Course Profile   Introduction to Entrepreneurial Studies, Grade 11, College Preparation, Public

 

Unit 1:  Enterprising People and Entrepreneurs

Time:  20 hours

 

Activity 1.1 | Activity 1.2 | Activity 3 | Activity 4

Unit Description

This unit focuses on the characteristics and skills of successful business people. Students investigate both intrapreneurial and entrepreneurial opportunities in business today. They look at how enterprising people become successful within the organizations that employ them. Students also look at examples of entrepreneurs and examine what helped them and their venture become successful. Students investigate entrepreneurs in both their local and surrounding communities and evaluate their contribution to the economy. Students begin to assess their own entrepreneurial skills by creating and developing a portfolio or expand the portfolio developed in Career Studies, GLC2O.

Unit 1 Synopsis Chart

Activity

Time

Expectations

Assessment

Tasks

1.1: Types and Characteristics of Successful Business People

6 hours

EPV.01, EPV.02, EPV.03, EP1.01, EP1.02, EP1.04, EP2.03, EP2.03, EP3.02

K/U; T/I; C; A

1. List common skills and characteristics of successful business role models.

2. Differentiate between an enterprising person and an entrepreneur.

1.2: Business in the Community

5 hours

EPV.01, EPV.03, EP1.03, EP3.03

K/U; T/I; C; A

1. Search for enterprising people and entrepreneurs in the local community.

2. Develop a set of questions appropriate for each type.

3. Conduct interviews.

4. Report on the interviews.

1.3: The Pioneering Spirit

4 hours

EPV.03, EP3.01, EP3.04

K/U; T/I; C; A

1. Investigate how market trends are used and/or developed.

2. Explore how the entrepreneur adapts to consumer needs and is an agent of change.

1.4: Skills and Portfolio Building

5 hours

EPV.01, EPV.02, EPV.04, EP1.05, EP2.04, EP4.01, EP4.02, EP4.03, EP4.04

K/U; T/I; C; A

1. Begin to build the portfolio.

2. Perform self-assessment.

3. Create résumés.

1.5: Unit Integration (Activity 1 of Unit 5)

This activity deals with the importance of the venture plan. This should be taught after Unit 1 to explain the reasons why venture plans are important. It is a great opportunity to have a guest speaker of a business that has been unsuccessful (if one is willing to talk to students) or a case study of a business that failed to plan. The next topic deals with the major components of the venture plan. Students are given an outline of the areas of the plan and a detailed description, complete with resources, of what their venture plan is to look like. The assessment rubric for the culminating activity should also be provided.

K/U = Knowledge/Understanding                       C = Communication

T/I = Thinking/Inquiry                                        A = Application

Activity 1.1:  Types and Characteristics of Successful Business People

Time:  6 hours

Description

Students learn about the different traits and characteristics of successful business people through observation and interviews. They identify and evaluate the personal benefits of being an enterprising person and explain the advantages and disadvantages of being an entrepreneur. Once the connection between entrepreneurial activities and an enterprising person is made, students begin to analyse enterprising and entrepreneurial traits in themselves for further use in both this unit and the culminating Venture Plan in Unit 5.

Strand(s) & Learning Expectations

Strand(s):  Enterprising People and Entrepreneurs

Overall Expectations

EPV.01 - analyse the characteristics of enterprising people;

EPV.02 - analyse the characteristics of entrepreneurs;

EPV.03 - evaluate the contributions made by entrepreneurs.

Specific Expectations

EP1.01 - describe the characteristic, motivations, abilities, attitudes, and aptitudes of an enterprising person;

EP1.02 - identify and describe some enterprising people;

EP1.04 - evaluate the personal benefits of being an enterprising person;

EP2.01 - describe the characteristics, motivations, abilities, and aptitudes of an entrepreneur;

EP2.02 - distinguish between an entrepreneur and an enterprising person;

EP2.03 - explain the advantages and disadvantages of being an entrepreneur;

EP3.02 - explain the connection between entrepreneurial activity and job and wealth creation.

Prior Knowledge & Skills

·         General knowledge of people and the community;

·         Internet research skills.

