Marking Criteria for Competency Exercise 2: Sourcing and Referencing Scientific Information

ANAT SC 1103 Human Biology IB Semester 2, 2008 Marking Criteria for Population Analysis Laboratory Report Student Name: ……………………………………………………………………………………………… Student ID: ………………………………………… Marker: ………………………………………………  Level of Student Autonomy  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Facet of Inquiry Students research at the level of Students research at the level of Students research Students research at the level of a closed inquiry and require a a closed inquiry and require independently at the level of a an open inquiry, within high degree of some structure/guidance closed enquiry structured guidelines structure/guidance A. Students embark on  Aims/hypothesis not made  Aims/hypothesis not clearly  Aims/hypothesis clear, but  Aims/hypothesis clear, inquiry and so explicit stated or inappropriate adheres closely to guidelines focussed and innovative determine a need for knowledge/ understanding B. Students  Source of data is cited  Data sampling protocols are  Data gathered are  Data from a variety of find/generate (cemetery name/location, adequate appropriate to sources or rigorous data needed ABS, etc) aims/hypothesis collection information/data using appropriate methodology C. Students critically  Self-evaluation of project  Limitations or biases of the  Limitations and biases of the  Evaluation of the whole evaluate (completed the ‘Report study are stated study are stated study design is rigorous information/data and Checklist’) the process to find/generate it D. Students organise  Data gathered but not  Data are incorporated into a  Report writing conventions  Report writing conventions information collected/ presented in a report writing report writing structure but are generally followed with are followed completely generated structure there is no clear linkage coherent flow Missing between sections Areas for improvement: ______Poor linkage of ______E. Students synthesise,  Limited synthesis of data  Data compared or contrasted  Data compared and  Synthesis of data with other analyse and apply with literature with literature contrasted with literature studies is rigorous new knowledge  Results restated with minor  Data analysis, but  Data analysis is appropriate  Data analysis is analysis inappropriate on occasions ______comprehensive ______© 2008 Adapted by Eleanor Peirce & Mario Ricci, University of Adelaide, from RSD www.adelaide.edu.au/clpd/rsd ANAT SC 1103 Human Biology IB Semester 2, 2008 ______F. Students  Title is present  Title portrays a general  Title succinctly portrays the  Title succinctly portrays a communicate sense of the study content full dimensions of the study study from an “original” knowledge and the  Sources are used, but  Sources are used and  A variety of sources is used perspective processes used to Harvard referencing style is sometimes Harvard and Harvard referencing  A variety of source types is generate it, with an not applied referencing style is applied style is usually applied used and Harvard awareness of ethical, ______referencing style is applied social and cultural ______consistently issues ______