Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4

Categories and (50 59%) (60 69%) (70 79%) (80 100%)
Criteria
Knowledge and
Understanding

Identification of social
and ethical concerns
related to assigned
research topic Student identifies 0 1 Student identifies 2 - 3 Student identifies 4 Student identifies 5 +
Student is able to social or ethical social and ethical social and ethical social and ethical
identify various concern related to concerns related to concerns related to concerns related to
social and ethical their assigned their assigned their assigned their assigned
concerns related research topic research topic research topic research topic
to their assigned
research topic
Understanding of
regulations regarding
assigned research topic
Students Student demonstrates Student demonstrates Student demonstrates
Student demonstrates
understands the some understanding limited limited
limited
regulations of the regulations understanding of the understanding of the
understanding of the
involving their involving their regulations involving regulations involving
regulations involving
assigned research assigned research their assigned their assigned
their assigned
topic topic research topic research topic
research topic

Thinking and
Investigation

Research
Information is Information is mostly Information is Information is mostly Information is
accurate and inaccurate and/or somewhat inaccurate accurate and entirely accurate and
relevant to the irrelevant to the area and/or irrelevant to relevant to the area relevant to the area
area of research of research the area of research of research of research
 Multiple sources
of information Information came Information came
were taken from from only one source from multiple Information came Information came
different forms of sources from only from 1-3 sources from 4 or more
media (books, one form of media from multiple forms sources from
internet, etc) of media multiple forms of
References media
Contains Contains 0-1
references that references Contains 2-3
are properly cited references, but they Contains 2-3
using APA style are not properly references that are Contains 4+
cited properly cited using references that are
APA style properly cited using
APA style
Communication

Effectiveness
Students should Student presented Student presented Student presented Student presented
be able to his/her arguments his/her arguments his/her arguments his/her arguments
effectively convey and reasoning in an and reasoning in a and reasoning in an and reasoning in an
their ideas illogical manner that somewhat logical logical manner that extremely logical
regarding their was ineffective at manner that was was effective at manner that was
topics, by conveying his/her somewhat effective conveying his/her extremely effective
presenting logical ideas at conveying his/her ideas at conveying his/her
arguments and ideas ideas
reasoning
Terminology
Students use Student used very Student rarely used Student often used Student always used
appropriate generic terms in appropriate appropriate appropriate
terminology in order to convey terminology in order terminology in order terminology in order
order to convey his/her ideas to convey his/her to convey his/her to convey his/her
ideas ideas ideas ideas
Application

Regulations
Student is unable to Student can Student can mostly Student can
 Student applies apply his/her somewhat apply apply his/her thoroughly apply
his/her knowledge knowledge to his/her knowledge to knowledge to his/her knowledge to
to evaluate the evaluate the evaluate the evaluate the evaluate the
regulations in regulations in regulations in regulations in regulations in
Canada of their Canada of their Canada of their Canada of their Canada of their
assigned topic in assigned topic in assigned topic in assigned topic in assigned topic in
comparison to comparison to other comparison to other comparison to other comparison to other
other countries countries countries countries countries