Addison
Information Literacy |
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| Content | ||
|---|---|---|
| Exceeds Expectation | Meets Expectation | “Not Yet” |
| The information in the report is readily understandable as presented, with little or no clarification needed. | The presenters must be asked to clarify their information and/or thinking to be understood; they are able to clarify with little trouble | The information is not readily understandable, and the presenters are unable to adequately clarify their thinking. |
| The thesis of the report is clearly supported by a variety of reasons, examples, data, anecdotes, or information given by experts. | The thesis of the report is supported by reasons, examples, data, anecdotes, or information given by experts. | Gaps exist of the thesis is not adequately supported by reasons, examples, data, anecdotes, or information given by experts. |
| The report is unified and coherent, with not extraneous information or obvious omissions of information. | The report is generally unified and coherent, with little extraneous information and/or few omissions of information. | The report lacks unity and/or coherence, so listeners have trouble distinguishing the major points. |
| Each group member appears knowledgeable about all aspects of the report subject. | Each group member appears knowledgeable about his/her own part of the report. | One or more group members appear to lack basic knowledge about report subject. |
| Sources of information are cited smoothly when appropriate. | Sources are cited, but citations are not always incorporated smoothly. | No sources are cited. |
| Speaking Skills | ||
| Exceeds Expectation | Meets Expectation | “Not Yet” |
| The speakers look at and speak to the audience most of the time, relying little on their notes. | The speakers rely quite a bit on their notes; they make enough eye contact with the audience to keep them involved. | The speakers make little eye contact with the audience, primarily reading directly from their notes. |
| All group members share speaking responsibilities evenly. | One or more group members do most of the speaking, while other (s) do less. | One of more of the group members have little or no speaking responsibilities. |
| Presenters speak powerfully, articulately, and loudly enough to be heard. | The presenters are articulate but need to be asked once to speak up. | The presenters need to be asked more than once to speak up. |
| The presenters speak energetically and passionately about their subject. | The presenters speak with some energy about their subject. | The presenters speak with little or no enthusiasm or passion about their subject. |
| The presenters’ speech patterns and body language are virtually free of distracters (“like”; “uh”/fidgeting with hair, chewing gum) | Some distracters are present, but the flow of thought continues anyway. | Flow is lost due to presence of distracters |
