GEOLOGY 113 Portfolio Project
Criteria for Developing
and Evaluating the Report

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Criteria for Content Depth of Research
Web Sites	insufficient	1	2	3	4	5	exceptional
Laboratory work	insufficient	1	2	3	4	5	exceptional
Outside resources	none	1	2	3	4	5	exceptional
Reasoning	weak, not valid	1	2	3	4	5	solid, valid
Use of evidence	slight, not helpful	1	2	3	4	5	ample, helpful
Connection to theory	slight, not helpful	1	2	3	4	5	ample, helpful
	anomalies ignored						anomalies treated
Criteria for Form/Style
Overall clarity	wordy, unclear	1	2	3	4	5	concise, clear
Organization	poor	1	2	3	4	5	excellent
Citations	none, confusing	1	2	3	4	5	full, helpful
Style	poor	1	2	3	4	5	exceptional

Comments:
Notes on scoring of research: scores in parentheses

4 web sites = (2); 5-7 sites (3); 8-9 sites = (4); >9 sites = (5)

1 laboratory exercises used = (2); 2 labs used = (3); 3 labs used (4); 4 used (5)

1 outside resource used = (3); 2 used (4); >2 used (5)

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