Problem-Solving Rubric



Problem-Solving Rubric

(Adapted from Dept. of Chemical Engineering CRCD Project, August 2002)

|Criteria |Exemplary |Good |Needs Improvement |

|Identifying problem and main |(4 – 5) |(2 – 3) |(0 – 1) |

|objective | | | |

|Initial questions |Questions are probing and help |All questions may not be |Few or not questions formulated.|

| |clarify facts, concepts, and |relevant. May have some |Expects others to define the |

| |relation-ships in regard to |difficulty formulating questions|questions. Does not seem to |

| |problem. Follow-up questions |to move toward better |understand the central problem. |

| |are gleaned from appropriate |understanding of the problem. | |

| |sources. | | |

|Understanding the problem |Clearly defines the problem and |Problem statement has some |Problem is defined incorrectly |

| |outlines necessary objectives in|ambiguity or misses some |or too narrowly. Key |

| |an efficient manner. |important issues. |infor-mation is missing or |

| | | |incorrect. |

|Seeking information |Identifies several sources of |Relies on a few sources only. |Not clear as to what is needed. |

| |information and individuals for |Does not gather extensive |Waits to be told. Does not seek|

| |support. |information. |information sources. |

|Applying previous knowledge | | | |

|Integration of knowledge |Effectively applies previous |Applies limited amount of prior |Unable to make connection to |

| |knowledge to current problem. |knowledge to current problem. |previous knowledge. Unwilling |

| |Integrates with new information |Does not consistently use |to review summaries of prior |

| |to assist problem solving |information effectively. |knowledge for useful |

| |process. | |information. |

|Sharing previous knowledge |Team members all work together |Some exchange of in-formation |Each team member must teach |

| |to gain knowledge and apply and |and discus-sion occurs, but team|him/her self. No sharing of |

| |synthesize information. All |members do not work consistently|knowledge among team. |

| |listen respectfully to the |to address each one’s needs or | |

| |opinions of others. |understanding. | |

|Identifying information | | | |

|Use of information |Consistently gathers a broad |Information gathered may not be |Fails to gather information, or |

| |spectrum of resources and |extensive, or may have |obtains it from limited or |

| |information and integrates it |occasional difficulty using |inappropriate sources. Can’t |

| |with prior knowledge and |information effectively in |make connection between |

| |problem-solving strategies. |problem solving. |information gathered and the |

| | | |problem. |

|Criteria |Exemplary |Good |Needs Improvement |

|Framework |Creates and applies a framework |Can create a framework but may |Creates a vague framework that |

| |(e.g. diagram, written |not use it consistently in an |doesn’t move the problem-solving|

| |description) throughout the |effective manner, or revise it |process along. Doesn’t seek |

| |process. Revises it as |as needed. |help from others. |

| |necessary. | | |

|Tasks |Team takes the initi-ative to |All team members generally |Team spends time on tasks that |

| |define tasks, match assignments |cooperate and prioritize tasks, |interfere with the |

| |to expertise, rotate |but may not consis-tently rotate|problem-solving process. Team |

| |res-ponsibilities, maintain open|respon-sibilities or work out |members don’t know who is |

| |communication, and develop |most effective strategies for |respon-sible for which task. |

| |strategies to enhance group |success. | |

| |success. | | |

|Designing and con-ducting | | | |

|experiments | | | |

|Design |Each team member can describe |Description of planned |Fails to formulate hypotheses to|

| |planned experiments and how they|experiments, relation of |test. Does not express possible|

| |relate to the problem; relate |hypotheses, identification of |outcomes. |

| |hypo-theses to previous |steps and timeline, can be | |

| |knowledge; identify necessary |accomplished by joint effort of | |

| |steps and timeline for project. |the whole team but not by each | |

| | |team member. | |

|Use of evidence |Continuously uses results to |Usually adjusts experimental |Data obtained are in-adequate or|

| |refine plan. Draws correct |plan on basis of new knowledge. |incorrect-ly calculated. Tables|

| |conclu-sions from results. |Usually plots/tabulates results |and graphs are not prepared or |

| |Generates appropriate visual |to aid in reaching conclusions. |are dif-ficult to read and |

| |aids that facili-tate | |in-terpret. Conclusions are |

| |understanding of the problem. | |incorrect or not based on |

| |Ex-plores new ways to approach | |evidence. |

| |problem. | | |

|Documentation |Comprehensive col-lection of raw|Data are summarized and |Laboratory notes aren’t |

| |and summarized data. In-cludes |organized, but may lack some |organized. Experimental results|

| |detailed infor-mation to allow |details or some explanation |cannot be easily found. |

| |repe-tition of experiments based|necessary for repeti-tion of |Experiments cannot be repeated |

| |only on written notes. |experiments. |because of lack of information. |

|Analyzing and interpreting | | | |

|results | | | |

|Use of analytic tools |Consistently uses new procedures|Uses new methods and tools, but |Errors made in analytical |

| |and tools successfully, and can |may not always be successful. |methods, but sources of error |

| |describe rationale for them. |May not accurately explain |aren’t found. Appropriate |

| |Runs appro-priate control and |rationale. Control and |control or replicate experiments|

| |replicate experiments. |replicate experiments run. |not run. |

|Interpretation of data |Able to describe results and |Draws correct conclusions from |States conclusions without |

| |conclu-sions clearly and |results, but may not relate them|justification. Does not |

| |con-cisely. Relates results to |well to original hypothesis or |consider in-ternal consistency |

| |hypothesis and to currently |current theory. |of results. Cannot com-pare |

| |accepted theory. | |control or rep-licate results. |

|Analyzing alternative |Can account for un-explained |Recognizes results that don’t |Does not recognize that results |

|interpretations and solutions |results. Re-cognizes |fit hypo-thesis but may not |do not conform to original |

| |limitations of current |readily come up with alternative|hypothesis. Cannot suggest |

| |hypothesis and proposes |interpretations. |alternative interpretation. |

| |alterna-tive interpretations. | | |

|Assessing self and others | | | |

|Problem solving process |Critically reflects on |Can identify problem-solving |Unable to reveal insights about |

| |problem-solving techniques, |techniques that are most |own learning. Cannot discuss |

| |strategies, and results. |helpful, but may not be able to |relevance of problem-solving |

| |Identifies those most helpful to|clearly summarize |techniques. |

| |self. Offers clear insights |self-knowledge. | |

| |regarding self-knowledge. | | |

|Collaborative learning |Group develops strat-egies for |Group can assess the |Assessments of group performance|

| |success, and demonstrates |contributions of members’ |are not insightful. No |

| |under-standing of how prob-lem |skills, knowledge, and attitudes|commitment to group skill |

| |solving process relates to other|to the success of the team, but |development for the future is |

| |acti-vities. Creates a positive |may not develop an overall |shown. Little or no attention |

| |environment for reflection on |strategy for success or overview|paid to group morale. |

| |the learning process. |of problem solving. | |

|Overall assessment |Clearly and concisely |Can describe the problem-solving|Shows little or no understanding|

| |articulates the problem-solving |process, but may not critically |of the problem solving process, |

| |process and describes how well |assess how well it was applied |and cannot assess how well it |

| |it was applied to the current |to the current problem. |was applied to the current |

| |problem. | |problem. |

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