1) Look at the student’s work.
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Spanish American War |
e) Spanish American War
U.S. sends USS Maine to Cuba USS Maine explodes in Havana Harbor U.S. feels
that Spain is responsible or at least did not prevent the explosion Spain
declared war on April 24, 1898 U.S. enjoys victory on May 1, 1989 July 1,
1898, the army, commanded by General William R. Shafter, defeated the Spanish
December 10, 1898, a peace treaty was signed and the U.S. gained the Phillipines, Guam, and Puerto Rico Filipinos fought the
American control During 1899, the U.S. Army defeated the Filipinos in
conventional battles The Platt Amendment of March 1901 barred an independent
Cuba from allying itself with another foreign power The U.S. gained a naval
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2) Mark an X in the 1st column if you can answer any
of these questions about this student’s work.
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Did the student read and
write the facts accurately? Can you prove it? |
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Did the student write in
his own words? Or did the student do what The
Bedford Handbook calls “unacceptable borrowing” or plagiarism? Can you
prove it? |
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Did the student use facts
not in the common source—or rely on memory or perhaps make up something? Can
you prove it? |
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Did the student seem to understand
the facts? Can you prove it? |
3) Now click on the link to the right of this one.
Using that link, compare the student’s work with the source that the student
used. If your answer to a question above is different, mark an X in the 2nd column.
Part of the presentation Hidden Barriers to Critical Thinking: Assessment and Solutions
A & M Assessment Conference, February 2010
Available at http://assessment.tamu.edu/resources/conference_2010.html
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