Criteria

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Introduction/Topic

Questions or problems are teacher generated.

Student requires prompts to generate questions and or problems.

Student generates questions and or problems.

Student properly generates questions and or problems around a topic.

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Information Gathering

Information is gathered from non-electronic or electronic sources only.

Information is gathered from fewer than three electronic sources and one non-electronic source.

Information is gathered from three electronic and one non-electronic source but is improperly cited.

Information is gathered from at least three electronic sources and one non-electronic source and is cited properly.

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Written Facts

Limited facts are written and are weakly organized.

Facts are organized, but minimal effort is shown and fewer than five facts are written.

Facts are well organized, but only eight to ten facts are written.

At least fifteen well organized facts are given and research is clearly used in developing fact list.

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Conclusions Reached

Only one conclusion is made from the evidence offered.

Some detailed conclusions are reached from the evidence offered.

Several detailed conclusions are reached from the evidence offered.

Numerous detailed conclusions are reached from the evidence offered.

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Punctuation, Capitalization, & Spelling

There are four of more errors in punctuation and/or capitalization.

There are two or three errors in punctuation and/or capitalization.

There is one error in punctuation and/or capitalization.

Punctuation and capitalization are correct.

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 Technology Use

Student did not utilize required resources.

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