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Project Report - Fall 2013 Project Outcomes Document - Spring 2013 This is the rubric for grading Project Final Report in the Integrated Projects Curriculum of Messiah College Engineering Department. (v1.0, created 08/13 by TJV) Rubric Code: XA8X23 By mcengin Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Engineering Type: Assessment Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Project Report Rubric Project Report including Project Narratives and Project Records
	Exemplary/Excellent 5 pts	Accomplished/Good 4 pts	Developing/Fair 3 pts	Deficient/Poor 2 pts
Project Narrative Mechanics Overall summary of work.
Title Page 1 pts Completion of bracketed information	Exemplary/Excellent Date, Project Title, Client Information & Team members all included accurately.	Accomplished/Good Almost all of the requested information included accurately.	Developing/Fair Most of the requested information included or all of the information included with some errors.	Deficient/Poor Some important information missing and/or some significant errors.
Organization 1 pts Use of headings and subheadings.	Exemplary/Excellent Headings follow the required format. Subheadings aid the understanding of the structure of the document.	Accomplished/Good Headings following the required format. Some subheadings are used, but they are not used consistently or are not all helpful in understanding the structure of the document.	Developing/Fair Required headings are not used or material is clearly under the wrong heading.	Deficient/Poor No headings are used.
Organization Paragraphs 2 pts The organization of individual paragraphs	Exemplary/Excellent Contain a central idea and has a unified development of paragraphs.	Accomplished/Good Contain a central idea, but development of paragraph is less unified.	Developing/Fair Contains a central idea, but paragraph does not develop.	Deficient/Poor Paragraphs are random lists of sentences that are not related to some central idea.
Grammar and Spelling 4 pts	Exemplary/Excellent No grammatical or spelling errors	Accomplished/Good Few minor grammatical or spelling errors.	Developing/Fair Many grammatical or spelling errors.	Deficient/Poor Grammatical and spelling errors impact the ability to read the document.
Format 2 pts	Exemplary/Excellent Professionally formatted document	Accomplished/Good Formatting is good.	Developing/Fair Poorly formatted.	Deficient/Poor Sloppy, messy report.
Figures, Tables, and Equations 2 pts	Exemplary/Excellent All figures, tables, and equations are correctly formatted, clearly labeled, and referred to in the text. Figures, tables, and equations that are needed to support the text are present.	Accomplished/Good Some problems with formatting, labeling, or referencing to figures, tables, or equations. Most, but not all, of the figures, tables, and equations that are needed to support the text are present.	Developing/Fair Many problems with formatting, labeling, or referencing to figures, tables, or equations. Many of the figures, tables, and equations need to support the text are present.	Deficient/Poor Almost all of the figures, tables, or equations are misformatted, mislabelled, or misreferred to in the text. Most of the figures, tables, and equations needed to support the text are present.
Graphics 2 pts Includes photos and drawings	Exemplary/Excellent All photos and drawings are of good quality, clearly labeled, and referred to in the text. Photos and drawings that are needed to support the text are present.	Accomplished/Good Some problems with format, labeling, or referencing to photos or drawings. Most, but not all, of the photos and drawings that are needed to support the text are present.	Developing/Fair Many problems with format, labeling, or referencing to photos or drawings. Many of the photos or drawings that are needed to support the text are missing.	Deficient/Poor Almost all of the photos and drawings have problems with format, labelling, or referencing. Most of the photos or drawings that are needed to support the text are missing.
Project Narrative Content Overall summary of work.
Abstract 2 pts One paragraph summary of project and results to date	Exemplary/Excellent The project summary includes: a clear, coherent, easily readable & accurate paragraph; consists of complete sentences free from grammatical error; and includes the right amount of detail.	Accomplished/Good Has a mostly clear, coherent, readable and/or accurate paragraph and/or consists of mostly complete sentences with only a few errors, and/or includes almost right amount of detail.	Developing/Fair Has some clarity, coherence, readability with some inaccuracies and/or consists of some sentences with some grammatical errors and/or a little too brief or too excessive with the details.	Deficient/Poor Unclear and/or incoherent and/or incomplete paragraph with poorly composed sentences and/or insufficient or excessive detail.
Goals 2 pts What are the goals of the project?	Exemplary/Excellent A complete set of SMART goals for the project are explained.	Accomplished/Good A complete set of goals is given, but they are not all SMART goals.	Developing/Fair Most of the goals are given, some of which are SMART some of which are not.	Deficient/Poor A few goals are given and those are not SMART goals.
