Global Warming Argument -Peer Review/Teacher Rubric
Instruction: To share your work with others, we will be using a Round-Robin format. This
means that one member of the group will stay at the group station to share groups’ ideas with
others while the rest of the group members will go to other groups, one at a time. You will
listen and critique the explanations developed by your classmates. Remember, as you critique
the work of others, you have to decide if their conclusions are valid based on quality of the
explanation and how well they are able to support their ideas. In other words, you need to
determine if their argument is convincing or not convincing. To do this, ask yourself the
following questions:
Criteria
1. Is their explanation adequate (it explains everything it needs
to) and free from contradictions)?
2. Did they use genuine evidence (they organized their data in
a way that shows a trend over time, a relationship between
variables, or a difference between groups) and did they use
enough evidence to support their ideas (they used more
than one piece of evidence and all their ideas are supported
by evidence)?
3. Is their evidence of high quality? In other words, is their
evidence valid (they used appropriate methods to gather
the data) and reliable (they attempted to reduce error in
their measurements or observations)?
4. Is there any counterevidence that does not support their
explanation?
5. How well does their explanation fit with other theories and
laws that are used in science to explain or describe how the
world works?
6. Is their reasoning appropriate (rational and sound)?
7. Is their rationale sufficient (they explain why the evidence
was used and why it supports the explanation)?
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Convincing
Not
Convincing
Team A
Criteria
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Convincing
Not Convincing
Comments
Team B
Criteria
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Convincing
Not Convincing
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Team C
Criteria
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2
Convincing
Not Convincing
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Team D
Criteria
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Convincing
Not Convincing
Comments
Team E
Criteria
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Convincing
Not Convincing
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Team F
Criteria
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Convincing
Not Convincing
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Overall Opinion on the activity:____________________________________________________
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