3-4 Page Essay on Designing an ideal high school

Criteria Pts

Theory

Application

10 pts 7.5 pts 5 pts 2.5 pts 0 pts

Excellent Good Adequate Poor Unacceptable

Student

demonstrated

ability to analyze

essay prompt

using at least

TWO theories.

Student applied

theoretical

constructs

appropriately

and

demonstrated a

thorough

understanding of

theory.

Student

attempted to

analyze essay

prompt using at

least two

theories, but

needed to

slightly expand

analysis or

further

demonstrate

their

understanding

and application

of theory.

Student only

used one theory

to analyze essay

prompt, OR one

theory was not

appropriate for

assignment, OR

student used two

theories but

needed to

expand greatly

on their

application/

analysis.

Student only

used one theory,

AND theory was

inadequately

applied and

analysis needed

to be greatly

expanded.

Student either

did not complete

this portion OR

used theories

that were

completely

inappropriate for

this particular

assignment.

Chapter

Content

Application

10 pts 8 pts 6 pts 4 pts 2 pts 0 pts

Excellent Good Adequate Poor Very Poor Unacceptable

Student applied

course content

for all 5 main

design concepts.

Student applied

chapter content

appropriately

and

demonstrated a

thorough

understanding of

content. (2

pts/concept X 5

concepts = 10 pts

total).

Student

described only 4

design concepts,

OR attempted to

describe 5

concepts but

needed to

slightly expand

analysis or

further

demonstrate

their

understanding

and application

of content.

Student

described only 3

design concepts,

OR attempted to

use 4 or 5 but

they were

inadequately

applied and

analysis needed

to be greatly

expanded.

Student

described only 2

design concepts,

or the points

they made were

inadequate or

lacked an

understanding

and application

of content.

Student

described only 1

design concept,

or the points

they made were

very inadequate

or lacked an

understanding

and application

of content.

Student either

did not complete

this portion OR

used concepts/

research findings

that were

completely

inappropriate for

this particular

case study.

Developmental Theory Application Essay #3 Rubric

Use at least two

developmental

theories from

any chapter to

guide your

essay

Apply course

content from

Chapter 10 plus

other relevant

chapters to

describe the

design for: a)

physical

building, b)

school

calendar/daily

schedule, c)

course offerings,

d) instructional

methods, and e)

classroom

management

methods

Ratings

10 pts

10 pts

Research

Journal Article

Application

5 pts 3 pts 1 pt 0 pts

Excellent Good Poor Unacceptable

Student

demonstrated

ability to

critically analyze

essay prompt

using research

findings from an

appropriate peer-

reviewed

research journal

article (from last

10 yrs). Student

applied research

findings

appropriately to

answer the

prompts posted.

Student

attempted to use

research findings

from article for

assignment, but

needed to

slightly expand

analysis or

further

demonstrate

their

understanding

and application

of research.

Student

attempted to use

research findings

from journal

article, but they

were

inadequately

applied and

analysis needed

to be greatly

expanded OR

article did not

fully meet

requirements

(peer-reviewed

from last 10

years).

Student either

did not complete

this portion OR

used research

article that was

completely

inappropriate for

this particular

case study.

APA formatting 5.0 pts 4.0 pts 3.0 pts 2.0 pts 1.0 pts 0.0 pts

Excellent Good Adequate Poor Very poor Unacceptable

Student followed

APA guidelines,

including cover

page, running

head, page

numbers, section

headings, in-text

citations, and

reference page.

Grammar,

spelling, and

language were

excellent.

Student followed

APA guidelines in

general, but was

missing one key

element, or had

a few minor

typos/grammar

issues.

Student

attempted to

follow APA

guidelines, but

was missing two

key elements, OR

had several

typos/grammar/

referencing

issues.

Student

attempted to

follow APA

guidelines, but

was missing

three key

elements, OR

had many

typos/grammar/

referencing

issues.

Student did not

attempt to

follow APA

guidelines, OR

had many

typos/grammar

issues.

Student did not

attempt to

follow APA

guidelines, AND

had many

typos/grammar

issues.

Total Points: 30.0

5 pts

Use FSU library

resources to find

at least one

outside scholarly

resource (peer-

reviewed

research journal

article) related to

this assignment.

Use APA

formatting

guidelines to

write a 3-4 page

essay.

5 pts