Planning Notes

Units in this profile make reference to the use of specific texts, magazines, films, and videos in the Teaching/Learning Strategies. Before reproducing materials for student use from books and magazines, teachers need to ensure that their board has a Cancopy licence and that resources they wish to use are covered by this licence. Before screening videos for their students, teachers need to ensure that their board/school has obtained the appropriate public performance videocassette licence from an authorized distributor (e.g., Audio Cine Films Inc.). Teachers are also reminded that much of the material on the Internet is protected by copyright. That copyright is usually owned by the person or organization that created the work. Reproduction of any work or a substantial part of any work on the Internet is not allowed without the permission of the owner.

·         Arrange for videos about being an entrepreneur that explain the connections between entrepreneurial activity and job and wealth creation.

·         Develop a list of successful Canadian entrepreneurs of different cultural and socio-economic backgrounds from magazines and newspaper articles that identify and explain enterprising people, or invite guest speakers from the community to identify the characteristics, motivations, abilities, attitudes, and aptitudes of an enterprising person.

·         Prepare/copy a map of the local community from the phonebook to discuss the effects of businesses on the community.

·         Arrange access to the Internet. If the Internet is not available, videos, textbooks, magazines, and newspapers containing articles about entrepreneurs and business people may be used.

·         Determine how groups are organized. Pair weaker students with stronger ones.

Teaching/Learning Strategies

·         Watch one or two videos about enterprising and entrepreneurial people, then as a class brainstorm to devise a list of common traits, characteristics, and skills about these enterprising people. The lists may be recorded on chart paper, the board, or an overhead. Common findings are noted and a definition of a successful enterprising or entrepreneurial business role model is developed and recorded in their notebooks.

·         If videos aren’t available, access the Internet (‘Canadian entrepreneurs’ as a search topic or articles from on-line entrepreneurial, e-business magazines and newspapers), and allow students to generate a list of common traits, characteristics, and skills using the information they discover and record these results in their notebooks.

·         Another source of information is in selected articles from available entrepreneurial textbooks, newspapers, or magazines. Students generate a list of common traits, characteristics, and skills about the enterprising people they’ve read about and record it in their notebooks.

·         Groups of three students are established and definitions for the terms ‘enterprising’ and ‘entrepreneur’ are derived from the previously-generated discussion lists, on-line dictionaries (www.webopedia.com, www.m-w.com), or an Internet search of each term. The groups have 5-10 minutes to come to a consensus about their definitions, choose a spokesperson, and then present their findings to the class orally. The rest of the class adds other groups’ new/other findings to their list.

·         Students fill in a Venn diagram and compare the similarities and differences between an enterprising and an entrepreneurial person.

·         As a class, discuss the contributions of enterprising and entrepreneurial people and their activities to your community. Why are they important? What size business makes up the majority of business ventures in your community? Then, in the smaller groups, students relate this discussion to themselves, their families, and each other. This task should take 10-15 minutes to complete. Use a map of the local community from the phonebook to discuss the effects of businesses on the community.

·         Each group chooses a spokesperson; the spokesperson presents their group’s discussion findings to the rest of the class, who add the information to their own list.

·         Each student reviews their list of points made about enterprising people and entrepreneurs in the above discussions, then writes a short report (a paragraph or two) about how they may in the future, or may have already, personally benefited from being an enterprising person.

Assessment & Evaluation of Student Achievement

Formative

Knowledge/Understanding, Thinking/Inquiry, Application, Communication

Involve students in the assessment process using a peer evaluation of fellow group members’ contributions to the discussions with a simple 1-, 2-, or 3-point participation score.

·         The teacher circulates among the groups, giving informal feedback throughout the discussions.

·         Students fill in a Venn diagram about similarities and differences of enterprising and entrepreneurial people.

·         The brainstorming, discussions and written lists culminate in individual short written reports about the benefits of being an enterprising person. Appendix 1.1 - Enterprising/Entrepreneurial Skills, Aptitudes, Characteristics Checklist can be used by students for self-evaluation of their reports. The teacher will summatively evaluate the written report, to be developed in Activity 2.

