Capstone Project Scoring Rubrics

The Rutgers Physics and Astronomy Education Research Group has developed several excellent rubrics for assessing scientific abilities. Four of these rubrics will be used to assess your performance on the Capstone Project -- Rubric D, appropriate sub-rubric from Rubric E, Rubric F, and Rubric G. (See scientific abilities, section 5, for a distinction between observational, testing, and application experiments.) The other rubrics are presented here for reference only:

1. Rubric A: Ability to represent information in multiple ways
2. Rubric B: Ability to design and conduct an observational experiment (devising an explanation for an observed phenomenon)
3. Rubric C: Ability to design and conduct a testing experiment (establishing a relationship or testing a model or hypothesis)
4. Rubric D: Ability to design and conduct an application experiment (using established knowledge to find new applications)
5. Rubric E: Ability to construct and modify explanations or mathematical relationships
6. Rubric F: Ability to communicate scientific ideas
7. Rubric G: Ability to collect and analyze experimental data
8. Rubric H: Ability to engage in divergent thinking
9. Rubric I: Ability to evaluate models, equations, solutions, and claims

Download and review the appropriate rubrics before you begin designing your experiment and writing your lab report; use the rubrics to assess your own performance before turning in your project for scoring.