Assessment

Evaluate student activity journals using the following rubric.

Note: The chart that follows identifies four levels of achievement. Levels 1 and 2 describe performance that is approaching the standard for the grade; level 3 describes the standard for the grade; and level 4 describes performance that is above the standard.

The Student Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
demonstrates techniques for record keeping with limited effectiveness, producing a journal with few of the required elements (dates, titles, chart outlines, completed charts, data calculations and comments) with some effectiveness, producing a journal with some of the required elements (dates, titles, chart outlines, completed charts, data calculations and comments) with considerable effectiveness, producing a journal with most of the required elements (dates, titles, chart outlines, completed charts, data calculations and comments) with a high degree of effectiveness, producing a journal with all of the required elements (dates, titles, chart outlines, completed charts, data calculations and comments)
communicates using scientific conventions, vocabulary, and terminology recording survey data and completing charts with limited accuracy recording survey data and completing charts with some accuracy recording survey data and completing charts with general accuracy recording survey data and completing charts clearly and accurately