Intel® Teach Elements
Project-Based Approaches
Critical Thinking Rubric—Elementary
4
Identifying
Important
Information
Evaluating
Sources
Making
Inferences
Learning
Independently
Communicating
3
2
1
I can find the
most important
parts of the
information I am
studying.
I can usually find Sometimes, I get I usually cannot
the most
important ideas tell the difference
important
mixed up with
between what is
information.
unimportant
important and
details.
what is not
important.
I use different
I use some
With help, I use I rarely think
strategies and
strategies to
strategies to
about whether
good thinking to decide if
decide if
the resources I
decide if
resources are
resources are
use are credible.
resources are
credible.
credible.
credible.
I use my own
I use what I
With help, I
I have difficulty
knowledge to
know to draw
make inferences making
make inferences conclusions and about
inferences.
and draw
make inferences information.
conclusions
about
about
information.
Sometimes, I do
information.
not have good
I usually check
reasons for my
I check to see if to see if my
inferences.
my inferences
inferences are
are right.
right.
I learn more
I try to learn
If someone
I am usually
about ideas and more about ideas encourages me, I happy with what
concepts that are and concepts
try to learn more I already know. I
new to me.
that are new to about ideas and do not bother to
me.
concepts that are find out more.
new to me.
I can clearly
I can explain my I can usually
I cannot explain
explain my
opinion and give explain my
my opinion.
opinion on a
some reasons for opinion and give
topic in speaking it.
at least one
or writing and
reason for my
give good
opinion.
reasons for it.
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