Criteria for Student

Self Assessment.

1.0 Literature Review

1.1 Reviewing Scientific 1.2 Research Direction 1.3 Technical Issues

work (Aims and Scope of
Project)
Unsatisfactory Major issues are not Difficulties in applying a
properly reviewed while significant research
too much bias of research direction from the
is placed on few authors literature review, or
insufficient review carried
out.
Satisfactory Reviewed a large amount Able to provide research
of relevant work but direction from reviewed
requires further focus on work but review can be
project direction biased and requires
further improvement.
Good Reviewed a large amount Research direction
of relevant work with provided but some
evidence of application to contentious issues
project direction. require attention.
Excellent Continuously reviews and Thorough analysis of
applies relevant work in relevant literature
the field to project highlighting contentious
direction. issues and major
research directions.
(e.g. understanding of
the research field)
Lacks understanding of
the fundamental issues,
procedures and
techniques used in the
reviewed work.
Able to understand the
experimental procedures,
but requires further
improvement on the
fundamentals.
Good understanding of
the experimental
procedures and
techniques used in the
reviewed work.
Excellent understanding
of the fundamental issues
and limitations of
procedures and
techniques used in the
reviewed work.

2.0 Project Management

2.1 Methodology and Planning 2.2 Time Management

Unsatisfactory Difficulties with methodology
formulation, unable to set up
objectives and pathways
Satisfactory Has set up a reasonable
methodology framework which
needs some improvements
Good Good methodology framework
and project approach
Excellent Comprehensive methodology
framework pathway, very
focused on project direction
Unable to meet research deadlines,
always indicating unreasonable
experimental difficulties
Time management is satisfactory but
needs refinement. Attention is needed to
meet research deadlines.
Good time management with majority of
research deadlines met.
Competent project management
throughout the research project,
constantly meeting research deadlines

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3.0 Laboratory Work

3.1 3.2 3.3 Accuracy 3.4 Working 3.5 Lab Rules

Experimental Experimental Effort (OH&S and
Set Up Fundamentals EMS)
Unsatisfactory Always Difficulties in Unable to Spends Not complying
requires understanding maintain almost no with lab rules.
assistance. the basic experimental time in the Show little
Has difficulties fundamental work to required labs. Always regard for
in setting up issues of the standard. Has finding safety of self
experimental relevant difficulties excuses why and others.
work. experimental obtaining work can not
techniques. consistent and be completed
reproducible
data.
Satisfactory Has a good Understands Data generally is Constantly at Generally
grasp of the basics but fine, but accuracy lab working, complies with
experimental requires further needs to be but needs to lab rules but
set up, but attention on the improved in view improve requires further
requires fundamental of variation of research instructions on
technical issues experimental productivity lab safety
assistance work
Good Able to set up Good grasp of Results are Constantly in Has a thorough
experimental fundamentals generally the lab with a understanding
work without with few accurate, but good of lab rules and
assistance knowledge statistical research their
gaps knowledge to output application.
analyse small
variations need
improvement.
Excellent Possesses a Thorough Can competently Always in the Has the
thorough understanding discuss accurate lab during understanding
knowledge of of results and working and ability to
experimental fundamentals statistically hours and assist other
set up and able with ability to analyse any persistently postgraduate
impart this teach others. small relevant striving for and
knowledge to variation in excellence in undergraduate
others experiment lab work and students, as
results results. well as visitors
with lab rules.

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4.0 Conceptual Analysis

4.1 Interpretation of 4.2 Lateral thinking 4.3 Development 4.4

data and analysis of to propose novel of novel Development of
data ideas that describe mechanistic mathematical
experimental models models
results
Unsatisfactory Unable to interpret Difficulties in thinking Unable to Unable to
data and understand beyond description of understand develop
fundamental issues experimental work fundamental issues mathematical
associated with associated with models to explain
experimental work experimental data experimental
and the formulation work.
of mechanistic
models
Satisfactory Able to interpret Able to propose initial Initial mechanistic Initial
individual ideas describing models are mathematical
experimental data but experimental results, proposed, but models are
has difficulties linking however requires generally require proposed, but
to and interpreting further work further need further
data from other development and development and
experimental work. support by further support by
research work research work
Good Able to link and Novel ideas are Novel mechanistic Mathematical
interpret data from proposed but require models are models work
several experiments further refinement to proposed, but gaps reasonably well,
but still requires justify experimental exist requiring but there are
further understanding results further some gaps which
of fundamental substantiation require further
issues work
Excellent Has an excellent Novel ideas are A full sequence of a Mathematical
grasp of the proposed and fully novel mechanistic models are fully
fundamental issues justified by models are developed and
and is able to explain experimental results proposed and fully fully
the experiments substantiated by substantiated by
the experimental experimental
results work

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