Methods 4 pts What methods were used?	Exemplary/Excellent Summarizes all of the methods used including any techniques, measurements and/or calculations in an organized, logical & coherent way. Easy to read & understand. Accurate. Creative.	Accomplished/Good Summarizes most of the methods used including techniques, measurements or calculations. Mostly organized, logical & coherent. Readable & understandable. Mostly accurate with only a few errors.	Developing/Fair Description somewhat organized, logical and coherent and/or somewhat hard to read or understand and/or some inaccuracies.	Deficient/Poor Incomplete description and/or disorganized and/or illogical and/or incoherent and/or unreadable sections and/or parts impossible to understand and/or glaring inaccuracies.
Accomplishments 4 pts What was done?	Exemplary/Excellent Summarizes all of what was done in an organized, logical & coherent way. Easy to read & understand. Accurate. Original. Builds effectively on & clearly references previous work.	Accomplished/Good Summarizes most of the accomplishments in an organized, logical and coherent way. Readable and understandable. Mostly accurate with only a few errors.	Developing/Fair Summary somewhat organized, logical and coherent and/or somewhat hard to read or understand and/or some inaccuracies.	Deficient/Poor Incomplete summary and/or disorganized and/or illogical and/or incoherent and/or unreadable sections and/or parts impossible to understand and/or glaring inaccuracies.
Conclusions & Decisions 4 pts How did you draw conclusions and make decisions?	Exemplary/Excellent Fully explains any conclusions with clear rationale, citing all relevant data, measurements and/or calculations. Describes systematic process of decision making; includes array of alternatives considered.	Accomplished/Good Explains conclusions with mostly clear rationale, citing some relevant data, measurements and/or calculations. Describes process of decision making; includes alternatives considered.	Developing/Fair Explains some conclusions and/or some rationale. Cites some relevant data, measurements and/or calculations. Describes some decision making; includes at least one alternative.	Deficient/Poor Conclusions not fully explained and/or lack sufficient rationale or support. Relevant data, measurements and/or calculations missing. Decision making faulty or does not include alternatives.
Project Records Mechanics Complete reports of portions of the project.
Accessability 2 pts Records located in correct spot and are correctly titled.	Exemplary/Excellent All Project Records are correct stored and titled following the correct naming scheme.	Accomplished/Good All Project Records are stored in the correct spot, but are not all correctly named.	Developing/Fair Only some Project Records are stored in the correct spot or correctly named.	Deficient/Poor Project Records cannot be found.
Title Page 1 pts Completion of bracketed information	Exemplary/Excellent Date, Record Title, Project Title & Team members names all included accurately.	Accomplished/Good Almost all of the requested information included accurately.	Developing/Fair Most of the requested information included or all of the information included with some errors.	Deficient/Poor Some important information missing and/or some significant errors.
Document Wide Organization 2 pts The overall organization of the parts of the document.	Exemplary/Excellent Good overall sequence of ideas, clearly explanations of relations between items including adequate transitions between ideas.	Accomplished/Good Good overall sequence of ideas, but explanations of relations between items and transitions are not very clear.	Developing/Fair Good overall sequence of ideas, but lacking explanation of relationships between ideas.	Deficient/Poor Random list of different ideas and no explanation of relationships between ideas.
Organization Paragraphs 2 pts The organization of individual paragraphs	Exemplary/Excellent Contain a central idea and has a unified development of paragraphs.	Accomplished/Good Contain a central idea, but development of paragraph is less unified.	Developing/Fair Contains a central idea, but paragraph does not develop.	Deficient/Poor Paragraphs are random lists of sentences that are not related to some central idea.
Grammar and Spelling 4 pts	Exemplary/Excellent No grammatical or spelling errors	Accomplished/Good Few minor grammatical or spelling errors.	Developing/Fair Many grammatical or spelling errors.	Deficient/Poor Grammatical and spelling errors impact the ability to read the document.
Format 2 pts	Exemplary/Excellent Professionally formatted document	Accomplished/Good Formatting is good.	Developing/Fair Poorly formatted.	Deficient/Poor Sloppy, messy report.
Figures, Tables, and Equations 2 pts	Exemplary/Excellent All figures, tables, and equations are correctly formatted, clearly labeled, and referred to in the text. Figures, tables, and equations that are needed to support the text are present.	Accomplished/Good Some problems with formatting, labeling, or referencing to figures, tables, or equations. Most, but not all, of the figures, tables, and equations that are needed to support the text are present.	Developing/Fair Many problems with formatting, labeling, or referencing to figures, tables, or equations. Many of the figures, tables, and equations need to support the text are present.	Deficient/Poor Almost all of the figures, tables, or equations are misformatted, mislabelled, or misreferred to in the text. Most of the figures, tables, and equations needed to support the text are present.
