Scoring Rubric for Climate Science Arguments 0 1 2 3 4 1. Skeptics’ Does not present Presents the Presents the Presents the Presents the skeptic Argument (Claim, the skeptics’ skeptics’ claim. skeptics’ claim and skeptics’ claim, s’ evidence, Evidence, and argument. evidence. evidence, and justification, and Justification) justification. reference(s). 2. Scientists’ Counter-Argument The scientists’ counter-claim is the opposite of the skeptics’ claim. a. Evidence Does not provide Provides 1 type of Provides 2 types of Provides 3 types Provides more than evidence or appropriate and appropriate and of appropriate 3 types appropriate provides relevant scientific relevant scientific and relevant and relevant inappropriate or evidence evidence, scientific scientific evidence, irrelevant (including one (including one evidence, (including one evidence. graph) graph) (including one graph). Also includes graph) references for source(s) of evidence. b. Justification Does not provide Provides Provides Provides Provides justification or of why of why of why (Reasoning) justification justification justification justification of only provides the 1 type of each of 2 types of why each of 3 each of the more justification that scientific evidence scientific evidence types of than 3 types of does not justify supports the claim. supports the claim. scientific scientific evidence how the evidence Explains the science evidence supports the claim. supports the claim. a short video or supports the Explains the science visualization or claim. using visualization or animation of trends. Explains the animation of trends. science using a Also includes short video or references for visualization or source(s) of animation of visualization or trends. animation. 3. Rebuttal of Does not present Provides 1 type of Provides 2 types of Provides 2 types Provides 2 types of Skeptics’ the of scientific evidence scientific evidence of scientific scientific evidence “rebuttal” Argument the skeptics’ to rebut the to rebut the evidence to rebut to rebut the skeptics’ argument. skeptics’ evidence. skeptics’ evidence. the skeptics’ evidence and evidence and justifies why the justifies why the skeptics’ evidence is skeptics’ evidence not appropriate. is not Also includes appropriate. references for source(s) of evidence and justification. References should be in formatted in American Psychological Association (APA) Style. (See http://www.apastyle.org/).
Scoring Rubric for Climate Science Arguments 0 1 2 3 4 1. Skeptics’ Argument (Claim, Evidence, and Justification) Does not present the skeptics’ argument. Presents the skeptics’ claim. Presents the skeptics’ claim and evidence. Presents the skeptics’ claim, evidence, and justification. Presents the skeptic s’ evidence, justification, and reference(s). 2. Scientists’ Counter-Argument The scientists’ counter-claim is the opposite of the skeptics’ claim. a. Evidence Does not provide evidence or provides inappropriate or irrelevant evidence. Provides 1 type of appropriate and relevant scientific evidence (including one graph) Provides 2 types of appropriate and relevant scientific evidence, (including one graph) Provides 3 types of appropriate and relevant scientific evidence, (including one graph) Provides more than 3 types appropriate and relevant scientific evidence, (including one graph). Also includes references for source(s) of evidence. b. Justification (Reasoning) Does not provide justification or only provides justification that does not justify how the evidence supports the claim. Provides justification of why the 1 type of scientific evidence supports the claim. Provides justification of why each of 2 types of scientific evidence supports the claim. Explains the science a short video or visualization or animation of trends. Provides justification of why each of 3 types of scientific evidence supports the claim. Explains the science using a short video or visualization or animation of trends. Provides justification of why each of the more than 3 types of scientific evidence supports the claim. Explains the science using visualization or animation of trends. Also includes references for source(s) of visualization or animation. 3. Rebuttal of Skeptics’ Argument Does not present the “rebuttal” of the skeptics’ argument. Provides 1 type of scientific evidence to rebut the skeptics’ evidence. Provides 2 types of scientific evidence to rebut the skeptics’ evidence. Provides 2 types of scientific evidence to rebut the skeptics’ evidence and justifies why the skeptics’ evidence is not appropriate. Provides 2 types of scientific evidence to rebut the skeptics’ evidence and justifies why the skeptics’ evidence is not appropriate. Also includes references for source(s) of evidence and justification. References should be in formatted in American Psychological Association (APA) Style. (See http://www.apastyle.org/).
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