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5. Discussion & Conclusions - In paragraph form restate the purpose/objective/research question of the lab and any hypotheses that you were testing. Provide clear statements about how your data supports or does not support your objective/hypothesis. The more specifics the better. You should be referencing back to your class lessons to help you make connections between the data and WHAT the data means. If instructed directly by your teacher put your work into broader context, how do your research results relate to the larger world (use references)? Next you should state what problems may have occurred and what changes might be helpful in clarifying your results. Was there any introduction of error? If so what caused the error. Human error is not an appropriate description of the error you need to be specific. To be “Exceeding” in any class: You need to complete all other parts of the discussion and include any changes to your experiment that might be helpful in clarifying your results. Come up with a new but related testable research question that would help further your understanding of the topic. Exceeding (E) Meeting (M) In-progress (IP) Limited Progress (LP) Discussion Includes all criteria in Meeting plus… Suggests a related testable research question is provided. Strengths and limitations (errors) and makes valid suggestions on how to reduce the error. Includes all criteria in IP plus… Connection back to hypotheses is correct based on the results. Relationship between variables is discussed, patterns are logically explained. Results are connected back to and integrated with the learning objectives or topics of study from class. Includes all criteria in LP plus… Original research question and hypotheses are presented. Results are discussed in terms of supporting or not supporting the hypotheses. Results are discussed in relation to the original purpose or question.
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