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State the Problem
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Identified a question
that could not be
tested/investigated or
one that did not merit
investigation
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Identified, with adult
help, a question which
could be investigated
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Identified, with adult
help, a question which
was interesting to the
student and which
could be investigated
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Independently
identified a question
which was interesting
to the student and
which could be
investigated
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Make Observations
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Identified less than 2 or only 1 of each type of observation
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Identified at least 3 total observations, or 5 of either qualitative or quantitative but not both
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Identified at least 6 total observations (qualitative and quantitative)
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Identified 5 qualitative and 5 quantitative observations (10 total)
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Form Hypothesis
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Needed adult
assistance to develop
an hypothesis or to do
a basic literature
review
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Independently
developed an
hypothesis somewhat
substantiated by a
literature review or
observation of similar phenomena
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Independently
developed an
hypothesis somewhat
substantiated by a
literature review and
observation of similar phenomena
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Independently
developed an
hypothesis well-
substantiated by a
literature review and
observation of similar phenomena
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Test Hypothesis
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Procedures that were
outlined were
seriously incomplete
or not sequential,
even after adult
feedback had been given
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Procedures were
outlined in a step-by-
step fashion, but had
1 or 2 gaps that
require explanation
even after adult feedback had been given
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Procedures were
outlined in a step-by-
step fashion that could
be followed by anyone
without additional
explanations. Some adult feedback needed
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Procedures were
outlined in a step-by-
step fashion that could
be followed by anyone
without additional
explanations. No adult help needed
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Form Conclusions
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No conclusion was
apparent OR
important details were
overlooked
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Student provided a
conclusion with some
reference to the data
and the hypothesis
statement(s
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Student provided a
somewhat detailed
conclusion clearly
based on the data and
related to the
hypothesis
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Student provided a
detailed conclusion
clearly based on the
data and related to
previous research
findings and the hypothesis
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Total---->
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