Evaluation

Evaluation

The following rubric will be used to determine how well students succeed in completing the task. As the teacher, you can help students to become familiar with the following items and decide which level they'd like to aim to reach.

You will be observing the students throughout the month as they work to learn about gifted individuals, their characteristics, and how their lives and experiences might relate to students at a potential magnet school. The evaluations will be completed after the students deliver their final report to an appropriate audience.

You may ask the students to evaluate their own group, themselves as individuals, or ask students to evaluate each other. Another alternative would be to ask the audience members to complete an evaluation.

	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4
Taking Responsibility for Own Share of Group Work	Little evidence of doing own share of work that contributes to the group effort.	Some evidence of doing a fair measure of work that contributes appropriately to the group.	Completes a fair share of the group work and contributes appropriately.	Appropriately completes own share of group work and makes an important contribution to the group's final product.
Organization	Little or no plan is evident. Deadlines are not met.	Shows some planning but planning is not well carried out. Deadlines may or may not be met.	Planning and thought are evident and are well carried out. Deadlines are met.	Well organized plan that is thoughtfully and thoroughly completed within the deadlines.
Ability to Discern Which Concepts to Apply	Unable to define which concepts or examples that will support the group project.	Able to define some concepts and examples that support the group project but doesn't show true understanding.	Able to define several good concepts and examples that support the group position and shows some understanding.	Defines numerous excellent concepts and examples which fully support the group position and shows deep understanding.
Justification of Argument	Few or no examples to justify position and no evidence of thoughtful interpretation.	Some examples to justify position and some evidence of thoughtful interpretation.	Many examples which justify position and show evidence of thoughtful interpretation.	Numerous examples which thoroughly justify position and show evidence of much thought.
Understanding of Giftedness and Relation to Self	Shows minimal understanding of the concept of giftedness and cannot relate it to self and others.	Shows some understanding of the concept of giftedness and is beginning to relate it to self and others.	Shows good understanding of the concept of giftedness and can relate the qualities to self and others.	Shows deep understanding of the concept of giftedness and can relate to both negative and positive qualities within self and others.