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Research Process Rubric - Middle School
| CATEGORY | Exemplary | Proficient | Partially Proficient | Incomplete | POINTS |
| Research Questions | 3 points |
2 points |
1 point |
0 points |
___/3 |
| Wrote thoughtful, creative, well-worded specific questions that were relevant to the assigned topic. | Wrote well-worded, specific questions that were relevant to the assigned topic. | Wrote questions which lacked focus, were poorly stated, and were not entirely relevant to the assigned topic. | Wrote questions which lacked a specific focus, were poorly stated, and not relevant to the assigned topic. | ||
| Selection of Sources | 3 points |
2 points |
1 point |
0 points |
___/3 |
Identified highly appropriate sources in a variety of formats (books, journals, electronic sources). |
Identified mostly appropriate sources in a variety of formats (books, journals, electronic sources). |
Identified a few appropriate sources but made little attempt to balance format types. |
Identified no appropriate sources in any format. |
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| Note-taking & Keywords | 3 points |
2 points |
1 point |
0 points |
___/3 |
| Extracted relevant information. | Extracted mostly relevant information. | Extracted a lot of information which wasn’t relevant. | Extracted irrelevant information. | ||
| Brainstormed keywords, categories, related terms that were effective in researching the questions. | Selected mostly effective keywords to use in researching the questions. | Selected some keywords that were not effective in researching the questions. | Selected no effective keywords to use in researching the questions. | ||
| Wrote notes including succinct key facts which directly answered all of the research questions and were written in the student's own words. | Wrote notes which included facts that answered most of the research questions and were written in the student’s own words. | Wrote notes which included irrelevant facts which did not answer the research questions. Some notes were copied directly from the original source. | Wrote notes which included a majority of facts which did not answer the research questions. Most or all notes were copied word-for-word from the original source. | ||
| Organization and Synthesis | 3 points |
2 points |
1 point |
0 points |
___/3 |
| Presented content clearly and concisely with a logical progression of ideas and effective supporting evidence. | Presented most of the content with a logical progression of ideas and supporting evidence. | Presented content which failed to maintain a consistent focus, showed minimal organization and effort, and lacked an adequate amount of supporting evidence. | Presented content which was unfocused, poorly organized, showed little thought or effort and lacked supporting evidence. | ||
| Selected an appropriate and effective format to creatively communicate research findings. | Selected an appropriate format to structure and communicate research findings. | Needed to select a more effective format to structure and communicate research findings. | Failed to select an appropriate format to communicate research findings. | ||
| Citations/ Documentation | 3 points |
2 points |
1 point |
0 points |
___/3 |
| Cited all sources of information accurately to demonstrate the credibility and authority of the information presented. | Cited most sources of information in proper format and documented sources to enable accuracy checking. | Cited most sources of information improperly and provided little or no supporting documentation to check accuracy. | Created citations which were incomplete or inaccurate, and provided no way to check the validity of the information gathered. | ||
| Used information ethically all of the time. | Used information ethically most of the time. | Failed to use information ethically some of the time. | Failed to use information ethically. | ||
TOTAL POINTS |
___ /15 | ||||
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