A.   Mathematical calculations demonstrate that students understand the correct procedure to use to solve the problem.

4 - Demonstrates mastery of the important strategies and skills.  Can perform them without error and with little or no conscious effort.
3 - Carries out the important strategies and skills without significant error and with relative ease.
2 - Makes a number of errors when performing important strategies and skills, but can complete a rough approximation of them.
1 - Makes many critical errors when performing important strategies and skills.

B.   Effectively uses a variety of complex reasoning strategies.

4 - Demonstrates mastery of a variety of complex thinking processes and consistently applies the processes effectively.
3 - Demonstrates competency in a number of complex thinking processes and usually applies the processes effectively.
2 - Demonstrates ability in a number of complex thinking processes, but does not have a full complement of skills for managing complex issues.
1 - Has a severely limited range of complex thinking skills for managing complex tasks.

C.  Effectively interprets and synthesizes information.

4 - Consistently interprets the information gathered for tasks in an accurate and highly insightful way and provides highly creative and unique syntheses of that information.
3 - Consistently interprets the information gathered for tasks and accurately synthesizes the information concisely.
2 - Sporadically interprets the information gathered for tasks accurately and synthesizes the information concisely.
1 - Rarely, if ever, interprets information gathered for tasks accurately or synthesizes the information concisely.

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