2. When was Australia founded and who found it. Australia was discovered by the dutch, Portuguese and Spanish ships sighted Australia in the 17th century; first the dutch landed on the Gulf of Carpentaria in 1606.
3. How big is Australia. Australia is about 7,686,810 square kilometers
4. What is the population in Australia. The population in Australia is 22,154,741
5. What is Australia's national sport. Australia National sport is Aussie rules football
6. Why is Australia's flag so close to New Zealand's flag.
7. What is the average age in Australia. The avarage age in Australia is 34 years of age
8. What is the most popular fast food in Australia. The most popular fast food in Australia is Burger King or KFC
Research Report : Inquiry Learning Rubric Level 4
CATEGORY
Critical
Below Expectation
At Expectation
Above Expectation
Topic Choice
Topic choice is not suitable for Inquiry Based Learning. Student is unable to work independently.
Topic choice is suitable for Inquiry Based learning. Student required a lot of teacher support.
Topic choice is suitable for Inquiry Based Learning. Student demonstrates lower order thinking skills in selection of topic.
Topic choice demonstrates deliberate thought and draws on higher order thinking skills. Topic is relevant to today and is of public and social interest.
Question Generation
Student has generated questions that are irrelevant to topic.
Student has generated mainly closed type questions. Teacher support needed.
Student has generated mainly open type questions which indicate some higher order thinking skills. Minimal teacher support needed.
Student has generated thought provoking questions which demonstrate higher order thinking skills. Able to work completely independently.
Locating Information
Student is unable to locate information on topic.
Student requires teacher support to locate information on topic.
Student is able to locate and retrieve information on topic with minimal teacher support.
Student is able to locate and retrieve information on topic independent of teacher.
Quality of Information
Information located has little or nothing to do with the topic.
Information located mainly relates to the topic. Answers are written briefly with no detail.
Information clearly relates to the main topic. Answers are written with some detail.
Information clearly relates to the main topic. Answers include several supporting details and/or examples.
Summarising/Paraphrasing
Student has copied and pasted all information with no attempt to re-write in own words.
Student has copied and pasted some information. Has made some effort to summarise information into own words.
Student has summarised and paraphrased information. Sentences are mainly simple and compound.
Student has summarised and paraphrased information succinctly. Sentences are well constructed using a variety of sentence structures for effect.
Surface Features
Grammatical and spelling errors are numerous. Exceedingly difficult for the reader to make meaning of.
Some spelling and grammatical errors are present.
Few spelling and grammatical errors are present but do not detract from the understanding of the reader.
Grammatically correct and error free.
Layout and Design
Layout is completely disorganised with no thought given to background colour and fonts. Has no reader impact. Images are irrelevant to topic.
Layout is somewhat disorganised. Evidence of some thought given to background colour and font but has little impact on the reader. Images are mostly relevant to the topic.
Layout is organised neatly with suitable background colours and fonts. Clear and easy to read with some impact on the reader.Images are relevant to topic.
Layout is well organised with deliberate thought given to background colours and fonts. Has the wow factor. Images added enhance the overall impact.
Self Reflection
I didn't do really well this one I wish I spent a little more time on it and a little more detail. next time I will spend more time typing my answers and the presentation.
Australia
1. Why is Australia hot.
2. When was Australia founded and who found it. Australia was discovered by the dutch, Portuguese and Spanish ships sighted Australia in the 17th century; first the dutch landed on the Gulf of Carpentaria in 1606.
3. How big is Australia. Australia is about 7,686,810 square kilometers
4. What is the population in Australia. The population in Australia is 22,154,741
5. What is Australia's national sport. Australia National sport is Aussie rules football
6. Why is Australia's flag so close to New Zealand's flag.
7. What is the average age in Australia. The avarage age in Australia is 34 years of age
8. What is the most popular fast food in Australia. The most popular fast food in Australia is Burger King or KFC
Research Report : Inquiry Learning Rubric Level 4
Self Reflection
I didn't do really well this one I wish I spent a little more time on it and a little more detail. next time I will spend more time typing my answers and the presentation.