Capstone Research Project Evaluation Rubric (Page 4 of 6) in pdf

Written Communication Skills  maps to Program ISLO #7: Students will be able to construct coherent written forms of

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communication.

Oral Communication Skills  maps to Program ISLO #8: Students will be able to compose and present effective oral forms

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of communication

Analytical/Critical-Thinking Skills  maps to Program ISLO #9: Students will be able to demonstrate analytical and critical-

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thinking skills in the context of organizational decision making.

Integration Skills  maps to Program ISLO #10: Students will be able to integrate theory and practice across the business

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functional areas in the analysis of organizational problems and challenges.

Research Project Evaluation Rubric

Performance Rating

Evaluation

Score

Needs Improvement

Competent

Exemplary

Dimensions

Does not clearly state the central

Clearly identifies the central

Effectively describes and explains

purpose, arguments, or goals of

the central purpose, arguments, or

the project; displays lack of focus

the project, but sometimes may

goals of the project; explanation is

Purpose

or detail

digress

focused, detailed, and compelling

Comments:

Content is unclear, inaccurate,

Presents clear and appropriate

Presents balanced, significant,

and/or incomplete; support for

information that adequately

and valid information that clearly

the central purpose, arguments,

supports the central purpose,

and convincingly supports the

or goals of the project is weak or

arguments, or goals of the

central purpose, arguments, or

poorly discussed; displays only

project; demonstrates

goals of the project;

Content

rudimentary knowledge of the

satisfactory knowledge of the

demonstrates in-depth

content area; reader gains few if

content area; reader gains some

knowledge of the content area;

any insights

insights

reader gains important insights

Comments:

Information/content is not

Information/content is presented

logically organized or presented;

in a clear and reasonable

in a logical, interesting, and

topics/paragraphs are frequently

sequence; topic/paragraph

effective sequence; topics flow

disjointed and fail to make sense

transition is usually good with

smoothly and coherently from

Organization

together; reader cannot identify

clear linkages for the most part;

one to another and are clearly

a line of reasoning and loses

reader can generally understand

linked; reader can easily follow

interest

and follow the line of reasoning

the line of reasoning

Comments:

Writing is unengaging and reader

Writing is usually engaging and

Writing is compelling and

finds it difficult to maintain

keeps the reader’s attention;

sustains interest throughout;

interest; tone is not consistently

tone is generally professional and

tone is consistently professional

Style and Tone

professional or suitable for an

appropriate for an academic

and appropriate for an academic

academic research project

research project

Comments:

Most of the references are from

Professionally legitimate

Presents compelling evidence

sources that are not peer-

references are generally used;

from professionally legitimate

reviewed or professional, and

clear and fair citations are

sources; attribution is clear and

have uncertain reliability; few if

presented in most cases; most of

accurate; references are primarily

Use of

any appropriate citations are

the information/content/evidence

peer-reviewed professional

References

provided; reader doubts the

comes from sources that are

journals or other approved

validity of much of the material

reliable

sources

Comments:

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