50-59% 60-69% 70-79% 80-100% Categories (Level 1) (Level 2) (Level 3) (Level 4) Knowledge and Understanding - Subject-specific content acquired in each course (knowledge), and the comprehension of its meaning and significance (understanding) The student: Knowledge of facts and demonstrates demonstrates demonstrates demonstrates terms limited some considerable thorough knowledge of knowledge of knowledge of knowledge of facts and terms facts and terms facts and terms facts and terms Understanding of demonstrates demonstrates demonstrates demonstrates limited some considerable thorough and concepts, principles, requirements, understanding understanding understanding insightful guidelines, and of concepts, of concepts, of concepts, understanding principles, principles, principles, of concepts, strategies requirements, requirements, requirements, principles, guidelines, and guidelines, and guidelines, and requirements, strategies strategies strategies guidelines, and strategies demonstrates demonstrates demonstrates demonstrates Understanding of limited some considerable thorough and relationships between concepts understanding understanding understanding insightful of relationships of relationships of relationships understanding between between between of relationships concepts concepts concepts between concepts Thinking - The use of critical and creative thinking skills and/or processes The student: Thinking skills uses thinking uses thinking uses thinking uses thinking skills with skills with skills with skills with a limited moderate considerable high degree of effectiveness effectiveness effectiveness effectiveness inquiry skills (e.g., applies few of applies some of applies most of applies all or formulating questions; the skills the skills the skills almost all of the planning; selecting involved in the involved in the involved in the skills involved strategies and resources; inquiry process inquiry process inquiry process in the inquiry analysing and interpreting process information; forming conclusions) Communication - The conveying of meaning through various forms The student:
Categories 50-59% (Level 1) 60-69% (Level 2) 70-79% (Level 3) 80-100% (Level 4) Knowledge and Understanding - Subject-specific content acquired in each course (knowledge), and the comprehension of its meaning and significance (understanding) The student: Knowledge of facts and terms demonstrates limited knowledge of facts and terms demonstrates some knowledge of facts and terms demonstrates considerable knowledge of facts and terms demonstrates thorough knowledge of facts and terms Understanding of concepts, principles, requirements, guidelines, and strategies demonstrates limited understanding of concepts, principles, requirements, guidelines, and strategies demonstrates some understanding of concepts, principles, requirements, guidelines, and strategies demonstrates considerable understanding of concepts, principles, requirements, guidelines, and strategies demonstrates thorough and insightful understanding of concepts, principles, requirements, guidelines, and strategies Understanding of relationships between concepts demonstrates limited understanding of relationships between concepts demonstrates some understanding of relationships between concepts demonstrates considerable understanding of relationships between concepts demonstrates thorough and insightful understanding of relationships between concepts Thinking - The use of critical and creative thinking skills and/or processes The student: Thinking skills uses thinking skills with limited effectiveness uses thinking skills with moderate effectiveness uses thinking skills with considerable effectiveness uses thinking skills with a high degree of effectiveness inquiry skills (e.g., formulating questions; planning; selecting strategies and resources; analysing and interpreting information; forming conclusions) applies few of the skills involved in the inquiry process applies some of the skills involved in the inquiry process applies most of the skills involved in the inquiry process applies all or almost all of the skills involved in the inquiry process Communication - The conveying of meaning through various forms The student:
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