Distinguished - Creates an introduction slide that comprehensively and clearly summarizes the areas being addressed.

Proficient - Creates an introduction slide that summarizes the areas being addressed. Minor details are missing or slightly unclear.

Basic - Creates an introduction slide that briefly summarizes the areas being addressed. Relevant details are missing and/or unclear.

Below Expectations - Attempts create an introduction slide that summarizes the areas being addressed; however, significant details are missing and unclear.

Non-Performance - The introduction slide is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly, clearly, and accurately identifies variables that affect healthy social development in the student’s chosen age group.

Proficient - Identifies variables that affect healthy social development in the student’s chosen age group. Minor details are missing, slightly unclear, or inaccurate.

Basic - Partially identifies variables that affect healthy social development in the student’s chosen age group. Relevant details are missing, unclear, and/or inaccurate.

Below Expectations - Attempts to identify variables that affect healthy social development in the student’s chosen age group; however, significant details are missing, unclear, and inaccurate.

Non-Performance - The identification of variables that affect healthy social development in the student’s chosen age group is either nonexistent or lack the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly, clearly, and accurately identifies variables that affect healthy emotional development in the student’s chosen age group.

Proficient - Identifies variables that affect healthy emotional development in the student’s chosen age group. Minor details are missing, slightly unclear, or inaccurate.

Basic - Partially identifies variables that affect healthy emotional development in the student’s chosen age group. Relevant details are missing, unclear, and/or inaccurate.

Below Expectations - Attempts to identify variables that affect healthy emotional development in the student’s chosen age group; however, significant details are missing, unclear, and inaccurate.

Non-Performance - The identification of variables that affect healthy emotional development in the student’s chosen age group is either nonexistent or lack the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly, clearly, and accurately identifies variables that affect healthy moral development in the student’s chosen age group.

Proficient - Identifies variables that affect healthy moral development in the student’s chosen age group. Minor details are missing, slightly unclear, or inaccurate.

Basic - Partially identifies variables that affect healthy moral development in the student’s chosen age group. Relevant details are missing, unclear, and/or inaccurate.

Below Expectations - Attempts to identify variables that affect healthy moral development in the student’s chosen age group; however, significant details are missing, unclear, and inaccurate.

Non-Performance - The identification of variables that affect healthy moral development in the student’s chosen age group is either nonexistent or lack the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Comprehensively and clearly analyzes how decision making could be affected by the variables included.

Proficient - Analyzes how decision making could be affected by the variables included. Minor details are missing or slightly unclear.

Basic - Partially analyzes how decision making could be affected by the variables included. Relevant details are missing and/or unclear.

Below Expectations - Attempts to analyze how decision making could be affected by the variables included; however, significant details are missing and unclear.

Non-Performance - The analysis of how decision making could be affected by the variables included is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Comprehensively and clearly evaluates the advice he/she would give to the audience to promote health development in social, emotional, and moral development in a conclusion slide.

Proficient - Evaluates the advice he/she would give to the audience to promote health development in social, emotional, and moral development in a conclusion slide. Minor details are missing or slightly unclear.

Basic - Partially evaluates the advice he/she would give to the audience to promote health development in social, emotional, and moral development in a conclusion slide. Relevant details are missing and/or unclear.

Below Expectations - Attempts to evaluate the advice he/she would give to the audience to promote health development in social, emotional, and moral development in a conclusion slide; however, significant details are missing and unclear.

Non-Performance - The evaluation of the advice he/she would give to the audience to promote health development in social, emotional, and moral development in a conclusion slide is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Information is exceptionally organized and there is a clear, logical progression of ideas.

Proficient - Information is organized and there is a logical progression of ideas.

Basic - Information is somewhat organized, but there is not a logical progression of ideas.

Below Expectations - The presentation does not follow a logical progression of ideas and lacks organization.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - Accurately uses APA formatting consistently throughout the presentation, title and reference slides.

Proficient - Exhibits APA formatting throughout the presentation; however, the layout contains a few minor errors. 

Basic - Exhibits basic knowledge of APA formatting throughout the presentation. The layout does not meet all APA requirements.

Below Expectations - Fails to exhibit basic knowledge of APA formatting. There are frequent errors, making the layout difficult to distinguish as APA.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - Uses more than the required number of scholarly sources, which provide compelling evidence to support ideas. All sources on the reference slide are used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment.

Proficient - Uses the required number of scholarly sources to support ideas. All sources on the reference slide are used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment.

Basic - Uses less than the required number of sources to support ideas. Some sources may not be scholarly. Most sources on the reference slide are used within the body of the assignment. Citations may not be formatted correctly.

Below Expectations - Uses an inadequate number of sources that provide little or no support for ideas. Sources used may not be scholarly. Most sources on the reference slide are not used within the body of the assignment. Citations are not formatted correctly.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - Discusses texts with an independent intellectual and ethical style to further or maintain subject matter conversations.

Proficient - Discusses the texts to deepen or augment a continuing discussion.

Basic - Discusses the texts in a way that contributes to a fundamental understanding of the text. 

Below Expectations - Inadequately discusses the text and fails to integrate the text to the assignment.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.