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Displays
reasonable
Displays
Displays
very
broad
Displays
broad
knowledge
of
factual
Displays
limited
Displays
little
recall
of
Recalls
fragments
of
comprehensive
knowledge
of
factual
knowledge
of
factual
information
in
the
knowledge
of
factual
factual
information
in
factual
information
in
Knowledge
knowledge
of
factual
information
in
the
information
in
the
syllabus,
though
information
in
the
the
syllabus.
Shows
the
syllabus
and
shows
of
syllabus
information
in
the
syllabus
and
a
thorough
syllabus.
Shows
sound
possibly
with
some
syllabus.
Shows
a
weak
comprehension
very
little
content syllabus
and
a
thorough
understanding
of
understanding
of
most
gaps.
Shows
adequate
partial
comprehension
of
basic
concepts
and
understanding
of
any
command
of
concepts
concepts
and
concepts
and
comprehension
of
most
of
basic
concepts
and
principles. concepts
or
principles.
and
principles. principles. principles. basic
concepts
and
principles.
principles.
Selects
and
applies
Selects
and
applies
Applicatio relevant
information,
Applies
concepts
and
Limited
ability
to
apply
Weak
ability
to
apply
Little
evidence
of
No
evidence
of
relevant
information
n
of
concepts
and
principles
principles
in
some
concepts
and
concepts
and
application
of
concepts
application
of
concepts
concepts
and
principles
knowledge in
a
wide
variety
o f
contexts. principles. principles. and
principles. and
principles.
in
most
contexts.
contexts.
Analyses
and
evaluates
Analyses
and
evaluates
Analyses
and
evaluates
Demonstrates
some
Shows
some
ability
to
quantitative
and/or
Analysis
quantitative
and/or
quantitative
and/or
analysis
or
evaluation
manipulate
data
and
Exhibits
minimal
ability
qualitative
data
with
a
skills qualitative
data
qualitative
data
of
quantitative
or
solve
basic
or
routine
to
manipulate
data.
high
level
of
thoroughly. competently. qualitative
data. problems.
competence.
Constructs
detailed
Constructs
explanations
of
explanations
of
Constructs
Prediction
complex
phenomena
complex
phenomena
explanations
of
simple
skills
and
makes
appropriate
and
makes
appropriate
phenomena.
predictions. predictions.
Solves
basic
or
familiar
Solves
most
basic
or
Solves
some
basic
or
Solves
most
problems
and
most
familiar
problems
and
routine
problems
but
Shows
some
ability
to
Exhibits
little
or
no
Problem-‐ quantitative
and/or
new
or
difficult
some
new
or
difficult
shows
limited
ability
to
solve
basic
or
routine
ability
to
solve
solving qualitative
problems
quantitative
and/or
quantitative
and/or
deal
with
new
or
problems. problems.
proficiently.
qualitative
problems. qualitative
problems. difficult
situations.
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Communicates
Communicates
logically
Communicates
Communicates
with
a
adequately
although
and
concisely
using
effectively
using
Communicates
clearly
possible
lack
of
clarity
Offers
responses
which
Communic responses
may
lack
appropriate
appropriate
witih
little
or
no
and
uses
some
are
often
incomplete
or
ation clarity
and
include
terminology
and
terminology
and
irrelevant
material. repetitive
or
irrelevant
irrelevant.
some
repetitive
or
convention. conventions. material.
irrelevant
material.
Creative
Shows
insight
or
Show
occasional
insight
thinking originality. or
originality.
Demonstrates
personal
Demonstrate
personal
Demonstrate
personal
skills,
perseverance
and
Rarely
demonstrates
Rarely
demonstrates
skills,
perseverance
and
skills,
perseverance
and
Demonstrate
personal
skills,
perseverance
and
responsibility
in
a
personal
skills,
personal
skills,
Personal
responsibility
in
a
wide
responsibility
in
some
responsibility
in
a
wide
variety
of
investigative
variety
of
investigative
perseverance
or
perseverance
or
skills variety
of
investigative
investigative
activities
activities
in
a
very
consistent
manner. activities,
although
responsibility
in
responsibility
in
activities
in
a
fairly
in
an
inconsistent
displays
some
investigative
activities. investigative
activities.
consistent
manner. manner.
inconsistency.
Inter-‐ Works
within
a
team
Works
very
well
within
Works
well
within
a
Generally
works
well
Does
not
work
within
a
personal
Works
within
a
team. occasionally
but
makes
a
team. team. within
a
team. team.
skills litle
or
no
contribution.
Occasionally
Rarely
approaches
Approaches
Approaches
Approaches
Generally
approaches
Sometimes
approaches
approaches
investigations
in
an
investigations
in
an
investigations
in
an
investigations
in
an
investigations
in
an
investigations
in
an
investigations
in
an
Ethical
ethical
manner,
or
ethical
manner,
paying
ethical
manner,
paying
ethical
manner,
paying
ethical
manner,
with
ethical
manner,
with
ethical
manner,
but
values shows
an
awareness
of
full
attention
to
due
attention
to
attention
to
some
attention
to
some
attention
to
shows
very
little
the
environmental
environmental
impact. environmental
impact. environmental
impact. environmental
impact. environmental
impact. awareness
of
the
impact.
environmental
impact.
Displays
competence
in
Displays
competence
in
Displays
competence
in
Displays
competence
in
Displays
competence
in
Displays
very
little
a
wide
range
of
Displays
competence
in
a
very
limited
range
of
a
wide
range
of
a
range
of
investigative
some
investigative
competence
in
investigative
a
range
of
investigative
investigative
investigative
techniques,
pays
techniques,
investigative
Scientific
techniques,
pays
techniques,
pays
some
techniques,
showing
techniques,
pays
due
attention
to
safety,
and
occasionally
pays
techniques,
generally
technique considerable
attention
attention
to
safety,
little
awareness
of
attention
to
safety,
and
is
sometimes
capable
attention
to
safety,
and
pays
no
attention
to
to
safety,
and
is
fully
although
requires
some
safety
factors
and
is
generally
capable
of
of
working
requires
close
safety
and
requires
capable
of
working
close
supervision. needing
continual
and
working
independently. independently. supervision. constant
supervision.
independently. close
supervision.