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EVALUATION FORM AND RATING SCALE:  For additional evaluation of your students' projects, the following 5-point rating scale can be utilized to evaluate all visual products and portfolios.  The rating scale definitions and a scoring matrix are included here for your use.

RATING CRITERIA DEFINITIONS

Note:  Any one, several, or all of the descriptions, may apply to the assessment.

1.  FLUENCY AND CLARITY OF COMMUNICATION

    a. the ability to demonstrate control in the rendering of an idea or product

    b. the ability to transmit an idea clearly through graphic visual means

2.  IMAGINATION, INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY

    a. the ability to demonstrate an understanding of the creative process - (evidence of the creative cycle - an impulse to create; exploration; incubation; illumination; revision)

    b. evidence of experimentation

    c. the ability to see things from multiple perspectives

    d. the ability to consider a variety of approaches

    e. the ability to overcome resistance:  free the eyes and the mind from stereotypes and taboos and see surroundings in new ways, make connections between unlikely elements, and sketch, tinker and imagine until ideas emerge

    f. the ability to accommodate change due to the emergence of an unexpected influence (flexibility)

3.  UNDERSTANDING PROCESS

    a. the ability to narrate or visualize the stages of development of an idea or product

    b. evidence of the translation of process into product or idea (overlays of trace)

    c. the ability to present, judge, reject, appraise, criticize, justify

    d. the ability to recognize patterns and the relationships between patterns

    e. the ability to sequentially develop an idea, ideas or a product

4.  DETAIL AND OVERALL AESTHETICS

    a. evidence of elaboration

    b. evidence of understanding functional versus decorative

    c. evidence of development of compositional style, design, color, rhythms, repetition, etc.

    d. evidence of a refined sense of expression

    e. evidence of high overall aesthetic quality

5.  TECHNICAL COMPETENCE:

    a. the ability to identify the unique characteristics of materials, their limitations and extensions

    b. the ability to draw schematics, plan, elevation, section and perspective drawings (shade and shadow where appropriate)

    c. the ability to construct in 3-dimensions either in process or product

     

    KEY TO RATING SCALE

LEVEL 1:

  1. rendering is erratic and inconsistent
  2. structure and expression is not evident

LEVEL 2:

  1. control is apparent through steady or consistent repetition
  2. management of material or technique is priority
  3. technical expression is apparent
  4. general impression is impulsive, unplanned and lacking structural coherence

LEVEL 3:

  1. articulation and interpretation predictable to "read"
  2. conventional expression
  3. tidy
  4. attempts at structural organization displayed

LEVEL 4:

  1. imaginative touches appear in the expression
  2. deliberate use of variety and contrast to generate structural interest
  3. sense of style
  4. technical expressive and structural control are consistently demonstrated

LEVEL 5:

  1. technical mastery totally serves communication
  2. expression, style, and structural detail is refined
  3. form and expression are fused into a coherent and personal statement
  4. imaginative solution demonstrated

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