Short answer

SCI 100 Module One Short Answer Guidelines and Rubric Evaluating Resources and Searching for Information

Prompt: Using the Website Evaluation Template document provided in your learning environment, follow the directions and complete the chart in the template. After completing the template, use the information from your completed table to address the following:

1. Report your scores for your two chosen sites from the Shapiro Library website tutorial. Be sure to include hyperlinks to the specific articles and sub- pages you examined in your work.

2. Which of your two chosen resources would you consider to be more valid? Explain your choice. Next, use the news story you selected and the results of your Shapiro Library research and respond to the following:

1. Briefly summarize (in 1 to 2 paragraphs) the natural science topic featured in your chosen news story. 2. How would you go about finding more information on the topic that you chose? List at least two different sources that you would consider reliable. 3. Briefly explain why you think these are reliable sources of information to help you find out more about your topic.

As you complete this assignment, keep in mind that your answers to these questions or closely related questions will be part of your Project 1: Topic Exploration Graphic Organizer submission at the end of Module Two.

Rubric

Guidelines for Submission: Submit your short answers in a Microsoft Word document.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Score Posts score results of the Source Evaluation Rubric and includes hyperlinks to the source articles/sub- pages

Does not post score results of the Source Evaluation Rubric or include hyperlinks to the source articles/sub- pages

25

Validity Explains which resource is more valid Explains which resource is more valid, but explanation is unclear or inaccurate

Does not explain which resource is more valid

25

Summary Gives a summary of the natural science topic in the article for topic exploration graphic organizer

Gives a summary of the natural science topic in the article for topic exploration graphic organizer, but summary is unclear or inaccurate

Does not give a summary of the natural science topic in the article for topic exploration graphic organizer

10

Information Explains how additional information on the topic will be found

Explains how additional information on the topic will be found, but explanation is unclear

Does not explain how additional information on the topic will be found

15

Reliability Explains why the sources are reliable Explains why the sources are reliable, but explanation is unclear or inaccurate

Does not explain why the sources are reliable

15

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Communicates Clearly Clearly communicates key ideas and thoughts in a short-answer response

Response needs clarification in order to support understanding of key ideas and thoughts

Key ideas or thoughts are not understandable

10

Total 100%