Thoroughness and rigor (5) Exemplary Good Basic Needs Nonperformance improvement (0 points) (5 points) (4 points) (3 points) (1–2 pnts) Excellent content. Content is very Content is Content needs Content is good. adequate. improvement. unacceptable. Multiple lines of evidence Only one line of Report does not are insightfully and Multiple lines of Multiple lines of evidence is provide evidence creatively addressed with evidence are environmental addressed. to support the an exemplary level of addressed with an and/or built conclusions made detail. above average level characteristics are AND about AND of detail. addressed as Content does not hazards in Multiple examples of AND evidence. include concepts, the Boulder Creek environmental and built Both environmental AND ideas, or area. characteristics are used as and built Includes concepts, terminology lines of evidence. characteristics are ideas, and addressed during AND used as lines of terminology module exercises. Uncertainties/ambiguities evidence. addressed during in the data are explicitly AND module exercises. discussed in the report. Uncertainties/ AND ambiguities are Includes concepts, ideas, mentioned in the and terminology in report. addition to those AND addressed during previous Includes concepts, module exercises. ideas, and Additional work and terminology research has been done to addressed during enhance report. module exercises. Accuracy (5) Exemplary Good Basic Needs improvement Nonperformance (5 points) (4 points) (3 points) (1–2 points) (0 points) Scientifically 1 minor content 1–2 minor content Several minor Major content errors accurate report with error. errors that do not content errors OR throughout report. no content errors. detract significantly 1–2 major content from overall errors. presentation. Part 3 Reflection (3) Exemplary (3 points) Basic (1–2 points) Nonperformance (0 points) Reflection clearly states how the Reflection states how the Reflection not effectively tied to course student’s understanding has student’s understanding has experience evolved evolved OR AND AND Completely lacking supporting evidence How that affect future action How that might affect future OR or thinking action or thinking Missing AND BUT Statements are clearly but The supporting evidence is not concisely linked to evidence or strongly and/or clear stated. experience.
Thoroughness and rigor (5) Exemplary (5 points) Good (4 points) Basic (3 points) Needs improvement (1–2 pnts) Nonperformance (0 points) Excellent content. Multiple lines of evidence are insightfully and creatively addressed with an exemplary level of detail. AND Multiple examples of environmental and built characteristics are used as lines of evidence. AND Uncertainties/ambiguities in the data are explicitly discussed in the report. AND Includes concepts, ideas, and terminology in addition to those addressed during previous module exercises. Additional work and research has been done to enhance report. Content is very good. Multiple lines of evidence are addressed with an above average level of detail. AND Both environmental and built characteristics are used as lines of evidence. AND Uncertainties/ ambiguities are mentioned in the report. AND Includes concepts, ideas, and terminology addressed during module exercises. Content is adequate. Multiple lines of environmental and/or built characteristics are addressed as evidence. AND Includes concepts, ideas, and terminology addressed during module exercises. Content needs improvement. Only one line of evidence is addressed. AND Content does not include concepts, ideas, or terminology addressed during module exercises. Content is unacceptable. Report does not provide evidence to support the conclusions made about hazards in the Boulder Creek area. Accuracy (5) Exemplary (5 points) Good (4 points) Basic (3 points) Needs improvement (1–2 points) Nonperformance (0 points) Scientifically accurate report with no content errors. 1 minor content error. 1–2 minor content errors that do not detract significantly from overall presentation. Several minor content errors OR 1–2 major content errors. Major content errors throughout report. Part 3 Reflection (3) Exemplary (3 points) Basic (1–2 points) Nonperformance (0 points) Reflection clearly states how the student’s understanding has evolved AND How that affect future action or thinking AND Statements are clearly but concisely linked to evidence or experience. Reflection states how the student’s understanding has evolved AND How that might affect future action or thinking BUT The supporting evidence is not strongly and/or clear stated. Reflection not effectively tied to course experience OR Completely lacking supporting evidence OR Missing
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