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What
Are the 5 Good Habits for Evidence?
Grading
Rubric and the 5 Good Habits for Evidence
Years ago a student asked me what could he do to prevent errors with evidence? He was involved with tennis and he used an analogy. He said “I need to know how to hold the racket.” I told him that I would try. I started out with about 10 things and got it down to these 5. The right column has really common sense tips. Some came from my 4th grade teacher, others from a wonderful professor in a junior college, a few (but they were good) from my dissertation director, and many from colleagues on job. This may be different for some of you, but you can do this.
Good Habits As Common Sense Actions You Can Do |
Links to Practical Examples for Each Good Habit |
Use only the sources that your prof or boss considers
reliable, especially any you are told to use. |
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Pay attention. 1.
Read the question and notice its
parts. What is the boss or prof asking you to do? 2.
Read the right part and all the parts of the sources
that you are told to use. 3.
Let the source “talk” to you.
Listen as though your grade or job depend on your figuring this out. Caution: Repeating and collecting
words is not figuring something out. |
Habit 2. Factual Accuracy That You Verify with the Reliable Source Before
You Write |
Plan your writing: 1.
When you think that you have figured out what the sources mean and what happened, then decide what
you must “teach.” 2.
You do not need to teach
everything, but everything you teach must be true: ·
Never cherry-pick ·
Never embellish These 2 words and others are defined at the bottom of
the Evidence Quizzes folder. |
Habit 3. Factual Accuracy That Is Verifiable
for Every Statement You Make This may also help you:
Three Frequently Asked Questions about Citing
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Create your own simple words; do not steal another’s
words. If you use another’s words, you must: ·
Use “”(quotation marks) marks
accurately · Cite – show ownership accurately Do not: · Plagiarize · “Half-copy” plagiarize or “patchwrite” Look at examples of both at the bottom of the Evidence Quizzes folder. |
Habit 4. No
“Half-Copy” Plagiarism or “Patchwriting” This may also help you: Why I Make a Big Deal about Plagiarism and Patchwriting |
When using “” (quotation marks), protect your reputation by being
careful with the author’s reputation. Do not use "" inaccurately and: · Make the author's sentences look grammatically incorrect. · Change the author’s meaning (the bigger error) |
The Requirements Criteria refers to the Requirements from #1
to #6 on How to Do Your Video Form.
Criteria |
Criteria for A 26.5-30 Pts. |
Criteria for B 23.5-26 Pts. |
Criteria for C 20.5-23 Pts. |
Criteria for D 17.5-20 Pts. |
Criteria for F 0-17 Pts. |
Reading FOR
Evidence |
Accurately listened and read. Identified 2-3 representative
examples. |
Listened and read carefully. Identified 1 representative
example. |
Listened and read somewhat. |
Misread or read passively (Habit 2). Made errors such as
cherry-picking facts or embellishing facts (Habit 3). |
Assumed (Habit 2). Used an unreliable source (Habit 1) or
an incorrect or incomplete part of the source required for the question asked
(Habit 2). |
Writing WITH
Evidence |
Wrote and read carefully. Used 2-3 representative
examples. |
Wrote and read carefully. Used 1 representative example. |
Wrote and read, but not carefully. |
Wrote passively (Habit 2). Plagiarized or did “half-copy”
plagiarism (Habit 4). Used "" inaccurately and made the author’s
writing grammatically incorrect (Habit 5). |
Wrote assumptions (Habit 2). Did not answer all parts of
the question (Habit 2). Used "" inaccurately and changed meaning
(Habit 5). |
Require-ments |
Met all #1 to #6. |
Met most #1 to #6. |
Met some #1 to #6. |
Met a few from #1 to #6. |
Did not meet Requirements from #1 to #6 |
Mechan-ics |
No more than one minor error. |
One or more errors. |
Two or more errors. |
Several mechanical errors. |
Many mechanical errors. |
Copyright
C. J. Bibus, Ed.D. 2003-2019 |
WCJC Department: |
History – Dr. Bibus |
Contact Information: |
281.239.1577 or bibusc@wcjc.edu |
Last Updated: |
2019 |
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