Evaluation

EVALUATION

You will recieve three different grades for this webquest!!

Each platoon (group of 2 students) member will recieve a team grade as well as an individual participation and performance grade. The final grade will come from a chapter test that will cover the information contained in each platoon's presentataion to the class as well as any additional environemntal topics covered by the commander

Individual Grade

The individual grade will be worth 50 points total. This is a chance for an easy grade. This grade will be based on your team member's evaluation of your performance on the team as well as teacher evaluation of your team involvement. The individual grade will be based on the following items of individual assessment:

individual completion of work on time
equal work load sharing within the platoon
respectful treatment of the other team member
individual work quality
team write-up of all individual tasks/responsibilities

Note: any problem with the assessment facators (bulleted above) may result in an individual grade of 0 !!

Team Grade

The team grade will be worth 200 points total. It will based upon the following rubric. The team grade will taken from the platoon paper evaluation as well as from their presentation evaluation. The quality
of the researchn is very important to your grade.

	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4
Powerpoint Design	many errors on slides, slides confusing with too much text;bad slide layout; obvious not much time at all has been put into the design; slides used randomly & illogically;	Fair amount of time put into work; layout of slides ok; a little too much info put into slides and/or too many slides; use of graphics, text, etc. could improve	key facts highlighted with slides; information clearly presented; almost no errors on slides; provides orien- tation and introduction to topic and guides through the presentation a lot; much time has been spent on design	All information /graphics are clearly and neatly presented; text /slides kept simple; used to simplify complex/confusing facts/concepts; exhibited originality; no errors in slides; aestheticly pleasing; orients & guides class through the disucssion well; key facts reinforced /highlighted with slides. aapropriate use of graphics
Presentation	Students read entirely from notes, very boring, couldn't hear everything presenter said, no eye contact, presentation not rehearsed - just winging it, did not cover most of the info in report or left out key facts	Students read from notes about half the time, almost all the key facts covered, bad eye contact, most information presented clearly, powerpoint slides not used very smoothly,	Students only referred to notes rarely, but quickly for reference, fundamental concepts covered, but not very interesting, info clearly presented, voice tone ok, presention was practiced or went over some, powerpoint slides used fairly good; slides ntegrated smoothly	Presention was interesting, original and engaging, Students did not read from notes, great eye contact, great body language, great use of voice tone, fundamental facts covered well, best information from the report presented, presentation was practiced and inforrmation presented clearly, powerpoint slides used strategicly
Report Paper	not typed and messy; organized illogically & confusingly; topic covered poorly, fundamental facts/concepts missing; sources not cited and/or plagarised; information present does not exhibit proper comprehension of facts/issue	some parts of the picture on the topic are missing; a little bit of inacc- urate info; most of key points addressed; some of guiding questions addressed;most sources cited; comprehension pretty good	key points addressed; organization good; most important relative guiding questions addressed;typed; all sources cited; comprehension of info evident; info presented is accurate;intoduct- ion and overview present; key points addressed	Relatively no grammatical errors, organized in a logical manner, neat; all relative guiding questions addressed with insight; great synthesis and evaluation of info; introduction/ overview, summary well done
Research	a lot of the information was inaccurate; comprehension of info was poor; a lot of the guiding questions not addressed; significant gaps of coverage on the issue	Most of the info is cited and mostly comprehended; Most key facts presented; guding questions addressed somewhat	Information is accurate; comprehension is great; all relataive guiding questions addressed pretty well; cited; key facts represented as well as highlighted	All the info was accurate, topic coverage was thorough, great insight into problem, all point of views represented and analyzed thoroughly; info was synthesized and evaluated well; all guiding questins addressed thoughtfully
How well the information is able to be used by other privates	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting a beginning level of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting development and movement toward mastery of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting mastery of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting the highest level of performance.

Test Grade

All members of the company will be given a test that covers all the material presented in each platoon's presentation as well as any additional material presented by the commander on environmental issues. Each private should take notes during the platoon presentations if they are not handed out during the presentation. The test will be short answer and multiple choice with one essay question pertaining to the reserach done by your platoon.