Grading and Work Sample Analysis (Level 2) Directions: All of the following are work samples that were turned in for grading. Students were supposed to respond to the following prompt: For a science class project, Sandy wants to test the effect of rap music on pea plant growth. She plays loud rap music 24 hours a day to a series of pea plants grown under light and watered daily. At the end of her experiment she concludes that rap is conducive to plant growth. Sandy receives a low grade on this experiment from her teacher. Why did Sandy’s teacher give a low grade for this experiment? What was the key problem with it? How could Sandy change her experiment to fix the problem? Rewrite the experiment so it will receive a better grade. The rubric that was used to grade these work samples was the following: Far Below Basic Below Basic Basic Proficient Advanced Assignment was Response kind of Response Response Response not attempted. relates to the fact explains that explains that explains that that there is no there is no there is no there is no control group for control group for control group for control group for this experiment this experiment this experiment this experiment OR that Sandy OR that Sandy OR that Sandy AND that Sandy has nothing to has nothing to has nothing to has nothing to compare the compare the compare the compare the plants she plants she plants she plants she played music to. played music to. played music to. played music to. The student does The student tries The student The student not attempt to to explain how explains how the explains how the explain how the the experiment experiment could experiment could experiment could could be be improved. be improved. be improved. improved. One or Proper grammar Proper grammar Three or four two grammar and language is and language is grammar and and language used. used. language errors errors are are present. present. Directions: Analyze each of the following examples and determine what grade you would give each work sample using the rubric above. Make sure that you explain why you assigned each grade to each work sample. After you do this individually, you will be assigned a group and a specific work sample to discuss. You will then present the reasoning for the grade that you gave the assigned work sample. Work Sample #1
Grading and Work Sample Analysis (Level 2) Directions: All of the following are work samples that were turned in for grading. Students were supposed to respond to the following prompt: For a science class project, Sandy wants to test the effect of rap music on pea plant growth. She plays loud rap music 24 hours a day to a series of pea plants grown under light and watered daily. At the end of her experiment she concludes that rap is conducive to plant growth. Sandy receives a low grade on this experiment from her teacher. Why did Sandy’s teacher give a low grade for this experiment? What was the key problem with it? How could Sandy change her experiment to fix the problem? Rewrite the experiment so it will receive a better grade. The rubric that was used to grade these work samples was the following: Far Below Basic Below Basic Basic Proficient Advanced Assignment was not attempted. Response kind of relates to the fact that there is no control group for this experiment OR that Sandy has nothing to compare the plants she played music to. The student does not attempt to explain how the experiment could be improved. Three or four grammar and language errors are present. Response explains that there is no control group for this experiment OR that Sandy has nothing to compare the plants she played music to. The student tries to explain how the experiment could be improved. One or two grammar and language errors are present. Response explains that there is no control group for this experiment OR that Sandy has nothing to compare the plants she played music to. The student explains how the experiment could be improved. Proper grammar and language is used. Response explains that there is no control group for this experiment AND that Sandy has nothing to compare the plants she played music to. The student explains how the experiment could be improved. Proper grammar and language is used. Directions: Analyze each of the following examples and determine what grade you would give each work sample using the rubric above. Make sure that you explain why you assigned each grade to each work sample. After you do this individually, you will be assigned a group and a specific work sample to discuss. You will then present the reasoning for the grade that you gave the assigned work sample. Work Sample #1
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