GE Goal 4. Communicate effectively using a variety of formats. Student will be able to:
Outcome 4.3 Use relevant tools in various contexts to present and/or integrate ideas.
Tools and Ideas
Integrated communication
Quantitative communication
Expressing quantitative
evidence in support of the
argument or purpose of the
work
Revised May 2012.
Initial 1
Attempts to connect the
message to the tool(s) of
communication (format,
language, graph, etc.).
Emerging 2
Connects the message to the
tool(s) of communication
(format, language, graph, etc.)
in a basic way.
Developing 3
Explicitly connects content
and form, demonstrating
awareness of purpose and
audience.
Highly Developed 4
Tool(s) of communication
enhance meaning of the
message, making clear the
interdependence of language
and meaning, thought, and
expression.
Presents an argument for which
quantitative evidence is
pertinent, but does not provide
adequate explicit numerical
support. (May use quasiquantitative words such as
“many,” “few,” “increasing,”
“small,” and the like in place of
actual quantities).
Uses quantitative information,
but does not effectively connect
it to the argument or ideas
presented.
Uses quantitative information in
connection with the argument
or ideas presented, though data
may be presented in a less than
completely effective format or
some parts of the explication
may be uneven.
Uses quantitative information in
connection with the argument
or ideas presented, presents it in
an effective format, and
explicates it with consistently
high quality.