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BIO 495: Directed Independent Research Evaluation

BIO 496: Internship Evaluation

Rubric Code: K57W54

By sromano

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Subject: Biology

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

BIO 495 DIR
	Excellent 4 pts	Very Good 3 pts	Good 2 pts	Fair 1 pts
Research quality	Excellent Student tested an appropriate hypothesis, used appropriate experimental design, collected and analyzed the data appropriately.	Very Good Student tested a hypothesis, used principles of experimental design, collected and analyzed the data.	Good Student tried to test a hypothesis, tried to use principles of experimental design, collected and analyzed some data.	Fair Student was not clear about hypothesis being tested, did not use approporiate principles of experimental design, collected and analyzed some data.
Research activities	Excellent Student worked well independently, used appropriate laboratory/field techniques, and kept to agreed upon scheduling.	Very Good Student worked mostly independently, used mostly appropriate laboratory/field techniques, and mostly kept to agreed upon scheduling.	Good Student worked somewhat independently, used some appropriate laboratory/field techniques, and generally kept to agreed upon scheduling.	Fair Student required a lot of assistance from the mentor, used some appropriate laboratory/field techniques, and generally did not keep to agreed upon scheduling.
Lab notebook	Excellent Student kept a detailed, legible, up-to-date lab notebook of all work undertaken, including an entry for each period of time worked.	Very Good Student kept an up-to-date lab notebook of all work undertaken, including an entry for almost each period of time worked.	Good Student kept a lab notebook of work undertaken, including an entry for most of the periods of time worked.	Fair Student kept a lab notebook of work undertaken, but it was lacking in detail and incomplete.
Final paper contents	Excellent Final paper demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of the work undertaken. Hypothesis being tested is clearly presented. Methods are described such that they could be repeated by the reader. The results are clearly presented in both graphical and written form. The discussion includes an explanation of the results, states whether or not the hypothesis was refuted, discusses potential problems with the work, and discusses directions for further studies.	Very Good Final paper demonstrates understanding of the work undertaken. Hypothesis being tested is presented. Methods are described such that they could be repeated by the reader. The results are presented in both graphical and written form. The discussion includes an explanation of the results, states whether or not the hypothesis was refuted, discusses potential problems with the work, and discusses directions for further studies.	Good Final paper demonstrates some understanding of the work undertaken. Hypothesis being tested is presented. Methods are included. The results are presented. The discussion includes some explanation of the results, states whether or not the hypothesis was refuted, discusses some potential problems with the work, and discusses some directions for further studies.	Fair Final paper does not demonstrate a clear understanding of the work undertaken. Hypothesis being tested is not clearly presented. Methods are included but are difficulty to follow. The results are not clearly presented. The discussion includes some explanation of the results, does not clearly state whether or not the hypothesis was refuted, discusses some potential problems with the work, and discusses some directions for further studies.
Final paper structure	Excellent Final paper was written in the format of a scientific paper including title, abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion, and references cited. A draft of the paper and comments on the draft were incorporated into the final paper. The report is well written with no errors in syntax, spelling and punctuation and was submitted on the final day of the semester.	Very Good Final paper was written in the format of a scientific paper including title, abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion, and references cited. The report is well written with a few errors in syntax, spelling and punctuation and was submitted on the final day of the semester.	Good Final paper was written in the format of a scientific paper including title, abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion, and references cited. The report has some errors in syntax, spelling and punctuation and was submitted on the final day of the semester.	Fair Final paper was not written in the format of a scientific paper including title, abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion, and references cited. The report has many errors in syntax, spelling and punctuation and was submitted after the final day of the semester.

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