MA in Aging Studies Oral Certification of Comprehensive Knowledge Rubric Highly Competent Competent Minimally Competent Not Competent Arrangement of ideas Conveyed a central Attempted to focus on Had little or no focus on Organization clearly related to idea or topic; most an idea or topic; ideas central idea or topic; no topic; well organized; information presented were loosely connected apparent logical order; smooth and effective in logical sequence; to topic; main points important information transitions; excellent adequate organization; were detectable but not missing; poor time time management. clearer transitions presented in an management. needed; managed time organized manner; well, overall. lacked clear transitions; struggled at times with time management (e.g., too long, too short) Language Standard usage; Used some varied Unfamiliar terms not Unfamiliar terms ignored; consistently used sentence structure and stated in clear form; had distracting speech pattern; varied sentence word choice; little varied sentence had no varied sentence structure and word unfamiliar terms easily structure and word structure and word choice; choice; evidence of interpreted; few choice; some numerous grammatical precise and /or rich grammatical errors. grammatical errors. errors. language; unfamiliar terms defined. Material Content specific, Sufficient content; Content not clearly Content not clear; valid, relevant, many good points connected to the topic; information was included, sufficient, interesting; made; lacked little evidence/support. but did not support topic in evidence supported support/evidence for any way. topic; content was some points. adapted to audience Content is adapted to Focused on purpose; Attempted to establish Limited awareness of Analysis the audience; purpose many good points and maintain purpose; purpose and/or audience; was clear; main points made that relate to points not clearly information included that supported the purpose; some connected to purpose; did not support the purpose. evidence of adaptation attempted to adapt to purpose. to the audience. audience.
MA in Aging Studies Oral Certification of Comprehensive Knowledge Rubric Highly Competent Competent Minimally Competent Not Competent Organization Arrangement of ideas clearly related to topic; well organized; smooth and effective transitions; excellent time management. Conveyed a central idea or topic; most information presented in logical sequence; adequate organization; clearer transitions needed; managed time well, overall. Attempted to focus on an idea or topic; ideas were loosely connected to topic; main points were detectable but not presented in an organized manner; lacked clear transitions; struggled at times with time management (e.g., too long, too short) Had little or no focus on central idea or topic; no apparent logical order; important information missing; poor time management. Language Standard usage; consistently used varied sentence structure and word choice; evidence of precise and /or rich language; unfamiliar terms defined. Used some varied sentence structure and word choice; unfamiliar terms easily interpreted; few grammatical errors. Unfamiliar terms not stated in clear form; had little varied sentence structure and word choice; some grammatical errors. Unfamiliar terms ignored; distracting speech pattern; had no varied sentence structure and word choice; numerous grammatical errors. Material Content specific, valid, relevant, sufficient, interesting; evidence supported topic; content was adapted to audience Sufficient content; many good points made; lacked support/evidence for some points. Content not clearly connected to the topic; little evidence/support. Content not clear; information was included, but did not support topic in any way. Analysis Content is adapted to the audience; purpose was clear; main points supported the purpose. Focused on purpose; many good points made that relate to purpose; some evidence of adaptation to the audience. Attempted to establish and maintain purpose; points not clearly connected to purpose; attempted to adapt to audience. Limited awareness of purpose and/or audience; information included that did not support the purpose.