General Rubric
| Objectives |
Not Proficient |
Proficiency |
Exemplary |
| 1) Formation and support of coherent position on an issue or topic |
1 |
3 |
5 |
| 2) Utilization of critical thought, reason and analysis |
1 |
3 |
5 |
| 3) Ability to use, in writing or multimedia, the forms of reference, the materials, and the ideas specific to various academic disciplines, in the manner or discourse appropriate to those disciplines |
|
1 |
8 |
| 4) Ability to draw some conclusion which possibly leads to self-evaluation |
1 |
2 |
6 |
College of Business and Technology:
Telecommunications Internship—Kearney Clinic, P.C.:
Exemplary in all categories;
Interior Design Portfolio—collection of Honors works in Interior Design courses:
Exemplary in all categories
College of Education:
Music, K-12, Student Teaching Capstone/Internship—Holdrege School Systems:
“A nice collection of Student Teaching related materials.” Objectives in the rubric were comments, rather than checkmarks of “not proficient,” “proficient,” or “exemplary,” and are as follows the numerical order of said objectives:
- “No clear topic defined/pursued.”
- “Very difficult to identify.”
- “Ample overview of stuff on lesson planning/assessment—but loop not closed—no proof of student learning.”
- “??”.
Elementary Education, 3rd grade, Central Elementary, Kearney School Systems:
Exemplary in all categories.
College of Fine Arts and Humanities:
English, Research Paper in Victorian Literature: “Dante Gabriel Rossetti and an Aesthetic Medievalism”:
Objectives 1 and 4, Proficiency, Objectives 2 and 3, Exemplary
Theater, 2-Part Analysis of Costuming of “The Scarlet Letter” and “Hester Buys a Vowel”:
“The Scarlet Letter”: Objective 1, Proficient, Objectives 2, 3, and 4, Exemplary;
“Hester Buys a Vowel”: Objectives 1, 2, and 4, Proficient, Objective 3, Exemplary.
College of Natural and Social Sciences:
Biology, Research Paper: “ The Effects of Cell Signal Enhancer Naturally hGH on Serum Levels of Growth Hormone and Body Fat Percentage in Healthy Adults”:
Objectives 1, 3, and 4, Exemplary; Objective 2, Proficient.
History, Research Paper: “A Fantasy Theme Analysis of Frederick Douglass’ Fifth of July Oration: What Communication Means for History.”:
Objectives 1, 3, and 4, Exemplary; Objective 2, Proficient.
None of the Honors Senior Studies were found to be “not proficient” in any of the four categories of objectives; 10 categories were marked as “proficient,” mainly in categories 1, 2, or 4; and by far the highest mark of “exemplary”, at 27, mainly in categories 1, 3, and 4, displays clearly that our Honors Senior Studies are, for the most part, fulfilling what we hope they are doing for the students in terms of learning outcomes. It is evident that the objectives as outlined in the mission of the Honors Program are being fulfilled. It is evident that the collaborative efforts of both students and faculty result in good research and better understanding of the ideas in each respective discipline. In most cases of internship, notably in the colleges of Business and Technology and Education, the experiential learning opportunities provide Honors students with the kind of experience they not only need to succeed post-UNK, but that they also crave as students.
Student commentary to survey questions also bear out these fulfilled objectives. These surveys are mainly exit surveys completed by graduating seniors. Positive responses and positive personal commentary far outweigh the occasional negative comment (and even most of these are constructively critical, rather than negatively critical). Of course this data will continue to provide us with information to improve the entire assessment procedure, and is data we plan to share with administration, faculty, and Honors students (the latter mainly via the Honors web page). Per some of the recommendations from the previous data gathered in 2003 and 2004, some of these have been met, and some remain to be improved upon. [See Appendix B ]