Advanced Proficient Progressing Needs Improvement Relevancy The student found The student found The student found The student found a relevant source a relevant source a source that a source that is not by using keywords that was related to somewhat relates related to the main and questions that the main topic of to the main topic topic of study. were related to the study. of study. main topic of study. Appropriateness The student found The student a The student found The student did a source that is source that is information that is not find related to the main related to the somewhat related information that is topic and is topic. to the topic but related to the suitable for his/her may be too easy or topic. age. difficult. Detail The source has an The source has The source may be The source is too appropriate enough details to too specific or brief to be useful. amount of detail answer the main broad to be useful. to answer the questions. main questions and is more than a basic overview of the topic Currency The source is The source is a bit The source does The source is current and/or dated for the topic not have a grossly outdated. recently updated. at hand. publication date. Authority & The source‘s The source’s The source’s The source’s author is identified author is identified author is not author is not Bias and credible. and may be identified but identified and the credible. information seems information does credible. not seem credible. Author bias is noted and Author bias is Author bias is not explained noted noted
Advanced Proficient Progressing Needs Improvement Relevancy The student found a relevant source by using keywords and questions that were related to the main topic of study. The student found a relevant source that was related to the main topic of study. The student found a source that somewhat relates to the main topic of study. The student found a source that is not related to the main topic of study. Appropriateness The student found a source that is related to the main topic and is suitable for his/her age. The student a source that is related to the topic. The student found information that is somewhat related to the topic but may be too easy or difficult. The student did not find information that is related to the topic. Detail The source has an appropriate amount of detail to answer the main questions and is more than a basic overview of the topic The source has enough details to answer the main questions. The source may be too specific or broad to be useful. The source is too brief to be useful. Currency The source is current and/or recently updated. The source is a bit dated for the topic at hand. The source does not have a publication date. The source is grossly outdated. Authority & Bias The source‘s author is identified and credible. Author bias is noted and explained The source’s author is identified and may be credible. Author bias is noted The source’s author is not identified but information seems credible. Author bias is not noted The source’s author is not identified and the information does not seem credible.
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