Project Based Learning Rubric

Group Number: _____ Members: _____________________________________________________________________

Research Project: ____________________________

Category Excellent (4) Good (3) Fair (2) Poor (1)

Presentation (40%) Creative, clear Clear communication Unclear verbal Unclear verbal
communication of of the research communication of communication of
____/4 research findings. findings. Minor the research findings. the research, lacks
Few grammatical, grammatical errors, Numerous one or more
structural errors, and structural errors, and grammatical errors, components of
filler words. Presents use of filler words. apparent structural evidence. Significant
information, findings, Presents information, issues, frequent use grammatical errors,
arguments, and findings, arguments, of filler words. no structural basis,
supporting evidence and supporting Presentation of numerous pauses
clearly, concisely, evidence in a way information is and/or filler words
and logically that is primarily unclear and jumbled. used.
clear, concise, and
logical.
Summary of Findings Audience can follow Line of reasoning is Line of reasoning is Lacks a line of
(20%) line of reasoning. sometimes hard to hard to follow and reasoning and/or is
Well informed use of follow. Cursory lacks logic. Unclear illogical. No
____/4 research methods to understanding of approach to research explanation of
collect data. Strategic research methods. collection and research and
use of charts and Strategic use of methods. Possible collection methods.
illustrations. Multiple charts and errors of fact, basic No use of charts and
academic sources illustrations. Multiple web research illustrations. No
used. academic sources substituted for academic sources
used. academic sources. were used.
Methodology & All requirements are Most requirements Few requirements Little or no
Requirements (20%) met. Clear are met. Clear are met. Unclear requirements were
explanation of explanation of explanation of met. No explanation
____/4 experiment and/or experiment and/or experiment and/or of experiment and/or
research methods. research methods. research methods. research methods.
Clear explanation of Clear explanation of Unclear explanation No explanation of
ethical and/or ethical and/or of ethical and/or ethical and/or
diagnosis/treatment diagnosis/treatment diagnosis/treatment diagnosis/treatment
present. present. present. present.
Use of multimedia Uses well-produced Uses audio/visual Use of audio/visual Use of audio/visual
(20%) audio/visual aids or aids or media, but aids is minimal and aids is non-existent
media to enhance they may distract distracts from the and/or does not
____/4 understanding of from o not fully add presentation and/or relate to the
findings, reasoning, to the presentations does not enhance presentation
and evidence the presentation