Graphics 2 pts Includes photos and drawings	Exemplary/Excellent All photos and drawings are of good quality, clearly labeled, and referred to in the text. Photos and drawings that are needed to support the text are present.	Accomplished/Good Some problems with format, labeling, or referencing to photos or drawings. Most, but not all, of the photos and drawings that are needed to support the text are present.	Developing/Fair Many problems with format, labeling, or referencing to photos or drawings. Many of the photos or drawings that are needed to support the text are missing.	Deficient/Poor Almost all of the photos and drawings have problems with format, labelling, or referencing. Most of the photos or drawings that are needed to support the text are missing.
References 2 pts	Exemplary/Excellent Complete references are provided with a clear way to tell what the particular reference contributes to the work.	Accomplished/Good Complete references are provided, but no way to tell how the references contribute to the work.	Developing/Fair Some of the applicable references are provided.	Deficient/Poor Only a few of the applicable references are provided.
Project Records Content Complete reports of portions of the project.
Abstract 2 pts One paragraph summary of work and results.	Exemplary/Excellent The abstract includes: a clear, coherent, easily readable & accurate paragraph; consists of complete sentences free from grammatical error; and includes the right amount of detail.	Accomplished/Good Has a mostly clear, coherent, readable and/or accurate paragraph and/or consists of mostly complete sentences with only a few errors, and/or includes almost right amount of detail.	Developing/Fair Has some clarity, coherence, readability with some inaccuracies and/or consists of some sentences with some grammatical errors and/or a little too brief or too excessive with the details.	Deficient/Poor Unclear and/or incoherent and/or incomplete paragraph with poorly composed sentences and/or insufficient or excessive detail.
Goals 4 pts The reason for completing the work.	Exemplary/Excellent A clear rationale for completing the work with a complete explanation of how the work relates to the project as a whole is presented.	Accomplished/Good A clear rationale for completing the work is presented, but the work is not related to the project as a whole is presented.	Developing/Fair An incomplete or unclear rationale for the work is presented.	Deficient/Poor An incorrect rationale is given.
Research 4 pts Investigation of work that has gone before in this area.	Exemplary/Excellent A complete and thorough background on previous work that relates to the current work and an explanation of the impact of that previous work on the current work.	Accomplished/Good complete and thorough background on previous work that relates to the current work, but no explanation of the impact of that previous work on the current work.	Developing/Fair A limited background of previous work is described.	Deficient/Poor Only a very small amount of previous work is mentioned.
Methods 4 pts What techniques were used for the work?	Exemplary/Excellent Explains in detail the methods used including any techniques, measurements and/or calculations in an organized, logical & coherent way. Easy to read & understand. Accurate. Creative.	Accomplished/Good Explains most of the methods used including techniques, measurements or calculations. Mostly organized, logical & coherent. Readable & understandable. Mostly accurate with only a few errors.	Developing/Fair Description somewhat organized, logical and coherent and/or somewhat hard to read or understand and/or some inaccuracies.	Deficient/Poor Incomplete description and/or disorganized and/or illogical and/or incoherent and/or unreadable sections and/or parts impossible to understand and/or glaring inaccuracies.
Accomplishments 4 pts What was done?	Exemplary/Excellent Explains in detail all of what was done in an organized, logical & coherent way. Easy to read & understand. Accurate. Original. Builds effectively on & clearly references previous work.	Accomplished/Good Explains most of the accomplishments in an organized, logical and coherent way. Readable and understandable. Mostly accurate with only a few errors.	Developing/Fair Description of accomplishments somewhat organized, logical and coherent and/or somewhat hard to read or understand and/or some inaccuracies.	Deficient/Poor Incomplete summary and/or disorganized and/or illogical and/or incoherent and/or unreadable sections and/or parts impossible to understand and/or glaring inaccuracies.
Conclusions & Implications 4 pts How did you draw conclusions and what impact does this have on your project as a whole?	Exemplary/Excellent Fully explains any conclusions with clear rationale, citing all relevant data, measurements and/or calculations. Describes systematic process of decision making; includes array of alternatives considered. Clearly explains the result of this conclusion on the project as a whole.	Accomplished/Good Explains conclusions with mostly clear rationale, citing some relevant data, measurements and/or calculations. Describes process of decision making; includes alternatives considered. Does not clearly explain the impact of this conclusion on the project as a whole.	Developing/Fair Explains some conclusions and/or some rationale. Cites some relevant data, measurements and/or calculations. Describes some decision making; includes at least one alternative. Does not explain how the conclusion impacts the project as a whole.	Deficient/Poor Conclusions not fully explained and/or lack sufficient rationale or support. Relevant data, measurements and/or calculations missing. Decision making faulty or does not include alternatives. No indication that this will have any impact on the project as a whole.

Keywords:

IPC, Messiah College, Engineering, writing

Subjects:

Engineering

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