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General Resource Review Rubric
Exemplary
Proficient
Partially Proficient
Minimally Proficient
Not Proficient
Instructional Design and Layout
Exemplary
Thoroughly explains and/or explicitly incorporates best teaching practices and methodologies (1) throughout the learning process
Design is comprehensive (2) and sequentially formatted as a fully functional teaching and/or learning tool
Thoroughly outlines an innovative, practical approach to learning a specific skill or concept
Proficient
Clearly and/or consistently incorporates best teaching practices (1) throughout the learning process
Design is complete and clearly formatted as a functional teaching and/or learning tool
Clearly outlines an innovative or practical approach to learning a specific skill or concept
Partially Proficient
Incorporates best teaching practices (1)
at some points throughout the learning process
Design is mostly complete and partially formatted as a functional teaching and/or learning tool
Includes a somewhat innovative or practical approach to learning a specific skill or concept
Minimally Proficient
Incorporates best teaching practices (1)
at few points throughout the learning process
Design is minimally complete and minimally formatted as a functional teaching tool
Includes a minimally innovative or practical approach to learning a specific skill or concept
Not Proficient
Does not incorporate best teaching practices (1)
Design is incomplete and formatting does not work as a functional teaching tool
Includes neither an innovative nor practical approach to learning a specific skill or concept
Content & Learning Objective
Exemplary
Thoroughly and clearly stated or implied objective or purpose
Thoroughly supports students in developing and/or achieving specific, targeted, and/or measurable skills or learning objectives
Thoroughly explains and includes all details necessary for students to achieve and extend beyond learning objectives
Proficient
Clearly stated or implied objective or purpose
Sufficiently supports students in developing and/or achieving specific, targeted, and/or measurable skills or learning objectives
Clearly includes all components (2) necessary for students to achieve learning objectives
Partially Proficient
Somewhat clear objective or purpose
Partially supports students in developing somewhat specific, targeted, and/or measurable skills or learning objectives
Includes most components (2)
necessary for students to achieve learning objectives
Minimally Proficient
Unclear objective or purpose
Minimally supports students in developing specific, targeted, and/or measurable skills or learning objectives
Includes few components (2) necessary for students to achieve learning objectives
Not Proficient
No stated or implied objective or purpose
Does not support students in developing specific, targeted, and/or measurable skills learning objectives
Includes no components (2) necessary for students to achieve learning objectives
Engagement
Exemplary
Thoroughly stimulating and engaging (3) materials and/or activities provided throughout learning process
Thoroughly stimulates in-depth critical and/or creative thinking (4) throughout the learning process
Proficient
Sufficiently stimulating and/or engaging (3) activities and/or materials provided throughout learning process
Clearly stimulates critical and/or creative thinking (4) through most of the learning process
Partially Proficient
Somewhat stimulating and engaging (3) activities and/or materials provided at some points during learning process
Makes a clear attempt to stimulate somewhat critical or creative thinking (4) in some parts of the learning process
Minimally Proficient
Minimally stimulating or engaging (3) activities and/or materials provided rarely, if at all, during the learning process
Makes little attempt to stimulate critical or creative thinking (4) in any part of the learning process
Not Proficient
The resource provides neither stimulating nor engaging (3) activities and/or materials during the learning process
Does not attempt to stimulate critical or creative thinking (4) in any part of the learning process
Language Conventions
Exemplary
Virtually free of grammatical errors, including punctuation, spelling, and/or capitalization
Proficient
3-5 grammatical errors including punctuation, spelling, and/or capitalization.
Partially Proficient
7-10 grammatical errors, including punctuation, spelling, and/or capitalization.
Minimally Proficient
10-15 grammatical errors, including punctuation, spelling, and/or capitalization.
Not Proficient
Frequent grammatical errors, including punctuation, spelling, and/or capitalization errors.
*Resources should be rated in context of other similar resources