Distinguished - Comprehensively assesses how discussions, assignments, and/or activities are reflective of and informed by adult learning theory.

Proficient - Assesses how discussions, assignments, and/or activities are reflective of and informed by adult learning theory. Minor details are missing. 

Basic - Minimally assesses how discussions, assignments, and/or activities are reflective of and informed by adult learning theory. Relevant details are missing. 

Below Expectations - Attempts to assess how discussions, assignments, and/or activities are reflective of and informed by adult learning theory; however, significant details are missing. 

Non-Performance - The assessment of how discussions, assignments, and/or activities are reflective of and informed by adult learning theory is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Comprehensively assesses how discussions, assignments, or activities reflect experience and learning: mixture of content and process, absence of excessive judgment, and/or engagement in purposeful endeavors.

Proficient - Assesses how discussions, assignments, or activities reflect experience and learning: mixture of content and process, absence of excessive judgment and/or engagement in purposeful endeavors. Minor details are missing. 

Basic - Minimally assesses how discussions, assignments, or activities reflect experience and learning: mixture of content and process, absence of excessive judgment, and/or engagement in purposeful endeavors. Relevant details are missing. 

Below Expectations - Attempts to assess how discussions, assignments, or activities reflect experience and learning: mixture of content and process, absence of excessive judgment, and/or engagement in purposeful endeavors; however, significant details are missing. 

Non-Performance - The assessment of how discussions, assignments, or activities reflect experience and learning: mixture of content and process, absence of excessive judgment and/or engagement in purposeful endeavors is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly evaluates how the discussions, assignments, and/or activities demonstrate one or more of Wlodkowski’s motivational conditions. 

Proficient - Evaluates how the discussions, assignments, and/or activities demonstrate one or more of Wlodkowski’s motivational conditions. Minor details are missing.  

Basic - Minimally evaluates how the discussions, assignments, and/or activities demonstrate one or more of Wlodkowski’s motivational conditions. Relevant details are missing. 

Below Expectations - Attempts to evaluate how the discussions, assignments, and/or activities demonstrate one or more of Wlodkowski’s motivational conditions; however, significant details are missing. 

Non-Performance - The evaluation of how the discussions, assignments, and/or activities demonstrate one or more of Wlodkowski’s motivational conditions is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Comprehensively explains how technology is integrated in the discussions, assignments, or activities.

Proficient - Explains how technology is integrated in the discussions, assignments, or activities. Minor details are missing. 

Basic - Minimally explains how technology is integrated in the discussions, assignments, or activities. Relevant details are missing. 

Below Expectations - Attempts to explain how technology is integrated in the discussions, assignments, or activities; however, significant details are missing. 

Non-Performance - The explanation of how technology is integrated in the discussions, assignments, or activities is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Comprehensively analyzes how critical thinking has been integrated in the discussions, assignments, and/or activities, fostering critical reflection, building a learning community, and practicing dialogical conversation and/or lived experience learning.

Proficient - Analyzes how critical thinking has been integrated in the discussions, assignments, and/or activities, fostering critical reflection, building a learning community, and practicing dialogical conversation and/or lived experience learning. The analysis is slightly underdeveloped. 

Basic - Minimally analyzes how critical thinking has been integrated in the discussions, assignments, and/or activities, fostering critical reflection, building a learning community, and practicing dialogical conversation and/or lived experience learning. The analysis is underdeveloped. 

Below Expectations - Attempts to analyze how critical thinking has been integrated in the discussions, assignments, and/or activities, fostering critical reflection, building a learning community, and practicing dialogical conversation and/or lived experience learning; however, the analysis is significantly underdeveloped. 

Non-Performance - The analysis of how critical thinking has been integrated in the discussions, assignments, and/or activities; fostering critical reflection, building a learning community, practicing dialogical conversation and/or lived experience learning is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment 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 - 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 - 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 - 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.