Research Brief and Presentation Assignment Rubric
Intro Public Health and Preventive Medicine Fall 2019
CATEGORY Excellent
Research brief Content The brief provides relevant
(45 pts) and specific details for the
health issue chosen, policy
context, public health
response and
recommendations; these
details are described
thoroughly.
Research brief The brief is very well
Organization organized. Ideas flow in a
(10 pts) logical sequence with clear
transitions.
Research brief Style Sentence structures are
(5 pts) varied and language is
precise; there are no run-on
sentences or fragments.
Research brief All of the requirements
Requirements (length, typed, font) were
(5 pts) met.
Research brief There are 0-1 spelling,
Conventions (Spelling grammar or punctuation
and Punctuation) errors in the brief.
(5 pts)
Research brief Effort The brief is completed in a
(5 pts) thoughtful and reflective
manner by the student;
graduate-level quality effort
is evident.
Topic and 2 references On time.
turned in by 9/30.
(5 pts)
Presentation Presentation is well
(20 pts) organized, gives a complete
overview of the issue, follows
time guidelines and is
graduate-level quality.
TOTAL POSSIBLE POINTS: 100
Good
The brief provides relevant
details with good supporting
details for the health issue
chosen, policy context,
public health response and
recommendations.
The brief is pretty well The brief is a hard to follow.
organized. Some ideas seem The transitions are sometimes
out of place. Good not clear.
transitions are used.
Some varied sentence
structures with precise
language; there are 1-2 run-
on sentences or fragments.
Almost all (about 75%) the
requirements were met.
There are 2-4 spelling,
grammar or punctuation
errors in the brief.
The brief is completed in a
thoughtful manner overall,
but some graduate-level
effort seems to be lacking.
N/A
Presentation is fairly well
organized, gives a
somewhat complete
overview of the issue,
follows time guidelines and
is graduate-level quality.
Fair
The brief provides insufficient
content and supporting details
for the health issue chosen,
policy context, public health
response and
recommendations.
Limited variety of sentences
and language is simplistic or
limited; there are 3-5 run-on
sentences or sentence
fragments.
Most (about 50%) of the
requirements were met, but
many were not.
There are 5-7 spelling,
grammar and punctuation
errors in the brief.
The brief lacks graduate-level
effort and is completed
haphazardly.
N/A
Presentation is not well
organized, gives a somewhat
complete overview of the
issue, does not follow time
guidelines and/or is not
graduate-level quality.
Poor
The brief provides minimal
to no content related to the
health issue chosen, policy
context, public health
response and
recommendations.
Ideas seem to be randomly
arranged, making the
research brief impossible to
follow.
Language and sentence
structure are repetitious;
numerous run-on sentences
and sentence fragments
cause the brief to be
unreadable.
Many requirements were
not met.
The brief has more than 8
spelling, grammar and
punctuation errors.
No graduate-level effort is
made to complete the brief
as required.
Not on time.
Presentation is not
organized, does not give a
complete overview of the
issue, does not follow time
guidelines and is not
graduate-level quality.