GATHERING, EVALUATING, AND ORGANIZING INFORMATION FOR A REPORT
(See Assessments 5A.D and 5C.D)
Performance Standard 5B.D
Gather, evaluate, and organize information for a written report accordingly:
• Locating information relevant to topic: Consistently use key words to identify relevant information;
consistently discriminate between relevant and irrelevant information.
• Organization information into main ideas: Consistently sort/organize information under main ideas/details.
• Taking notes: Consistently record title, author, source type and copyright; consistently record relevant
information.
Procedures
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In order to analyze and evaluate information acquired from various sources (5B), students should experience
sufficient learning opportunities to develop the following skills:
• Use organizational features of text and available technology (e.g., glossary, table of contents, indexes,
icons, word search) to analyze and evaluate information.
• Organize related information under main topics.
• Distinguish between main ideas and supporting details.
• List sources of information selected for use in project (e.g., title, author, copyright date).
Have students review and discuss the task to be completed and how the rubric will be used to evaluate it.
Ask each student to select a subject for his/her research (or assign one). The student should use organizational
features of 4 or more appropriate sources (text or available technology) to locate information about his/her
topic. Information should be recorded on note cards (or other appropriate method of recording). The kind of
source, title, author and copyright date should be recorded as well.
Have each student analyze and evaluate the information, organize the data into main topics with supporting
details, and provide it in written form.
Evaluate each student's performance using the rubric. Add each student's scores to determine the performance
level.
Note: This information can be used to write a multi-paragraph research report.
Upon completion of 5A, 5B, and 5C, student will turn in 1) graphic organizer, 2) note cards, 3) first draft, and 4)
final draft.
Examples of Student Work follow
Time Requirements
• Five class periods
ASSESSMENT 5B.D
Resources
• Research sources
• Technology for research (if available)
• Note cards or other teacher selected methods for
recording research information
• Copies of this assignment
• Gathering, Evaluating, Organizing Information
for A Research Report Rubric
GATHERING, EVALUATING, AND ORGANIZING INFORMATION FOR A RESEARCH REPORT
NAME ______________________________________________
DATE _______________________________
Exceeds standard (must receive 11 - 12 total points)
Meets standard (must receive 8 - 10 total points)
Approaches standard (must receive 5 - 7 total points)
Begins standard or absent (must receive 3 - 4 total points)
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Locating Information Relevant
to Subject
• Consistently uses key words
to identify relevant information.
• Consistently discriminates
between relevant and irrelevant
information.
• Usually uses key words to
identify relevant information.
• Usually discriminates
between relevant and irrelevant
information.
• Occasionally uses key words
to identify relevant information.
• Occasionally discriminates
between relevant and irrelevant
information.
• Seldom/never uses key
words to identify relevant
information.
• Seldom/never discriminates
between relevant and irrelevant
information.
Organization Into Main
Ideas/Details
• Consistently sorts/organizes
information under main
ideas/details.
• Usually sorts/organizes
information under main
ideas/details.
• Occasionally sorts/organizes
information under main
ideas/details.
• Seldom/never sorts/organizes
information under main
ideas/details.
Note Cards
• Consistently record title,
author, source type and
copyright
• Consistently records relevant
information.
• Usually record title, author,
source type and copyright
• Usually records relevant
information.
• Occasionally record title,
author, source type and
copyright
• Occasionally records relevant
information.
• Seldom/never record title,
author, source type and
copyright
• Seldom/never records
relevant information.
Score
ASSESSMENT 5B.D
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