Rubric For Assessing The Analytical Thinking Process of
PROBLEM SOLVING
PROBLEM SOLVING involves developing and testing a method or product for overcoming obstacles or constraints to reach a desired outcome. It includes four criteria that can be assessed:
	a.	Accurately identifying obstacles to solving a problem(s).
	b.	Proposes more than one way of solving the problem(s).
	c.	Identifying how the problem(s) was solved and explaining what happened.
	d.	Explaining your decision for solving the problem(s) that way.
4	a.	I accurately and thoroughly described at least three obstacles and arranged them in order of importance.
	b.	I proposed at least three creative and reasonable way of my own to solve the most important problem(s).
	c.	I identified how the problem was solved and I have shown a deep understanding of the problem and solution by thoroughly explaining what happened..
	d.	I provided a clear, complete explanation of the reasons why I decided to solve the problem that way and why I didn't choose the other ways..
3	a.	I accurately described at least three obstacles and identified the most important.
	b.	I proposed at least three ways of my own to solve the most important problem(s) but they're not all reasonable or creative..
	c.	I identified how the problem was solved and I explained it briefly.
	d.	I provided a clear, complete explanation of the reasons why I decided to solve the problem that way.
2	a.	I described at least two obstacles OR I did not identify the most important.
	b.	I proposed only two ways to solve the most important problem(s).
	c.	I identified how the problem was solved but I didn't explain it.
	d.	I wrote a brief answer about this but it is not very clear of complete.
1	a.	I described only one obstacle.
	b.	I proposed only one way to solve the most important problem(s).
	c.	I did not identify how the problem was solved.
	d.	I did not explain why I solved the problem that way.