1) Look at the student’s work.
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Civil Rights Act |
In 1964 Civil Rights Act amde racial discrimination in public places, such as
theaters, resaurants, and hotels, illegal. It also requiered employers to proovide
equal employment opportunities. Project involving federal funds can now be
cut off if there was evidence of discrimination based off color, race, or
nation origin. The civil Rights Act also atempted
to deal with the problems of african americans being denied the vote in the deep south. The
legislation stated the uniform standards must prevail for establishing the
right to vote. schooling to sixth grade constituted
legal proof of literacy and the attorney general was given power to initiate
legal action in any area where he found a pattern of resistence
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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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