Appendix D - Initiative Rubric

Supervisor: Mr. Sun Jie (Head of Center Of Transportation Engineering)

Challenges

Attitude

1 Needs Improvement

Avoids new learning situations

Demonstrates a negative attitude toward

learning

Shows little initiative and no self direction

Displays considerable lack of confidence

Shows little motivation for most activities

Approaches new learning situations with limited

Demonstrates a generally positive attitude toward

Demonstrates an enthusiastic, positive attitude

toward learning

ways

Displays confidence

Displays confidence and self-assurance

Displays some confidence

Shows motivation

Shows motivation for all tasks and activities

Shows motivation for some activities

Sometimes accepts challenges but takes only

Seeks challenges and takes risks

Seeks a variety of challenges and takes risks

limited risks

Responds to challenges

Responds enthusiastically to challenges

Identifies problems to solve, conducts

Identifies problems to solve clearly, conducts

Responds to challenges occasionally

Can identify problems to solve, conducts

Avoids work, new opportunities for learning

experiments when prompted .

experiments

Seeks work, new opportunities for learning

experiments

Constantly seeks work, new opportunities for

Accepts work as directed .

Sometimes generates questions for further

Generates questions for further inquiry

Generates many questions for further inquiry

inquiry

Shows interest and curiosity about objects and

Shows keen interest and curiosity about a wide

reluctantly and only with assistance

limited number of objects and events.

with direct supervision

Demonstrates a positive attitude toward learning

Shows considerable initiative and self direction

Observes, questions, explores, investigates

and enthusiasm

Can identify problems to solve, with assistance

confidence

Approaches new learning situations with confidence

Shows initiative and self direction

Shows interest and curiosity about a very

Avoids challenges

Approaches new learning situation with

4 Excellent

Shows some initiative and self direction in limited

Generates questions for further inquiry

learning

Avoids challenges and rarely takes risks

3 Good

confidence

Inquiry

2 Satisfactory

events

Shows some interest and curiosity about objects

and events

learning

Observes, questions, explores and investigates

things of immediate interest

Observes, questions, explores, investigates

variety of objects and events

Constantly observers, questions, explores,

investigates his/her environment

Learning
Activities

Participates only reluctantly in learning

Attempts a limited variety of learning activities

Attempts a variety of learning activities

activities

Seeks assistance often

Seeks assistance when required

Reluctant to accept assistance, even when

required

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Attempts a wide variety of learning activities

independently

Seeks assistance only when required