Rubric for Discourse in Science
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Expresses a clear and
thorough claims
Claim Clarifies claims
Builds on others claims
Is thorough in referencing
appropriate evidence and
Evidence connects to labs, previous
projects, and/or
background knowledge
Contributes comments
that are insightful,
appropriate, thoughtful,
and connects Science
Concepts
Reasoning Provokes questions and
comments from the group
Makes connections to
new situations
Posture, demeanor, eye
contact, and behavior
clearly demonstrates
respect and attentiveness
Active Listening all of the time
Can paraphrase
statements and previous
discourse upon demand
all of the time
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Expresses adequate
claims but does not fully
explain
Claim is sometimes Adequate but incomplete
clarified
References appropriate
evidence and connects to
labs, previous projects,
and/or background
knowledge
Contributes comments
that are insightful,
appropriate, thoughtful,
and connects Science
Concepts
Provokes questions and
comment from the group
Posture, demeanor, eye Posture, demeanor, eye
contact, and behavior
clearly demonstrates
respect and attentiveness
most of the time
Can paraphrase Can paraphrase
statements and previous
discourse upon demand
most of the time
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Expresses accurate but
Does not expresses claims
incomplete claim
clearly
Claim is not adequate
claim
References evidence and
connects to labs, previous Clearly references
projects, and/or inefficient and
background knowledge, inappropriate evidence
but not sufficient
Contributes
Contributes comments inappropriate and
with some grounding in inadequate comments
Science Concepts that are insightful,
appropriate, thoughtful
Posture, demeanor, eye
contact, and behavior
contact, and behavior
clearly demonstrates
clearly demonstrates
respect and attentiveness
respect and attentiveness
some of the time
not present
Does not paraphrase
statements and previous
statements and previous
discourse upon demand
discourse upon demand
some of the time
General Rubric for Claim, Evidence and Reasoning (CER)
Use this rubric to assess the explanation part of your Discussion in your lab report.

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Makes an accurate,
Claim is not Makes an accurate but Makes an accurate
Claim Claim is not made.
accurate. not complete claim and complete claim.
complex, and
complete claim.
Provides appropriate
Provides appropriate but
and sufficient
Evidence provided not sufficient evidence to Provides appropriate
evidence to support
Does not provide is not appropriate support claim. Evidence is and sufficient
Evidence any evidence. and does not not complete. May evidence to support
claim, helping to
contribute to overall
support the claim. include some evidence claim.
understanding of
that is not appropriate.
claim.
Provides reasoning
that connects all
Provides reasoning
evidence to the claim.
Provides reasoning that that connects all
Includes appropriate
connects the evidence to evidence to the claim.
Reasoning provided and sufficient
the claim. May include Includes appropriate
Does not provide is not appropriate scientific principles to
Reasoning any reasoning. and does not explain
some scientific principles and sufficient
explain why the
for why the evidence scientific principles to
the evidence. evidence supports the
supports the claim, but not explain why the
claim, and extends the
sufficient. evidence supports the
readers
claim.
understanding of the
experiment.