Accommodations

The teacher should take into consideration the student’s IEP for specific accommodations and suggestions that address the student’s learning needs. Suggestions for accommodations can be found in the Curriculum Planner K-12.

Enrichment

·         The teacher can enrich the learning experience by requiring enhancements to the oral report (e.g., a slide-show presentation format), reinforcing the application of abstract thinking skills to complex content, resulting in a sophisticated product;

·         The teacher may use representatives from other disciplines or areas of the school, including students (e.g., student council members, director of school play or daycare) as speakers to show other types of enterprising or entrepreneurial people.

Alternative Strategies

·         Students can be grouped according to strengths to ensure homogeneity within groups.

·         Pairing students on the computer for research and word processing can encourage the sharing of technological skills.

·         The teacher may use reading partners or modify reading requirements for some students.

·         Lists, diagrams, or charts may be provided to facilitate recording of information about entrepreneurs and successful business people in place of developing notes from oral discussions.

·         More time may be allowed; notes may be taken in point form or by a peer; and the editing, spell/grammar checker tools may be utilized on the computer.

·         Provide ESL students with a vocabulary of the most common character traits including those relevant to the activity. Appendix 1.1 is a source for the list.

·         Expand the list to include global entrepreneurs since ESL students may be unfamiliar with Canadian Entrepreneurs.

Resources

Video

CBC. “Roots Boys,” “Lynn Johnston ,” “Royal Canadian Air Farce,” Life and Times Video Series. Toronto. (videos may be obtained from: http://www.tv.cbc.ca/lifeandtimes/)

Print

Leipner, M., H. DeJordy, and M. Schultz. The Entrepreneurial Spirit. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Ltd., 1991, question 5, p. 37. ISBN 0-07-549931-2

Websites

www.entrepreneur.com

http://www.entrepreneurmag.com

www.homeofficemag.com

www.m-w.com

www.webopedia.com

Appendices

Appendix 1.1 – Enterprising/Entrepreneurial Skills, Aptitudes, Characteristics Checklist

 

Activity 1.2:  Business in the Community

Time:  5 hours

Description

Students look in their community for successful business role models. They conduct an interview with a businessperson from the community and generate a report based on their findings. This activity is designed to validate the knowledge learned in the prior exercise that familiarized student with common skills, characteristics, and traits of successful business people. Students go out into the local community and interview a successful businessperson. The activity is completed in stages. Students select the subject for their interview, prepare a list of questions, interview the subject, and type a report on findings.

Strand(s) & Learning Expectations

Strand(s):  Enterprising People and Entrepreneurs

Overall Expectations

EPV.01 - analyse the characteristics of enterprising people;

EPV.03 - evaluate the contributions made by entrepreneurs.

Specific Expectations

EP1.03 - describe the contributions that enterprising people make to their school and community;

EP3.03 - describe the impact that local entrepreneurs have had on their community.

Prior Knowledge & Skills

·         Prior knowledge of common skills and characteristics of entrepreneurs and enterprising people is needed, developed in Activity 1.1.

·         Word-processing skills are used for report and letter formatting.

Planning Notes

·         Present examples of possible interview subjects by using the community newspaper. As well, the resources provide students with examples of people to look for in their community.

·         If the alternative strategy is being utilized, prepare the interview questions. Interview questions which elicit the characteristics, motivations, abilities, attitudes, aptitudes, personal benefits, advantages and disadvantages of being an entrepreneur may be student-generated. Examples can be found in Appendix 2.2.3 from the Introduction to Business (BBI1O) Catholic Course Profile.

·         Prepare a letter on school letterhead for the interview subjects, explaining what the project is and the student expectations. After confirming the interview with the subject, students should fax or e-mail the letter to the businessperson.

·         Book the computer lab for report formatting and thank-you letter preparation.

·         Hand out the assessment rubric prior to beginning the activity.

Teaching/Learning Strategies

·         Conduct a class discussion about business in the community.

·         Develop a list of businesses or business people that would make good interview candidates. An alternative is for the teacher to provide students with a list of business people in the community who would be suitable subjects for the assignment.

