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Internet Use

Successfully uses suggested Internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance.

Usually able to use suggested Internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance.

Occasionally able to use suggested Internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance.

Needs assistance or supervision to use suggested Internet links and/or to navigate within these sites.

Notes

Notes are recorded and organized in an extremely neat and orderly fashion, using the note-taking form.

Notes are recorded legibly and are somewhat organized using the note-taking form.

Notes are recorded, but the note-taking forms are incomplete, or they can only be completed with substantial assistance.

Notes are recorded only with substantial assistance and are still mostly illegible or unusable.

Quality of Information

Information clearly relates to the main topic. It includes several supporting details and/or examples. All information necessary for proper citation is included.

Information clearly relates to the main topic. It provides 1-2 supporting details and/or examples. Most information necessary for proper citation is included.

Information clearly relates to the main topic. No details and/or examples are given. Some information necessary for proper citation may be missing.

Information has little or nothing to do with the main topic. Citation information is missing.

Amount of Information

More than 8 note-taking forms are completed.

Eight note-taking forms are completed.

Five to seven note-taking forms are completed.

Less than five note-taking forms are completed.

Pictures

Two or more pictures are saved from the Internet. They add to the reader's understanding of the topic.

One picture is saved from the Internet. It adds to the reader's understanding of the topic.

One picture is saved from the Internet. It doesn't directly add to the reader's understanding of the topic but is not distracting.

No picture is saved from the Internet, or it is overly distracting.

Cooperation

Group delegates tasks and shares responsibility effectively all of the time.

Group delegates tasks and shares responsibility effectively most of the time.

Group delegates tasks and shares responsibility effectively some of the time.

Group often is not effective in delegating tasks and/or sharing responsibility.