• Consistently strong and ongoing demonstration and evidence of superior organisational and conceptual skills. The work is extremely well-conceived, coherent, logical and original as well as professionally prepared.
• Evidence of cultural responsiveness in communication that is consistent and innovative.
• Convincing synthesis of evidence, critical analysis and understanding of multiple perspectives to formulate a coherent argument.
• Scholarly critique of a diverse array of literature. Generates, develops, uses and justifies own ideas or original concepts based on a wide range of relevant sources.

• Consistently strong and ongoing demonstration and evidence of superior organisational and conceptual skills. The work is extremely well-conceived, coherent, logical, original and lucid as well as professionally prepared.
• Evidence of cultural responsiveness in communication that is consistent or innovative.
• Convincing synthesis of evidence, critical analysis and understanding of multiple perspectives to formulate a coherent argument.
• Scholarly critique of a diverse array of literature. Generates, develops, uses and justifies own ideas or original concepts based on a wide range of relevant sources.

• Strong organizational & conceptual skills and evidence that the task is logical and coherent and professionally prepared.
• Evidence of cultural responsiveness in communication that is of a good standard and is consistent.
• Credible argument making relevant use of evidence, analysis and understanding. Able to apply concepts and draw and justify conclusions.
• Substantial critical appraisal of the relevant literature to develop own ideas.

• Demonstrates task organization and conceptual understanding in a style which is mostly logical, coherent and flowing.
• Evidence of cultural responsiveness in communication is sound and of the anticipated standard
• Demonstrates some evidence of analytical and evaluative skills. Able to apply fundamental concepts and draw and justify conclusions.
• Evidence of critical appraisal of literature, with a recognition of different perspectives.

Fail

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• Attempts are made to demonstrate a logical and coherent understanding of the assessment task, but some aspects may be  undeveloped.
• Evidence of cultural responsiveness in communication is less than the anticipated standard.
• Little or no evidence of analytical and evaluative skills. Fails to draw on fundamental concepts and to justify conclusions.
• Very little evidence of basic skills for problem-solving and addressing key assessment tasks.
• Literature is presented uncritically and in a purely descriptive way.