·         Students select a subject to be interviewed. Students find a phone number, fax number, or e-mail address of the person they want to interview.

·         Generating good interview questions is important for the completion of the activity but is also a distinct learning skill. A class discussion exploring good interview questions (What makes a good question? How should it be worded?) can start. Students break into small groups or do an individual assignment to create good interview questions based on the class discussion.

·         Alternative strategy, supply the interview questions or a source for questions. Interview questions should elicit the characteristics, motivations, abilities, attitudes, aptitudes, personal benefits, advantages and disadvantages of being an entrepreneur.

·         Create a list of ten questions. Questions should be business-related, focusing on what made this person decide to go into their particular industry. Possible questions could be: “Who were your role-models and why?” “What did you learn as a teenager that helps you today?” “What skills are most important when running a business.”

·         Students submit the interview questions to the teacher prior to conducting the interview.

·         Use role playing to practise for interviews.

·         Discuss business etiquette and dressing appropriately for the interview.

·         Students pre-book the interview and forward the list of questions to the interviewee.

·         Students conduct the interview. The interview can be hand-recorded or audio/videotaped.

·         Students synthesize the findings from their interview into a report. (Teach synthesis skills and provide model.)

·         The reports should include skills, traits, characteristics, and interesting experiences discussed with the subject during the interview. The report could compare the student learning in the first activity to the findings in the interview. Do the people interviewed share similar traits, skills, and experiences as discussed in the first activity?

·         Students prepare a thank-you letter and mail it to the businessperson interviewed.

Assessment & Evaluation of Student Achievement

Diagnostic

·         Teachers provide students with informal feedback throughout the activity to ensure that both the process (interview questions and interview) and the final product (report) are done correctly.

Formative

Knowledge/Understanding, Thinking/Inquiry, Communication, Application.

·         Appendix 2.1 – Written Report Rubric is used by students prior to handing in the report for teacher assessment. Time is allotted to make corrections after the formative assessment.

Summative

Knowledge/Understanding, Thinking/Inquiry, Communication, Application.

·         The teacher assesses the report using Appendix 2.1 – Written Report Rubric.

Accommodations

Enrichment

·         Compare and contrast two or more business people from diverse businesses. Examine their characteristics, skills, and traits. Do they match the model of the entrepreneur or enterprising person discussed in class? Do a gap analysis.

Alternative Strategies

·         Have biographies of entrepreneurs and enterprising people available. Students create questions based on the information presented in the articles.

·         Encourage multicultural entrepreneurs if possible for ESL students.

·         Allow ESL students to formulate questions and conduct the interview in their first language.

·         ESL students could translate the letter of introduction and the thank-you letter into their own language if they locate an appropriate entrepreneur who speaks their first language.

·         Students label, compare, and contrast enterprising people with entrepreneurs.

·         Have students work in interview teams by pairing up students with different ability levels.

·         Have contacts for students unable to decide whom to interview.

·         Have a pre-made list of interview questions.

·         Create a checklist of tasks to do.

·         Allow students to borrow school video or audio recorder.

Resources

Burch, John G. Entrepreneurship. Toronto, ON: John Wiley and Sons Canada Limited, 1986.

Carpenter, Thomas. Inventors—Profiles in Canadian Genius. Camden East, ON: Camden House, 1990.

http://www.entrepreneurmag.com

The Interview Project, OBEA Resource Book, Volume 19, Number 2, Fall 1998.

Appendices

Appendix 2.1 – The Written Report Rubric

Appendix 2.2.3 – Sample Questionnaire for Ask an Entrepreneur-Part A&B, from Introduction to Business (BBI1O) Catholic Profile

 

Activity 3:  The Pioneering Spirit

Time:  4 hours

Description

Students investigate previous trends and inventions. They then creatively present this information to the class.

Strand(s) & Learning Expectations

Strand(s):  Enterprising People and Entrepreneurs

Overall Expectations

EPV.03 - evaluate contributions made by entrepreneurs.

Specific Expectations

EP3.01 - describe how entrepreneurs can enhance consumers’ satisfaction;

EP3.04 - determine how entrepreneurs are agents of change.

