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Apprentice |
Basic |
Learned |
Exemplary |
Questioning
- A researcher recognizes decisions, issues
and problems when looking at a topic. |
Has
no interest in inquiring about a topic. |
Relies upon others to state questions and topics. |
Formulates questions about topics to elevate the question to focus
on issues and problems |
Discovers independently an issue or problem which needs a decision
or solution after exploring a topic. |
Planning
- A researcher identifies sources of
information likely to build understanding. |
Wanders from source to source without questioning which source
will be most helpful. |
Selects sources with assistance. |
Selects sources with mixed success. |
Selects high quality sources independently and
efficiently. |
Gathering
- A researcher collects and stores
information for later consideration. |
Cannot find needed information. |
Loses track of most important information. |
Collects information with some degree of organization. |
Collects and organizes important information for retrieval
independently. |
Sorting
- A researcher reorganizes information so that
the most valuable becomes readily available to support
understanding |
Leaves information as gathered. |
Creates partial organization of information. |
Creates a structure but structure lacks some
coherence. |
Creates structure which provides a coherent and clear
focus. |
Synthesizing
- A researcher recombines information to
develop decisions and solutions. |
Restates the decisions and solutions of others. |
Reorganizes and combines strategies of others. |
Combines the strategies of others with some original
solution. |
Creates an original decision or solution. |
Evaluating
- A researcher determines whether the
information gathered is sufficient to support a conclusion. |
Does
not draw a conclusion. |
Reaches a hasty conclusion. |
Looks for missing information. |
Tests solutions and decisions to see if supporting information is
adequate. |
Reporting
- A researcher translates findings into a
persuasive, instructive, or effective product(s). |
Restates the research but fails to translate findings. |
Shares the work or thoughts of others but doesn’t reflect
insight. |
Provides a product which offers some insight with regard to the
original problem or issues. |
Creates and presents an original product which effectively
addresses original problem or issues. |