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Evaluation Guidelines

 

Your team is required to submit an entry that solves a problem. You may attempt to solve virtually any problem. To spur your thinking, here are a few entry examples.

Competition events will be distinct and judged as follows:

Critical Thinking Skills

All entries must include a Critical Thinking Summary that answers the below-noted questions.


  • What problem did you intend to solve?
  • Who will benefit from your entry?
  • What unique value does your entry offer to users?
  • What type(s) of research did you conduct?
    • Did you conduct your own research? For example, did you implement a survey, a poll, an experiment, or a field study? Did you conduct interviews with experts? Did you do something else?
    • Did you use information that was created and published by another person? What/whose work was used, and did you credit them appropriately?
  • Does your entry effectively solve the problem? How did you test your solution?
  • What impact did this project have on your team? What did you learn by participating?

Communication Skills

ThinkQuest Projects


  • Is your entry clearly organized and presented?
  • Is all text polished (i.e., clearly written with correct grammar, punctuation and spelling) and in your own words?
  • Are resources not authored by you credited appropriately?

Digital Media


  • Is your entry clearly organized and presented?
  • Is all text polished (i.e., clearly written with correct grammar, punctuation and spelling) and in your own words?
  • Are resources not authored by you credited appropriately?

Application Development


  • Is it clear what problem your application is addressing for the user?
  • Is all text polished (i.e., clearly written with correct grammar, punctuation and spelling) and in your own words?
  • Are resources not authored by you credited appropriately?

Technology Skills

ThinkQuest Projects
Demonstrated skill with ThinkQuest Projects:


  • Do the selected features elegantly present your entry?
  • Is your entry intuitive and easy to review?

Digital Media
Demonstrated skill with chosen media:


  • Do the selected features elegantly present your entry?
  • Is your entry intuitive and easy to use?

Application Development
Demonstrated skill with Application Development:


  • Does your application provide an elegant solution for the user?
  • Does your application anticipate and support the needs of the user?
  • Is your user interface intuitive and easy to use?