Prior Knowledge & Skills

·         Students should be familiar with using the Library/Resource Centre for research.

Planning Notes

·         Schedule the Library/Resource Centre for students to start their research on inventions.

·         Students should be familiar with how to create and perform an interesting and dynamic presentation. Appendix 3.1 – Presentation Rubric should be given to students at the start of the activity.

·         Local inventions need to be researched.

Teaching/Learning Strategies

·         Introduce the topic by explaining how a certain product was invented. This may be done through a video or a story.

·         Students choose a product or service to research. This topic should be able to be changed, if necessary, depending on the resources available after the student has started the research. The emphasis should be on how the entrepreneur enhanced consumer satisfaction and how the entrepreneur was an agent of change.

·         Students research in the Library/Resource Centre. A variety of books on inventions, encyclopaedias, and Internet resources should be readily available. Students are required to complete the research for homework.

·         Students should develop their presentations. Video clips, posters, demonstrations, and examples should be used to make the presentations more interesting and creative. Most of this work takes place outside of class time. The presentation should have a time limit of 3-4 minutes.

·         Share presentation rubric with students.

·         Students give their presentations.

·         If time allows, the inventions may be discussed.

·         Examples of inventions from the local community are provided by the teacher and discussed by the class.

Assessment & Evaluation of Student Achievement

Formative

Knowledge/Understanding, Thinking/Inquiry, Communication, Application

·         Informal observation of the students is done by the teacher.

·         The teacher provides verbal feedback to student responses.

·         Appendix 3.1 – Presentation Rubric is used by students to evaluate their presentations.

Summative

Knowledge/Understanding, Thinking/Inquiry, Communication, Application

·         Appendix 3.1 – Presentation Rubric is used by the teacher.

Accommodations

Enrichment

·         Students research local inventions.

·         Students invent a product and give a presentation on that product, with emphasis on enhancing consumer satisfaction and explaining how the entrepreneur was a change agent.

Alternative Strategies

·         The teacher may pair certain students in the Library/Resource Centre to address individual special needs.

·         The teacher should move around the Library/Resource Centre and provide feedback to students.

·         Provide examples of dynamic and interesting presentations (e.g., videotape of exemplar presentations by previous student groups or exemplars provided by the Exemplar Project).

·         Allow ESL students to research inventions from their country of origin/culture. This draws upon their background knowledge and adds to their self-esteem.

·         The teacher may need to practise with students outside of class to overcome public-speaking anxiety, or have students present in pairs.

·         Specific data collection sheets could be provided.

·         Fewer components required for the final presentation.

Resources

Refer to Invention Resources provided in the Course Overview.

Appendices

Appendix 3.1 – Presentation Rubric

 

Activity 4:  Skills and Portfolio Building

Time:  5 hours

Description

Students assess their own entrepreneurial skills by building a bank of information about them to include in their portfolios. It may include self-assessment, learning styles, aptitudes, interests, skills inventories, self-reflection exercises, and other assessments from previous activities. Students then work in a group and build an effective team résumé that displays the collective skills, employment experience, awards, and accomplishments of the group. This résumé is used in a competition for a consulting contract being offered to the various groups in the class. Presentations are made by the competing teams to determine the best team for the contract.

Strand(s) & Learning Expectations

Strand(s):  Enterprising People and Entrepreneurs

Overall Expectations

EPV.01 - analyse the characteristics of enterprising people;

EPV.02 - analyse the characteristics of entrepreneurs;

EPV.04 - assess their own entrepreneurial potential.

Specific Expectations

EP1.05 - explain various ways in which they can be enterprising;

EP2.04 - describe how a variety of individuals have developed the skills and abilities of successful entrepreneurs;

EP4.01 - assess themselves to identify the entrepreneurial characteristics they possess;

EP4.02 - describe ways in which they have been enterprising or entrepreneurial in the past;

EP4.03 - analyse opportunities they have had to develop entrepreneurial skills and characteristics;

EP4.04 - determine their interest in potential enterprising or entrepreneurial careers.

Prior Knowledge & Skills

·         Internet use;

·         Career Studies (GLC2O).

