EVALUATING THE TEAM RESPONSE

THE SCORING GUIDE

SCORE

DESCRIPTION

4

Outstanding: Solution includes 6 of the following 8 criteria

  1. The team clearly specified a number of tables (T) and a number of chairs (C) solution.
  2. The solution did not violate the number of carpenters or the number of finishers:
    (8T+4C)/40 <= 100 (carpenters) and (T+2C)/40 <= 32 (finishers)
  3. The team computed a profit (P)
  4. They used some form of this equation to compute the profit:
    P = 40T + 30C (i.e., they didn't just write down a profit but computed it, showing their computation)
  5. The analysis shows clear reasoning. No jumps of logic. No bad assumptions.
  6. Their work shows that they considered multiple solutions and picked one based on the amount of profit (P)
  7. Extra credit for finding the optimum solution: 520 chairs and 240 tables
  8. Extra credit for their solution using exactly 100 carpenters and 32 finishers.

3

Very good: Solution satisfies criteria 1-5 above.

2

Anything less than a 3 which still addresses the problem. A response which just guesses at the answer with no organized problem approach would be a level 2 response.

1

An incomplete, off-task, or blank response or a response which violates the problem definition or did not follow instructions, or shows that the team did not understand the problem.