Falls Short of  Meets Some  Meets All Expectations 

Expectations  Expectations 

Exploration of  The solution shows little  Includes some  The solution includes 
Ideas  exploration of the problem.  aspects of the  conjectures or predictions. 
Few or no examples are  box to the left  Demonstrations begin by trying 
given. Toy problems are  and some  out numbers and making sense 
not used effectively, and  aspects of the  of results. Guess and check is 
patterns are overlooked or  box to the  employed when helpful. Toy 
poorly identified.  right.  problems are used effectively. 
The solution looks for patterns 
among the data. 

Orientation and  The solution misinterprets  Includes some  The solution correctly interprets 
Organization  the problem or does not  aspects of the  the question or problem. It 
completely answer the  box to the left  creates cases or subproblems 
question. Cases or  and some  when necessary. Comparisons 
sub-problems are not used  aspects of the  are made with similar problems, 
effectively, nor is the  box to the  and what is known is delineated 
solution compared to  right.  from what is unknown. 
known problems. 

Thinking in  The solution does not  Includes some  The solution works backwards 
Reverse  begin by identifying its  aspects of the  through the problem, beginning 
goals. Reverse-thought is  box to the left  with the goals. Patterns may be 
not applied to components  and some  understood in reverse, or inverse 
of the problem, such as  aspects of the  processes may be found. The 
patterns or processes.  box to the  problem is decomposed into 
right.  helpful components. 

Justification  The solution does not  Includes some  The solution logically explains 
prove that it always works,  aspects of the  why it works. It demonstrates 
or it is insufficient in  box to the left  how sure the author is in their 
certain cases. The author  and some  own ideas. The solution 
does not demonstrate  aspects of the  represents ideas in a convincing 
confidence in their ideas.  box to the  manner. The solution draws on 
The solution lacks context  right.  previous knowledge. Terms are 
or connection to existing  defined to effectively 
ideas. The argument lacks  communicate the solution’s 
supporting language,  argument. 

Generalization  The solution does not  Includes some  The solution notices repetitions 
notice patterns or  aspects of the  and patterns, and it notices 
generalizes them  box to the left  changes, too. Using these, the 
incorrectly. The solution  and some  solution predicts future behavior 
cannot extrapolate beyond  aspects of the  and extends ideas into abstract 
 concrete examples or  box to the  forms. 
existing information.  right. 

Checking for  The solution does not  Includes some  The solution asks if the answer 
Reasonableness  verify answers or return to  aspects of the  makes sense for the problem, 
the original question. It  box to the left  and it defends the answer’s 
does not explicitly connect  and some  validity. The solution is 
to ideas previously  aspects of the  contextualized within the 
explored in the course.  box to the  experience and knowledge of 
Solutions may be verifiably  right.  the course. 
incorrect.