Scoring Procedure: Two thesis committee members independently score the candidate’s = Σ essay questions. One committee member is designated as “primary and another member as A reliability coefficient is scorer” “secondary scorer.” obtained by calculating the number of cells in which both committee members provide matching scores for each essay response. This value is divided by the total number of cells in the scoring guide and multiplied by one hundred to obtain the overall percentage of agreement between the two committee members. Thesis Content Oral Defense Scoring Guide Category 3 2 1 0 Score Target Acceptable Unacceptable NA The presentation is The presentation is The presentation is very coherent and coherent and not not coherent; it is Coherence exhibits no fragmented. It contains fragmented. fragmentation. It adequate evidence of It does not contain contains an continuity throughout. evidence of continuity abundance of throughout. evidence of continuity throughout. The thesis The thesis development to The thesis development to the the final conclusion is development to the Thesis final conclusion is similar to research final conclusion is not Development very similar to process in that the similar to research research process in candidate has a clearly process in that the that the candidate identified thesis and that candidate does not has a very clearly the final conclusions relate have a very clearly identified thesis and and develop that thesis identified thesis and that the final adequately. in that the final conclusions relate conclusions do not and develop that relate and develop thesis very well. that thesis. The verbal The verbal presentation The verbal presentation exhibits exhibits a developed presentation does not Supporting a very well thesis with adequate exhibit a developed Themes developed thesis evidence of supporting thesis with supporting or Patterns with excellent theme patterns. theme patterns. evidence of supporting theme patterns. The formal The formal presentation The formal presentation is is adequately presentation is Professional extremely professional in relation unprofessional in
Scoring Procedure: Two thesis committee members independently score the candidate’s essay questions. One committee member is designated as “primary scorer” and another member as “secondary scorer.” A reliability coefficient is obtained by calculating the number of cells in which both committee members provide matching scores for each essay response. This value is divided by the total number of cells in the scoring guide and multiplied by one hundred to obtain the overall percentage of agreement between the two committee members. Σ = Thesis Content Oral Defense Scoring Guide Category 3 Target 2 Acceptable 1 Unacceptable 0 NA Score Coherence The presentation is very coherent and exhibits no fragmentation. It contains an abundance of evidence of continuity throughout. The presentation is coherent and not fragmented. It contains adequate evidence of continuity throughout. The presentation is not coherent; it is fragmented. It does not contain evidence of continuity throughout. Thesis Development The thesis development to the final conclusion is very similar to research process in that the candidate has a very clearly identified thesis and that the final conclusions relate and develop that thesis very well. The thesis development to the final conclusion is similar to research process in that the candidate has a clearly identified thesis and that the final conclusions relate and develop that thesis adequately. The thesis development to the final conclusion is not similar to research process in that the candidate does not have a very clearly identified thesis and in that the final conclusions do not relate and develop that thesis. Supporting Themes or Patterns The verbal presentation exhibits a very well developed thesis with excellent evidence of supporting theme patterns. The verbal presentation exhibits a developed thesis with adequate evidence of supporting theme patterns. The verbal presentation does not exhibit a developed thesis with supporting theme patterns. Professional The formal presentation is extremely The formal presentation is adequately professional in relation The formal presentation is unprofessional in