Revised Written Report Scoring Rubric

Language (50 marks)

21 - 25 16 - 20 11 - 15 6 - 10 1-5

 Uses a very wide range  Uses a wide range of  Uses a good range of  Uses a limited range of  Uses only basic
of vocabulary. vocabulary. vocabulary. vocabulary. vocabulary.
Vocabulary
 Hardly any incorrect  Occasional incorrect  A few incorrect word  Incorrect word  Mistakes repeated
(25 marks) word choices. word choices; does not choices; does not choices; impedes cause
 Highly accurate use of hinder understanding. hinder understanding. understanding. misunderstanding.
linking devices.  Accurate use of linking  Relatively accurate use  Some inaccurate use of Inaccurate use of
devices. of linking devices. linking devices. linking devices.

21 - 25 16 - 20 11 - 15 6 - 10 1-5

 Uses a very good  Uses a good variety of  Uses some variety of  Uses a limited variety  Less variety in
variety of sentence sentence sentence of sentence sentence
Grammar
structures/forms. structures/forms. structures/forms. structures/forms. structures/forms.
(25 marks)  Excellent control of  Good control of  Numerous spelling  Spelling frequently  Spelling frequently
spelling. spelling. mistakes. inaccurate. inaccurate.
 Meets all expected  Meets almost all  Meets most of the  Meets only some of  Fails to meet the
standard punctuation expected standard expected standard the expected standard expected standard
conventions. punctuation punctuation punctuation punctuation
conventions. conventions. conventions. conventions.

Content (50 marks)

5 4 3 2 1

Organization  Has a very clear overall  Has a clear overall  Has a satisfactory  Has an inadequate  Has very little overall
structure. structure. overall structure. overall structure. structure.
(5 marks)
 Follows the standard  Follows the standard  Follows the standard  Follows the standard  The standard layout of
layout of a research layout of a research layout of a research layout of a research a research report is
report. report. report most of the report only some of largely ignored.
time.
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the time.

5 4 3 2 1

Introduction  Introduces the  Introduces the problem  Introduces the  Introduces the  Little attempt to
problem in a very clear systematically. problem moderately. problem rather introduce the
(5 marks)
and systematic way. randomly. problem.

5 4 3 2 1

Background & Purpose  Well framed  Fairly well framed  An ill-framed  Lacks a proper  Little attempt to frame
background based on background based on background with weak background; no the background and
facts supported with facts supported with sources of evidence substantive evidence purpose.
(5 marks) strong sources of mixture of strong and specific to the topic. to support the topic.
evidence specific to weak sources of  Unclear purpose; does  Unclear purpose; does
the topic. evidence specific to the not connect to the not connect to the
 Very clearly stated topic. background. background.
purpose that connects  Fairly well stated
very well to the purpose that connects
background. well to the background.

5 4 3 2 1

Procedure Provides concise and  Provides substantial  Provides adequate  Provides partial  Minimal description of
thorough description of description of the data description of the data description of the data the data collection
(5 marks)
the data collection collection procedure. collection procedure. collection procedure. procedure.
procedure.

9 - 10 7–8 5–6 3–4 1–2

Findings  All findings addressed  All findings addressed  Some of the findings  Some of the findings  Hardly addressed or
addressed but not fully addressed but not developed any
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(10 marks) and fully developed. but not fully developed. developed. developed. findings.
 All relevant data and  Most of the relevant  Some of the relevant  Irrelevant data and  Hardly any relevant
details explained. data and details data and details details explained. data and details
explained. explained. explained.

5 4 3 2 1

Conclusions  Evaluates different  Evaluates different facts  Moderate attempts to  Poor attempt to Very poor attempt to
facts and draws and draws conclusion evaluate different evaluate different evaluate different
(5 marks)
conclusion very well. well. facts and draws facts and draw facts and draw
conclusion. conclusion. conclusion.

5 4 3 2 1

Recommendations  Provides very relevant  Provides very relevant  Provides relevant  Fails to provide  Minimal attempts to
and convincing recommendation(s). recommendation(s). relevant provide any
(5 marks)
recommendation(s). recommendation(s). recommendation(s).

5 4 3 2 1

References  The APA format fully The APA format almost  The APA format  The APA format  The APA format not
observed. fully observed. moderately observed. partially observed. observed.
(5 marks)

5 4 3 2 1

Appendix  Very relevant and  Relevant and complete.  Relevant but  Partially relevant but  Irrelevant.
complete. moderately complete. incomplete.
(5 marks)