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            APPENDIX. ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
          
        
        
          
            Assessment criteria sheet for graphic organizers
          
        
        
          Assessment
        
        
          criteria
        
        
          2 points / excellent
        
        
          1 point / good
        
        
          0 point / needs
        
        
          work
        
        
          
            Adequacy
          
        
        
          The
        
        
          information
        
        
          presented in the visual
        
        
          corresponds to a given
        
        
          topic
        
        
          The
        
        
          information
        
        
          presented in the
        
        
          visual
        
        
          partly
        
        
          corresponds to a
        
        
          given topic
        
        
          The
        
        
          information
        
        
          presented in the
        
        
          visual does not
        
        
          correspond to a
        
        
          given topic
        
        
          
            Conciseness
          
        
        
          The information in the
        
        
          visual is presented
        
        
          concisely.
        
        
          All
        
        
          keywords
        
        
          are
        
        
          identified correctly
        
        
          The information in
        
        
          the
        
        
          visual
        
        
          is
        
        
          presented
        
        
          concisely enough.
        
        
          Some
        
        
          keywords
        
        
          are identified
        
        
          The information in
        
        
          the visual is not
        
        
          presented
        
        
          concisely.
        
        
          The
        
        
          keywords are not
        
        
          defined
        
        
          
            Completeness
          
        
        
          The visual contains
        
        
          detailed information
        
        
          about the topic. All
        
        
          significant
        
        
          concepts
        
        
          are selected.
        
        
          The information in
        
        
          the visual is partial.
        
        
          Acceptable number
        
        
          of concepts is
        
        
          selected.
        
        
          The information in
        
        
          the
        
        
          visual
        
        
          is
        
        
          insufficient
        
        
          
            Language
          
        
        
          The visual has no
        
        
          spelling, typographical
        
        
          or grammatical errors
        
        
          The visual has
        
        
          some
        
        
          spelling,
        
        
          typographical or
        
        
          grammatical errors
        
        
          The visual has
        
        
          many
        
        
          spelling,
        
        
          typographical or
        
        
          grammatical errors
        
        
          
            Organization
          
        
        
          All essential concept
        
        
          hierarchies
        
        
          are
        
        
          presented and logically
        
        
          ordered
        
        
          Some hierarchies
        
        
          of concepts are
        
        
          presented
        
        
          but
        
        
          others are missing
        
        
          or disorganized
        
        
          No hierarchies of
        
        
          concepts
        
        
          are
        
        
          evident
        
        
          
            Presentation
          
        
        
          The visual is neat,
        
        
          clear and has easy-to-
        
        
          follow links
        
        
          The visual is neat,
        
        
          but some links are
        
        
          difficult to follow
        
        
          The visual is not
        
        
          neat, links are
        
        
          difficult to follow
        
        
          Total         /12 points
        
        
          
            Grading
          
        
        
          
            11-12 points - Excellent
          
        
        
          
            9-10 points - Good
          
        
        
          
            7-8 points - Satisfactory
          
        
        
          
            0-6 points - Poor