Planning Notes

·         Arrange access to a computer lab for on-line assessment on the Internet.

·         Current availability of Internet sites should be checked for on-line self-assessment and entrepreneurial surveys; specifically the link from What Colour is Your Parachute? (http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/) and the Business Education Council of Niagara site (http://jacc.becon.org).

·         If Internet access is not available; assessment tasks for personality, attitudes, skills, achievements, knowledge, learning styles, interests, values, strengths, weaknesses, interests, likes, dislikes, and entrepreneurial skills included in the Public or Catholic Career Studies (GLC2O) Course Profile can be used.

Teaching/Learning Strategies

·         Using an on-line assessment system (http://jacc.becon.org or http://www.jobhuntersbible.com), students complete assessment exercises for self, personality, attitudes, skills, achievements, knowledge, learning style, values, strengths, weaknesses, interests, likes, dislikes, and entrepreneurial skills. The exercises are completed on-line, saved or printed, then added to the portfolio for later use in this activity (the consulting contract) and in The Venture Plan in Unit 5.

·         A checklist is used to record the date each assessment is completed.

·         Present a consulting contract opportunity to the class. Students, working in groups, compete for the contract.

·         Form groups of three and combine the self-assessment activities of all three group members to divine an overall group assessment of skills, achievements, knowledge, learning style, interests, values, strengths, weaknesses, likes, dislikes, and entrepreneurial skills.

·         Using the accumulated information from each person’s assessments, students create a team résumé for the group using word-processing software. The résumé is used to apply for the consulting contract. Several Internet sites, including http://www.jobhuntersbible.com, can guide the résumé process. Word processing programs have built-in tools to create résumés.

·         Develop a checklist rating scale or rubric.

·         Analyse and evaluate each group résumé according to skills, aptitudes, and characteristics
(Appendix 1.1) and award the winning group the contract.

·         Read the winning résumé to the class and lead a discussion as to why the winning team résumé was chosen for the consulting contract. The discussion should lead to an understanding as to why all attributes can be utilized to make a more enterprising person.

·         Using the results of the on-line assessment, students can determine a list of best possible career choices for themselves. If several are offered, one is chosen to research further.

·         Students write a report on a word processor about the chosen career that includes the following information: a job description, education required, salary expectations, its future, and potential related careers. The teacher evaluates the written report, using Appendix 2.1. The written career report is placed in the student’s portfolio for use later in Unit 5.

Assessment & Evaluation of Student Achievement

Knowledge/Understanding, Thinking/Inquiry, Communication, Application

·         The members of the group engage in processing and discussion around the assessment information that best reflects an effective group résumé.

·         The teacher, using a checklist of enterprising and entrepreneurial skills that would be required by a consultant, does the group evaluation of the product. Appendix 1.1 – Skills, Aptitudes, and Characteristics Checklist, for the evaluation.

·         It is important that the teams have an opportunity to fine-tune the product before the product is submitted to the teacher for grading.

·         The teacher evaluates the group résumé and awards the contract to the best group for the job.

·         The teacher uses a written report rubric to evaluate the student’s written career report.

Accommodations

Enrichment

·         The résumé may be done using an electronic communications tool, such as a slide show, video, or webpage.

·         Students research various realistic consulting careers.

Alternative Strategies

·         The teacher should take into consideration the student’s IEP for specific accommodations and suggestions that address the student’s learning needs.

·         Students can be grouped according to strengths to ensure homogeneity within groups.

·         Pairing students on the computer for research and word processing can encourage the sharing of technological skills.

·         The teacher may use reading partners or modify reading requirements for some students.

·         More time may be allowed; notes may be taken in point form or by a peer; and the editing/spell/grammar checker tools may be utilized on the computer.

·         Ensure that ESL students are familiar with and understand the vocabulary of personality, attitudes, aptitudes, skills, achievements, knowledge, learning styles, interests, values, strengths, weaknesses, interests, likes, dislikes.

·         The teacher may ask what qualities are valued by businesses in other cultures (e.g., Middle East, Pacific Rim, Eastern Europe, etc.).

