# Midterm Oral Presentation Rubric</center>

## A
- Demonstrates exceptional conceptual mastery—each card’s key ideas, theories, or case studies are clearly understood and accurately represented.
- Integrates concepts fluidly into a coherent, original narrative that shows deep understanding of how they interrelate across categories.
- Makes insightful connections that go beyond surface associations, showing critical engagement and creative synthesis.
- Maintains logical flow and clarity throughout the transcript; ideas build naturally from one another.
- Uses precise, discipline-appropriate vocabulary and phrasing; minimal filler or redundancy.
- Meets time requirement (4–6 minutes) and adheres fully to process guidelines (e.g., number and distribution of cards).

## A-
- Demonstrates strong understanding of all concepts and uses them effectively to build a mostly cohesive narrative.
- Shows meaningful synthesis, though a few connections could be more fully developed.
- Clear and well-organized transcript with minor lapses in coherence or precision.
- Meets time requirement (4–6 minutes) and adheres fully to process guidelines (e.g., number and distribution of cards).

## B+
- Demonstrates solid comprehension of most concepts but with minor inaccuracies or oversimplifications.
- Narrative is thoughtful but uneven—some sections connect ideas well while others remain underdeveloped.
- Reasonable clarity and organization, with occasional digressions or gaps in logical flow.
- Shows awareness of how ideas could connect but doesn’t fully explore implications or contrasts.
- Mostly meets time requirement (e.g., within 20 seconds 4–6 minutes) and adheres fully to process guidelines (e.g., number and distribution of cards).
## B
- Demonstrates adequate understanding of core concepts, but some are misrepresented or treated superficially.
- Narrative shows effort to connect cards but relies on listing or loosely associating rather than synthesizing.
- Transcript has uneven organization and moments of unclear reasoning.
- Mostly meets time requirement (e.g., within 30 seconds 4–6 minutes) and adheres fully to process guidelines (e.g., number and distribution of cards).
## B-
- Demonstrates partial comprehension; key terms or theories are used inaccurately or without clear context.
- Narrative structure is disjointed, making conceptual relationships hard to follow.
- Limited synthesis; ideas appear side-by-side rather than in dialogue.
- Partially meets time requirement (e.g., within 30 seconds 4–6 minutes) or adheres fully to process guidelines (e.g., number and distribution of cards), but not both.
## C
- Demonstrates minimal understanding of key concepts; frequent inaccuracies or omissions.
- Narrative is fragmented or primarily descriptive, showing little analysis or integration.
- Transcript lacks coherence and flow; difficult to follow intellectual thread.
- Significantly departs from time or process requirements.
## D
- Demonstrates little or no grasp of the course’s central concepts or their interrelations.
- Transcript is extremely unclear or incomplete.
- Lacks logical structure, synthesis, or accurate terminology.
- Fails to engage with time or process requirements.