Communication
General Rubric
Students
will communicate their GLOBE findings and investigations through informal
and formal, written, visual, and oral presentations. The criteria below
represent features of persuasive and informational writing commonly employed
in rubrics for assessing written work. brief, informal communications
through such vehicles as email may provide limited evidence of the components.
Criteria:
- Focus/Main Point
-- The report states and maintains a main point or conclusion.
- Scientific Evidence,
Procedures, and Explanations--The report presents appropriate/accurate
and sufficient evidence, including GLOBE data, to support the main
point or conclusion. The report describes the investigation problem,
data collection procedures, analyses, interpretations, and conclusions.
- Representation
of Data and Analyses -- The report presents GLOBE data in graphic
or other representation formats that appropriately summarize data
and analyses. Representational formats are appropriate and contribute
to the reader's understanding of the evidence and conclusions.
- Coherence --
Evidence, including GLOBE data, tables, and analyses and explanations
are logically connected, sequenced, and in support of the conclusion.
- Scientific Terminology
-- The report uses science terminology that is appropriate.
- Conventions
--The report employs the conventions of standard written English (sentence
structure, usage, spelling, punctuation/capitalization).
- Quality Levels
-- Rubrics may be developed on scales of 1-4 or 1-6, ranging from
absent or underdeveloped responses to partially, adequately, and fully
developed.
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