Resources

See Overview Career Resources

Appendices

Appendix A – Action Plan, from Career Studies (GLC2OC) Catholic Profile.

Appendix 2.1 – Written Report Rubric

 

 

 

Appendix 1.1

Enterprising/Entrepreneurial Skills, Aptitudes, Characteristics Checklist

 

Commitment

 

Perseverance

 

Desire to be successful

 

Moderate risk taker

 

Goal setter

 

Seeks and uses feedback effectively

 

Takes action, shows initiative

 

Positive response to failure

 

Problem-solving skills

 

Low need for status and power

 

Need to achieve

 

Integrity and reliability

 

Self-reliant

 

Team builder

 

Good health

 

High energy

 

Creativity and innovative nature

 

Tolerance of ambiguity and uncertainty

 

Self-confident

 

Emotional stability

 


Appendix 2.1

Written Report Rubric

 

Criteria

Level 1

(50-59%)

Level 2

(60-69%)

Level 3

(70-79%)

Level 4

(80-100%)

Knowledge/Understanding

Understanding of concepts, principles and theories

 

Key concepts/ principles/ theories related to the expectation

- demonstrates  limited understanding of the key concepts, principles and theories

- demonstrates some understanding of the key concepts, principles and theories

- demonstrates considerable understanding of the key concepts, principles and theories

- demonstrates  a through and insightful understanding of the key concepts, principles and theories

Thinking/

Inquiry

Inquiry skills

- demonstrates limited ability to use specific strategies to gather information and generate ideas for a written report

- demonstrates limited ability to use specific strategies to gather information and generate ideas for a written report

- demonstrates limited ability to use specific strategies to gather information and generate ideas for a written report

- demonstrates limited ability to use specific strategies to gather information and generate ideas for a written report

Communication

Communication of information and ideas

- demonstrates limited ability to use language conventions to write correctly

- demonstrates some ability to use language conventions to write correctly

- demonstrates considerable ability to use language conventions to write correctly

- demonstrates a high degree of ability to use language conventions to write correctly

Note: A student whose achievement is below level 1 (50%) has not met the expectations for this assignment or activity.


Appendix 3.1

Presentation Rubric

Criteria

Level 1

(50-59%)

Level 2

(60-69%)

Level 3

(70-79%)

Level 4

(80-100%)

Knowledge/Understanding

Knowledge of facts and terms

- demonstrates limited knowledge of facts and terms

- demonstrates  some knowledge of facts and terms

- demonstrates considerable knowledge of facts and terms

- demonstrates  thorough insightful knowledge of facts and terms

Understanding of concepts, principles, and theories

- demonstrates limited ability to identify and explain content on topic

- demonstrates some ability to identify and explain content on topic

- demonstrates considerable ability to explain content on topic

- demonstrates through ability to explain all aspects of content on topic

Thinking/Inquiry

Critical and creative thinking skills (e.g., to identify the problem, topic, issue, explore alternative, collect the data)

- demonstrates limited ability to use specific strategies to gather information and generate ideas for a presentation

- demonstrates some ability to use specific strategies to gather information and to generate ideas for a presentation

- demonstrates considerable ability to use specific strategies to gather information and to generate ideas for a presentation

- demonstrates considerable ability to use specific strategies to gather information and to generate ideas for a presentation

Application

Application of concepts, skills, and procedures in familiar (to new) contexts

- demonstrates limited ability to use an organizational pattern to structure ideas for a presentation

- demonstrates some ability to use an organizational pattern to structure ideas for a presentation

- demonstrates considerable ability to use an organizational pattern to structure ideas for a presentation

- demonstrates a high degree of ability to use an organizational pattern to structure ideas for a presentation

Use of equipment, materials and technology

- demonstrates limited ability to use strategies for style, text, background, timing or transitions

- demonstrates limited ability to use strategies for style, text, background, timing or transitions

- demonstrates limited ability to use strategies for style, text, background, timing or transitions

- demonstrates limited ability to use strategies for style, text, background, timing or transitions

Note: A student whose achievement is below level 1 (50%) has not met the expectations for this assignment or activity.

 

 

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