Planning a Research Assignment Checklist
1.
Communication of the Assignment to Students
____ Have
you developed a student friendly assignment
sheet?
____ Does
it provide rationale for the activity?
____ Does
it give details about final product (format)
expectations?
____ Does
it include reminders?
____ Does
it give clear, descriptions of exemplary
work?
____ Do
you include a timeline/checkpoint calendar?
____
Is/Are the essential question(s) of the
course provided?
2. Students must turn in/submit
____ notes
/ notecards
____ print
outs of sources (plagiarism prevention)
____ disc
of end product (plagiarism prevention)
____
outline/organizer
____
drafts
____ works
cited/bibliography page
3. Are there opportunities for
teacher: student conferencing
during process?
____ Is
the process more important than the content?
____ Is
the content more important than the process?
____ Both
content and process are equally important.
4. Higher Order Thinking Skills
(HOTS)
Does the
activity ask/require students to:
__analyze__
synthesize____compare/contrast
__evaluate/judge __connect__
persuade __conclude
__ infer__deduce/induce__design/compose__ plan/invent
5. Research Skills
Does the
assignment require:
__planning__gathering__multiple
sources (print & non
print)__organizing__documenting__reflecting
__ Have you reserved time in the Media Center
for research
_Have
you reserved time in the lab/mobile lab for
typing/creating product?
6 Assessment/Rubric
____ Have
you provided a rubric at the start of the
assignment?
____ Is
the rubric specific to the assignment?
____ Is
the rubric generic?
____ Are
all required aspects of the assignment
assessed?
____ Does
the rubric describe performance levels?
____ Does
the rubric value high quality sources?
____ Does
the rubric value MLA documentation?
____ Does
the rubric value a reflective component?
(Adapted from http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/researchassigncheck.html) |
