Biology and Chemistry Written Communication Descriptors Learning Objective Quality of Writing shows Knowledge Accuracy of writing is good use of demonstrated knowledge typical of a what has been is beyond and student learnt in what is understanding making lessons or expected. satisfactory expected Scientific progress research. ideas have through the Explanation been course. demonstrates explained Some ideas sound beyond the are unclear understanding level or missing. and meets delivered in Factual learning lessons. mistakes objectives. Evidence of have been in-depth made that research that need shows correction. understanding beyond learning objectives. Some Most of the All relevant, Relevance of correct facts content is additional content and ideas useful and examples given. contributes to given to make Some of the meeting the explanations content objectives of clear and to does not the task. help the
Biology and Chemistry Written Communication Descriptors Learning Objective Accuracy of knowledge and understanding Quality of writing is typical of a student making satisfactory progress through the course. Some ideas are unclear or missing. Factual mistakes have been made that need correction. Writing shows good use of what has been learnt in lessons or expected research. Explanation demonstrates sound understanding and meets learning objectives. Knowledge demonstrated is beyond what is expected. Scientific ideas have been explained beyond the level delivered in lessons. Evidence of in-depth research that shows understanding beyond learning objectives. Relevance of content Some correct facts and ideas given. Some of the content does not Most of the content is useful and contributes to meeting the objectives of the task. All relevant, additional examples given to make explanations clear and to help the
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