up presentation of find/generate this argument multiple lines of information/data argument D. Students organise Errors in Spelling/ High level of Excellent use of information spelling/ grammar correct language language and collected or grammar mostly Good used and professional level generated Poor correct organisation high clarity of clarity and organisation Adequate and and readability and low organisation readability readability readability and readable E. Students Limited Sound Some Demonstration of synthesise, evidence of argument evidence of imagination, flair, analyse and apply ability to based on argument imagination, originality and new knowledge construct evidence based on flair, independent coherent wide originality thought argument evidence and independent thought F. Students Articles do Articles Articles Articles Articles consider communicate not refer to include some include some consider ethical, social and knowledge and the ethical, social ethical, social ethical, social some ethical, cultural issues in process used to and cultural and cultural and cultural social and detail and have a generate it with an issues issues but do issues and cultural significant impact awareness of Partial not provide their issues and on the e-Sim ethical, social and reference to any detail of relevance have some Multiple sources cultural issues sources of their Adequate impact on the used reflecting information relevance reference to e-Sim scope of debate Limited sources used Several within the e-Sim referencing sources used to sources of and information referenced Decision-Maker Group Report Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 (<50) (50-64) (65-74) (>75) (>85) A. Students embark Decision Decision Decision Decision Decision
Level 1 (<50) Level 2 (50-64) Level 3 (65-74) Level 4 (>75) Level 5 (>85) A. Students embark on inquiry and so determine a need for knowledge/ understanding Article of no interest to other personae Article of limited interest to other personae Article of some interest to other personae Article of interest with impact on other personae Article of strong interest with significant impact on other personae B. Students find/generate needed information/data using appropriate methodology Sources of information used from outside Sources of information primarily from inside e-Sim Information from one or two sources within the Information from multiple sources of information within the with some engagement of other personae Multiple sources of information within e-Sim used with evidence of wide engagement with personae C. Students critically evaluate information/data and the process to find/generate this information/data Insufficient and/or inaccurate information Limited but correct information Adequate and accurate information Extensive and accurate information to back up argument Extensive and accurate information with presentation of multiple lines of argument D. Students organise information collected or generated Errors in spelling/ grammar Poor organisation and low readability Spelling/ grammar mostly correct Adequate organisation and readable correct Good organisation and readability High level of language used and high clarity and readability Excellent use of language and professional level of clarity and readability E. Students synthesise, analyse and apply new knowledge Limited evidence of ability to construct coherent argument Sound argument based on evidence argument based on wide evidence Some evidence of imagination, flair, originality and independent thought Demonstration of imagination, flair, originality and independent thought F. Students communicate knowledge and the process used to generate it with an awareness of ethical, social and cultural issues Articles do not refer to ethical, social and cultural issues Partial reference to sources of information Articles include some ethical, social and cultural issues but do not provide any detail of their relevance Limited referencing to sources of information Articles include some ethical, social and cultural issues and their relevance Adequate reference to sources used Articles consider some ethical, social and cultural issues and have some impact on the e-Sim Several sources used and referenced Articles consider ethical, social and cultural issues in detail and have a significant impact on the e-Sim Multiple sources used reflecting scope of debate within the e-Sim Decision-Maker Group Report Level 1 (<50) Level 2 (50-64) Level 3 (65-74) Level 4 (>75) Level 5 (>85) A. Students embark Decision Decision Decision Decision Decision