The rubric below should be used when grading lab reports/conclusions to ensure that students are effectively connecting their claim to their evidence to provide logical reasons for their conclusions. Base Explanation Rubric Component Level 0 1 2 - A conclusion that Does not make a claim, Makes an accurate but Makes an accurate and Claim answers the original or makes an inaccurate incomplete claim. complete claim. question. claim. Scientific data Does not provide Provides appropriate but Provides appropriate and Evidence – that supports the claim. The evidence, or only insufficient evidence to sufficient evidence to data needs to be appropriate provides inappropriate support claim. May support claim. and sufficient to support the evidence (evidence that include some claim. does not support the inappropriate evidence. claim). A justification Does not provide Provides reasoning that Provides reasoning that Reasoning – that links the claim and reasoning, or only links the claim and links evidence to claim. evidence. It shows why the provides reasoning that evidence. Repeats the Includes appropriate and data count as evidence by does not link evidence to evidence and/or includes sufficient scientific using appropriate and claim some but not sufficient principles. – sufficient scientific scientific principles. – principles.
The rubric below should be used when grading lab reports/conclusions to ensure that students are effectively connecting their claim to their evidence to provide logical reasons for their conclusions. Base Explanation Rubric Component Level 0 1 2 Claim - A conclusion that answers the original question. Does not make a claim, or makes an inaccurate claim. Makes an accurate but incomplete claim. Makes an accurate and complete claim. Evidence – Scientific data that supports the claim. The data needs to be appropriate and sufficient to support the claim. Does not provide evidence, or only provides inappropriate evidence (evidence that does not support the claim). Provides appropriate but insufficient evidence to support claim. May include some inappropriate evidence. Provides appropriate and sufficient evidence to support claim. Reasoning – A justification that links the claim and evidence. It shows why the data count as evidence by using appropriate and sufficient scientific principles. Does not provide reasoning, or only provides reasoning that does not link evidence to claim Provides reasoning that links the claim and evidence. Repeats the evidence and/or includes some – but not sufficient – scientific principles. Provides reasoning that links evidence to claim. Includes appropriate and sufficient scientific principles.
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