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The White Rose

Assessment  

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This section can be used by students as a checklist for students to write their report and by teachers to mark the report.

  Criteria   1 2 3 4   Score 1-4
Style Spelling  The report has too many spelling errors. O O O O The report has hardly any spelling errors.  
Punctuation The report has many punctuation errors. O O O O The report has  hardly any punctuation errors.  
Vocabulary The  student uses a simple and/or poor vocabulary. O O O O The student uses a rich vocabulary.  
Sentences The student uses simple sentences. O O O O The student uses complex sentences.   
Readability The report is poorly written. O O O O It was a pleasure to read the report.    
Design Lay-out The report has a messy and unattractive layout. O O O O The report has a clear, attractive  layout.  
Font The report uses too many different and unattractive fonts. O O O O The report uses a clear, readable font.  
Page numbers The report has no page numbers. O O O O The report has page numbers.  
Citations/
quotes
Citations/quotes  without quotation marks. O O O O Citations/quotes  within quotation marks.    
Content In general The student has presented  a report which has no clear structure. O O O O The student has presented a report with a clear structure.  
Headings/
captions
The student didn't  use relevant headings or captions. O O O O The student consistently used relevant headings or captions.  
Introduction The introduction to the report is of poor quality. O O O O The introduction to the report contains  all the necessary elements such as problem, research question, method etc..  
Sections/
chapters
Every section/chapter starts without an introduction. O O O O Every section/chapter starts with a relevant introduction.  
The sections / chapters are sloppy and inconsistent. O O O O The sections / chapters are written in a consistent way.  
Paragraphs The student doesn't use paragraphs. O O O O The student uses paragraphs when necessary.  
Tables and graphs The student has not inserted  tables and graphs in places where they would be relevant.  O O O O The student inserted  tables and graphs in relevant places.  
Resources The student has not used any resources. O O O O The student uses relevant resources.  
Illustrations The report contains no illustrations. O O O O The report contains  relevant illustrations.  
There are no captions to the illustrations. O O O O Each illustration has an appropriate caption.  
The student never refers to illustrations in the text. O O O O The students often refers to illustrations in the text.  
Conclusion  There are no conclusions to the report. O O O O The report contains  very adequate and well-founded conclusions.  
The conclusions do not contain an  answer the main- and sub ​-questions.  O O O O The conclusions contain a thoughtful answer to the main- and sub-questions.  
Evaluation The report has no product and process evaluation. O O O O The report has a full product and process evaluation.   
Source of quotations The report does not cite the source of quotations. O O O O The report cites the source of quotations in APA-style.    
Footnotes The student does not use footnotes. O O O O The students uses footnotes whenever relevant.    
              Total    

Assessing the cooperation

Because the cooperation within the group (mostly)withdraws from observation the teacher may use a self-assessment form. All group members complete this form independently and the teacher takes the outcome into account in assessing the cooperation. 

Strongly disagree Disagree Neither agree nor disagree Agree Strongly agree
the exchange of information from assignment 1 to 3 was excellent          
The cooperation in making assignment 4 went well          
the division of responsibilities for making the summary was excellent          
the division of responsibilities for writing the summary was excellent          
the division of responsibilities for writing the summary was excellent          
Each group member had a similar / equivalent contribution to the task          
everyone has kept to the agreements          
I've kept to the agreements          
I had a good input          
I took enough initiative          
everyone was open to criticism          
I was open to criticism          
everyone was willing to listen to each other          
I was willing to listen to the others          

General assessment model

This assessment tool can be used (optionally in combination with a rubric) for evaluating a presentation. Every aspect can be assessed with an u (unsatisfactory) , s (datisfactory), g (good), or e (excellent). You can refine the assessment by giving each group of aspects - process, format, content and style-  a note based on this global indication.

Obviously, the instrument can also be used by students to assess themselves or other students. 

Process

Report

total

u = unsatisfactory
(< 5,5)
s = satisfactory
(5,5-7,0)
g = good
(7,0 tot 8,5)
e = excellent
(8,5 t/m/ 10)

 

Format

Content

Style

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2

3

4

5

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7

8

9

Research method- evaluation and reflection

Cooperation

Structure

Format

Introduction

Analysis and reasoned conclusion

Footnotes and references

Style

Spelling and grammar

20%

15%

50%

 

15%

100%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The White Rose


 Sophie Scholl


 Hans Scholl


Copyright:  Albert van der Kaap, 2011