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MARKING CRITERIA UNSATISFACTORY BASIC GOOD EXCELLENT AVAILABLE MARKS 02% 35% 67% 810% Effort There is no interest in project. Poor attendance Reasonable levels in effort Conscientious work Excellent effort made. Student could not have been expected to do more Innovation & Self study Basic concepts used correctly. Lack selfstudy but apply previously taught technique. Superficial usage of new concepts. Selfstudy of new technique, with basic understanding. Selfstudy of new concepts/ technique with good understanding. Minor innovative work. New concepts used frequently. Selfstudy of new technique and solve technical difficulties. Innovative work with research value. Motivation and Project Management Slow progress with barely satisfactory result. Unresponsive to supervisor Slow progress with basic project outcome. Rely on supervisor’s push to work. Good progress. Need reminder sometimes. Minor problems in project management Steady progress. Highly self motivated. Good project management Complex Problem Solving Research problem cannot be comprehended. No progress in solving the problem. Research problem under study can be described. Some research methods are used to solve the complex problem and the problem is partly solved. Causes of the problem under study can be fully explained. Suitable research methods are used to solve the complex problem and the problem is reasonably solved. The problem under study is fully analyzed with solution being proposed. Suitable research methods are used to solve the complex problem and the problem is fully solved. Project Output Unreasonable output with poor quality results. Reasonable output/ results Good quality of output/ results with potential for publication Excellent quality of output/ results with potential for publication Writing Frequent Spelling and grammatical errors. Writing disorganized and difficult to read and understand More than one spelling/ grammar error per page Readable writing style, but difficult to follow A few spelling or grammatical errors. Writing style indicates planning that makes reading easy. Tables, graphs and diagram used appropriately. Spellchecked and well proof read. Writing styles indicates planning that makes reading easy and flow of material makes understanding easy. Tables, graphs and diagram used appropriately. AVAILABLE MARKS (for Content) 04% 58% 912% 1315% Content The explanation is inaccurate, incomplete or confusing that the reader gains little information from the report. Little attempt has been made to help the reader understand the material. Moderate explanation of key concepts and theories is made. Sufficient attempt has been made to help the reader understand the material. An accurate and complete explanation of key concepts and theories is made, drawing on relevant literature. Enough detail is presented to allow the reader to understand the content and make judgments about it. An accurate and complete explanation of key concepts and theories is made, drawing on relevant literature. Enough detail is presented to allow the reader to understand the content and make judgments about it. In addition applications of theory are included to illuminate issues. Readers gain insights.

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MARKING  CRITERIA  

UNSATISFACTORY   BASIC   GOOD   EXCELLENT  

AVAILABLE  MARKS  

0-­‐2%   3-­‐5%   6-­‐7%   8-­‐10%  

Effort   There  is  no  interest  in  project.  Poor  attendance    

Reasonable  levels  in  effort   Conscientious  work   Excellent  effort  made.  Student  could  not  have  been  expected  to  do  more  

Innovation  &  Self-­‐study  

Basic  concepts  used  correctly.    Lack  self-­‐study  but  apply  previously  taught  technique.  

Superficial  usage  of  new  concepts.  Self-­‐study  of  new  technique,  with  basic  understanding.  

Self-­‐study  of  new  concepts/  technique  with  good  understanding.  Minor  innovative  work.  

New  concepts  used  frequently.  Self-­‐study  of  new  technique  and  solve  technical  difficulties.  Innovative  work  with  research  value.  

Motivation  and  Project  Management  

Slow  progress  with  barely  satisfactory  result.  Unresponsive  to  supervisor  

Slow  progress  with  basic  project  outcome.  Rely  on  supervisor’s  push  to  work.  

Good  progress.  Need  reminder  sometimes.  Minor  problems  in  project  management  

Steady  progress.  Highly  self  motivated.  Good  project  management  

Complex  Problem  Solving    

Research  problem  cannot  be  comprehended.  No  progress  in  solving  the  problem.    

Research  problem  under  study  can  be  described.  Some  research  methods  are  used  to  solve  the  complex  problem  and  the  problem  is  partly  solved.  

Causes  of  the  problem  under  study  can  be  fully  explained.  Suitable  research  methods  are  used  to  solve  the  complex  problem  and  the  problem  is  reasonably  solved.  

The  problem  under  study  is  fully  analyzed  with  solution  being  proposed.  Suitable  research  methods  are  used  to  solve  the  complex  problem  and  the  problem  is  fully  solved.  

Project  Output   Unreasonable  output  with  poor  quality  results.    

Reasonable  output/  results   Good  quality  of  output/  results  with  potential  for  publication  

Excellent  quality  of  output/  results  with  potential  for  publication  

Writing   Frequent  Spelling  and  grammatical  errors.  Writing  disorganized  and  difficult  to  read  and  understand  

More  than  one  spelling/  grammar  error  per  page  Readable  writing  style,  but  difficult  to  follow    

A  few  spelling  or  grammatical  errors.    Writing  style  indicates  planning  that  makes  reading  easy.  Tables,  graphs  and  diagram  used  appropriately.  

Spell-­‐checked  and  well  proof  read.  Writing  styles  indicates  planning  that  makes  reading  easy  and  flow  of  material  makes  understanding  easy.  Tables,  graphs  and  diagram  used  appropriately.    

AVAILABLE  MARKS  (for  Content)  

0-­‐4%   5-­‐8%   9-­‐12%   13-­‐15%  

Content   The  explanation  is  inaccurate,  incomplete  or  confusing  that  the  reader  gains  little  information  from  the  report.  Little  attempt  has  been  made  to  help  the  reader  understand  the  material.  

Moderate  explanation  of  key  concepts  and  theories  is  made.    Sufficient  attempt  has  been  made  to  help  the  reader  understand  the  material.  

An  accurate  and  complete  explanation  of  key  concepts  and  theories  is  made,  drawing  on  relevant  literature.  Enough  detail  is  presented  to  allow  the  reader  to  understand  the  content  and  make  judgments  about  it.  

An  accurate  and  complete  explanation  of  key  concepts  and  theories  is  made,  drawing  on  relevant  literature.  Enough  detail  is  presented  to  allow  the  reader  to  understand  the  content  and  make  judgments  about  it.  In  addition  applications  of  theory  are  included  to  illuminate  issues.  Readers  gain  insights.