Distinguished - Creates a comprehensive outline of the lecture notes on a topic that is of personal or professional interest and includes the four components listed in the assignment instructions.

Proficient - Creates an outline of the lecture notes on a topic that is of personal or professional interest and includes the four components listed in the assignment instructions. One of the components is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Creates a partial outline of the lecture notes on a topic that is of personal or professional interest and includes at least three of the components listed in the assignment instructions. At least two of the components are underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to create an outline of the lecture notes on a topic that is of personal or professional interest; however, does not include all four components listed in the assignment instructions and the components listed are significantly underdeveloped. 

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

Distinguished - Provides a comprehensive and accurate description of the education setting. 

Proficient - Provides an accurate description of the education setting. Minor details are missing.

Basic - Provides a partial description of the education setting. Relevant details are missing and/or inaccurate.

Below Expectations - Attempts to provide a description of the education setting; however, significant details are missing and inaccurate. 

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

Distinguished - Provides a comprehensive and accurate description of how to check for student understanding. 

Proficient - Provides an accurate description of how to check for student understanding. Minor details are missing.

Basic - Provides a partial description of how to check for student understanding. Relevant details are missing and/or inaccurate.

Below Expectations - Attempts to provide a description of how to check for student understanding; however, significant details are missing and inaccurate.

Non-Performance - The description of how to check for student understanding is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Provides a comprehensive description of how to use student examples. 

Proficient - Provides a description of how to use student examples. Minor details are missing. 

Basic - Provides a partial description of how to use student examples. Relevant details are missing. 

Below Expectations - Attempts to provide a description of how to use student examples; however, significant details are missing. 

Non-Performance - The description of how to use student examples is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Provides a comprehensive description on how to maintain student attention.

Proficient - Provides a description on how to maintain student attention. Minor details are missing. 

Basic - Provides a partial description on how to maintain student attention. Relevant details are missing.

Below Expectations - Attempts to provide a description on how to maintain student attention; however, significant details are missing. 

Non-Performance - The description on how to maintain student attention is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Provides a comprehensive description on how to engage students in actively thinking about the content presented. 

Proficient - Provides a description on how to engage students in actively thinking about the content presented. Minor details are missing.

Basic - Provides a partial description on how to engage students in actively thinking about the content presented. Relevant details are missing. 

Below Expectations - Attempts to provide a description on how to engage students in actively thinking about the content presented; however, significant details are missing. 

Non-Performance - The description on how to engage students in actively thinking about the content presented is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Properly employs all existing conventions for the specific type of assignment (e.g., lab report, academic paper, personal essay, etc.) and the specific academic field (e.g., science, business, English, etc.). 

Proficient - Properly employs most of the existing conventions for the specific type of assignment and the specific academic field.

Basic - Employs some existing conventions for the specific type of assignment and the specific type of academic field.

Below Expectations - Employs very few of the existing conventions for the specific type of assignment and the specific type of academic field.

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 - 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 - 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.