HD (14-15):     Excellent responses. The student has clearly understood every aspect of the article. They have thought deeply about the results and the implications for human health. The additional original article cited was an outstanding choice. The short title was highly appropriate and very informative.

D (12-14):     Very good responses. The student appears to have understood almost every aspect of the article. They have given some careful thought to the results and the implications for human health. The additional original article cited was an excellent choice. The short title was appropriate and informative.

Cr (11-13):   Good responses. The student appears to have understood most, but not all aspects of the article. They have given some thought to the results and the implications for human health. The additional article cited was a very good choice. The short title was appropriate but may not have been particularly informative.

P (9-11):       Average responses. The student appears to have understood some, but clearly not all aspects of the article (at least not the important ones). They have given some thought to the results and the implications for human health although it appears they may have “missed the point” or didn’t understand the “big picture”. The additional article cited was appropriate but not directly relevant or was a review article (not original research). The short title was mostly appropriate but may have lacked sufficient information to be useful.

F (<9):                      Poor to Very poor responses. The student has clearly missed or not understood the important aspects of the article. They have given little thought to the results and the implications for human health. They have “missed the point” or didn’t understand the “big picture”. There was no additional article cited or the one that was cited was a poor choice with little relevance. The short title was absent or not appropriate or lacked sufficient information to be useful.