| Rubric for Capstone Project |
| Student's Name: ______________________________________________ | | | Grade: ___________________ |
| Case History and Discussion |
| 5 points | 4 Points | 2 points | 1 points | 0 points | Notes |
| There are no formatting (to include figure/table labeling, etc.) and readability (grammar, punctuation, etc.) errors found in the paper | There are 1-2 formatting (to include figure/table labeling, etc.) and readability (grammar, punctuation, etc.) errors found in the paper | There are 3-10 formatting (to include figure/table labeling, etc.) and readability (grammar, punctuation, etc.) errors found in the paper | There are 11-20 formatting (to include figure/table labeling, etc. and readability (grammar, punctuation, etc.) errors found in the paper | There are so many formatting (to include figure/table labeling, etc. and readability errors (grammar, punctuation, etc.) that the paper is not understandable |
| The laboratory aspect is well described and the author gives insightful analysis | The laboratory aspect is well described | The laboratory aspect is poorly described; relevant data are missing | The laboratory aspect is poorly described; data are not presented | The laboratory aspect is not described; it is a paper that reviews a human health topic only. |
| The background is appropriate and relevant to the audience and the material is within the student's body of knowledge to date | The background is appropriate and relevant to the audience | The background is appropriate and relevant to the audience and the material is either above or below the student's body of knowledge to date | The background is either not appropriate or not relevant | No background is provided |
| There is a description of how the laboratory addressed the issue and it presented a challenge to the laboratory | There is a description of how the laboratory addressed the issue | There is an incomplete description of how the laboratory addressed the issue | | There is no description of how the laboratory addressed the issue |
| The writing flows from general to specific and could be easily submitted for publication | The writing flows from general to specific | The writing flows from specific to general | The writing alternates between general and specific | The writing is EITHER all general or all specific |
| More than 4 appropriate outcomes are presented using Bloom's action verbs | 4 appropriate outcomes are presented | 3 appropriate outcomes are presented | 2 appropriate outcomes are presented | No outcomes are presented or none of the outcomes presented are appropriate |
| 5 questions that have 4 multiple choice answers with 3 feasible distractors that are similar to the correct answer | 4 questions that have 4 multiple choice answers with 3 feasible distractors that are similar to the correct answer | 3 questions that have 4 multiple choice answers with 3 feasible distractors that are similar to the correct answer OR the distractors are not feasible | 2 questions that have 4 multiple choice answers with 3 feasible distractors that are similar to the correct answer OR the distractors are not feasible | No questions are presented |
| 4 of the questions relate to lab issues AND 2 or more questions are level 2 or higher in analysis AND at least one question is scenario based | 4 of the questions relate to lab issues | 3 of the questions relate to lab issues | 2 of the questions relate to lab issues | None of the questions relate to lab issues |
| Learning outcomes are measurable using Bloom's taxonomy with 2 or more using Level 2 or 3 verbs | Learning outcomes are measurable using Bloom's taxonomy | 2-3 learning outcomes are provided using Bloom's taxonomy | 1 learning outcomes is provided using Bloom's taxonomy | No learning outcomes are provided |
| References and Citations (Meets Expectations = 10 points |
| 1 points | 0.5 point | 0 points | Notes |
| References are formatted for LabQ specifications | References are formatted inconsistently for | References have no discernible format |
| Reference list includes 2 or more peer-reviewed journal articles (PubMed) | Reference list includes 1 peer-reviewed journal article (PubMed) | Reference list includes no peer-reviewed journal articles |
| Reference list includes at least one CLS textbook | Reference list does not include a CLS textbook, but does include a textbook of some type | Reference list does not include a textbook |
| Citations are listed consecutively using superscript Arabic numbers | Citations are listed consecutively using any other method of notation | Citations are not listed consecutively |
| Figures and tables from alternative sources are also credited in figure legend | Figures and tables from alternative sources are inconsistently credited in figure legend | Figures and tables from alternative sources are not credited in figure legend |
| Additional Point Deductions Possible |
| Failure to provide reference ranges | 2 point deduction |
| Use of more than 2 sentences of direct quotations | 5 point deduction per quotation over 2 |
| Use your spellcheck before submitting it | 1 point deduction for mispelled words that spellcheck highlights |
| SLO and CMLE must align | 5 point deduction |
| INCLUDING PATIENT RESULTS OF HIPAA VIOLATIONS | AUTOMATIC ZERO |
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