Level One

Level Two

Develops and evaluates research processes and strategies

            Demonstrates little development or awareness of a personal strategy for searching for information

·        Chooses to use largely one type of reference tool (e.g., Internet) to find sources of information

·        Repeats unfruitful attempts to gather information with little problem solving demonstrated.

            Develops and uses a personal strategy of searching for information about a topic

·        Demonstrates an applied knowledge of reference tools (e.g. catalogue, databases) to find reasonable sources

·        Evaluates the usefulness of personal research strategies and processes

Demonstrates the appropriateness of Information collected

·        Tends to search for only one type of information

·        Shows little discrimination in selecting reasonable sources about a topic (e.g., all sources may be very general or only vaguely related to a topic).

·        Searches for a variety of relevant information connected to a topic

·        Demonstrates some savvy about the information collected (e.g., selecting specific, contextualized information about a topic; being able to show why a source fits a topic; or be able to demonstrate why a source is important to a topic).

Consistently

Often

Sometimes

Seldom

Appropriateness of Information collected

·        Exhibits skill in finding a variety of types of relevant information connected to a topic

·        Demonstrates some savvy about the information collected (e.g., selecting specific, contextualized information about a topic; being able to show why a source fits a topic; or be able to demonstrate why a source is important to a topic).

Develops and evaluates research processes and strategies

·        Develops and uses a personal strategy of searching for information about a topic

·        Demonstrates an applied knowledge of reference tools (e.g. catalogue, databases) to find reasonable sources

·        Evaluates the usefulness of personal research strategies and processes