Distinguished - Provides a thorough description of the importance of and the difference between theories and models and comprehensively describes the importance of their use.

Proficient - Provides a description of the importance of and the difference between theories and models. Minor details may be missing.

Basic -Describes the importance of and the difference between theories and models. Relevant details are missing.

Below Expectations - Attempts to describe the importance of and the difference between theories and models; however, the description does not clearly differentiate between the two, and significant details are missing.

Non Performance - The description of the difference and importance between theories and models is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly describes behavioral change in the context/levels of the socio-ecological approach. Statements are well supported by evidence and sound reasoning.

Proficient - Describes behavioral change in the context/levels of the socio-ecological approach. Minor details are missing and/or statements are not well supported.

Basic - Partially describes behavioral change in the context/levels of the socio-ecological approach. Relevant details are missing and/or statements are not is not well supported.

Below Expectations - Attempts to describe behavioral change in the context/levels of the socio-ecological approach; however, the approach is not described, significant details are missing, and the statements are not supported.

Non Performance - The description of behavioral change in the context/levels of the socio-ecological approach is neither nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly describes each of the behavior change theories with clear categorization within the socio-ecological approach.

Proficient - Describes the behavior change theories in correlation with the appropriate levels of the socio-ecological approach. Minor details are missing.

Basic - Partially describes the behavior change theories. Relevant details are missing and/or the description does not fully correlate with the socio-ecological approach.

Below Expectations -Attempts to describe the behavior change theories; however, significant details are missing and the description does not address the socio-ecological approach.

Non Performance - The description of the behavior change theories at each of the appropriate levels of the socio-ecological approach is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly describes the use and effectiveness of three or more behavior change theories used in health education.

Proficient - Describes the use and effectiveness of three behavior change theories. Minor details are missing.

Basic - Partially describes the use and effectiveness of three behavior change theories. Relevant details are missing.

Below Expectations - Attempts to describe behavior change theories; however, describes fewer than three, or the selected theories do not represent each of the appropriate levels of the socio-ecological approach and/or the effectiveness of the theories is not described.

Non Performance - The description of the use and effectiveness of three behavior theories is either nonexistent or lacks the components listed in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly describes the seven program planning models, and a thorough comparison of each model to the others.

Proficient - Describes the seven program planning models, and a comparison of each model to the others. Minor details are missing.

Basic - Minimally describes the seven program planning models. Relevant are missing and/or the description does not include a comparison of the models to each other.

Below Expectations - Attempts to describe the seven program planning models; however, significant details are missing and the description does not include a comparison of the models to each other.

Non Performance - The description of the seven program planning models is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly describes examples of three or more planning models used in previous health education programs.

Proficient - Describes examples of three planning models used in health education programs. Minor details are missing.

Basic - Partially describes examples of three planning models used in health education programs. Relevant details are missing.

Below Expectations - Attempts to describe examples of at least two planning models; however, the selected examples do not adequately support the descriptions of planning models and significant details are missing.

Non Performance - The descriptions of three examples of planning models are either nonexistent or lack the components listed in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Distinguishes probable implications of the text for contexts, perspectives, or issues outside the assigned task or beyond the author's explicit message.

Proficient - Uses the text and/or specific knowledge of the author’s context to draw more intricate inferences about the author’s message and approach.

Basic - Considers how textual features (e.g., sentence and paragraph structure or tone) contribute to the author’s message. Draws fundamental inferences about context and rationale of text.

Below Expectations - Inadequately captures vocabulary but makes an effort to paraphrase or summarize the information the text communicates.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - Uses more than the required number of scholarly sources, providing compelling evidence to support ideas. All sources on the reference page are used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment.

Proficient - Uses the required number of scholarly sources to support ideas. All sources on the reference page are used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment.

Basic - Uses less than the required number of sources to support ideas. Some sources may not be scholarly. Most sources on the reference page are used within the body of the assignment. Citations may not be formatted correctly.

Below Expectations - Uses an inadequate number of sources that provide little or no support for ideas. Sources used may not be scholarly. Most sources on the reference page are not used within the body of the assignment. Citations are not formatted correctly.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - Accurately uses APA formatting consistently throughout the paper, title page, and reference page.

Proficient - Exhibits APA formatting throughout the paper. However, layout contains a few minor errors. 

Basic - Exhibits limited knowledge of APA formatting throughout the paper. However, layout does not meet all APA requirements. 

Below Expectations - Fails to exhibit basic knowledge of APA formatting. There are frequent errors, making the layout difficult to distinguish as APA.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - Displays meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains no errors and is very easy to understand.

Proficient - Displays comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains only a few minor errors and is mostly easy to understand.

Basic - Displays basic comprehension of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains a few errors which may slightly distract the reader.

Below Expectations - Fails to display basic comprehension of syntax or mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains major errors which distract the reader.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - Autonomously synthesizes or draws conclusions by combining examples, facts, or theories from multiple disciplines. 

Proficient - Autonomously correlates examples, facts, or theories from multiple disciplines.

Basic - Attempts to correlate examples, facts, or theories from multiple disciplines.

Below Expectations - Displays inconsistent examples, facts, or theories from multiple disciplines.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - The length of the paper is equivalent to the required number of correctly formatted pages. 

Proficient - The length of the paper is nearly equivalent to the required number of correctly formatted pages. 

Basic - The length of the paper is equivalent to at least three quarters of the required number of correctly formatted pages.

Below Expectations - The length of the paper is equivalent to at least one half of the required number of correctly formatted pages.   

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - Clearly and comprehensively explains the issue to be considered, delivering all relevant information necessary for a full understanding.

Proficient - Clearly explains the issue to be considered, delivering enough relevant information for an adequate understanding.

Basic - Briefly explains the issue to be considered, delivering minimal information for a basic understanding.

Below Expectations - Briefly explains the issue to be considered, but may not deliver additional information necessary for a basic understanding.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.