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Evidence Based Claims Graphic Organizer

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This rubric evaluates the students’ abilities to appropriately fill out their “Evidence-Based Claims” graphic organizer. This organizer is separated into four main portions, and each portion is evaluated for its purpose for generating evidence-based claims. Before one can generate an evidence-based claim, the topic must determined. In order for an evidence-based claim to be relevant to a discussion, there has to be a common theme or question being answered. For this organizer, the students were prompted with a question, and this question was provided after I modeled an example of how one should complete this graphic organizer. This was a test for checking the students’ engagement levels during the modeled presentation. Based on the data, every student met the standard for this category. The prompt for this graphic organizer was “does my data and calculations match the theoretical amounts calculated by the stoichiometric process.” The “data and calculations” is a reference to the students’ work associated with the “Target Stoichiometry Lab” (Flinn). …show more content…

In order to meet the standards a student’s claim must be written in a full sentence, states a stance on the topic/theme, and is based on their evidence and supported by his/her reasoning. The percentage of students meeting this standard was fifty percent, and the other half of the class was placed in the approaching standards category. Students that are approaching standards produced a claim that lacks some specific data or does not tie into the question being asked. Scientists that cannot produce a proper evidence-based claim are often ignored in a professional setting, so it is important for the students to master the art of crafting evidence-based

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