1) Look at the student’s work.
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Standard Oil and John D.
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The main signifiance of John D. Rockefeller and standard oil was
the dovelopment of trust. Standard Oil became the
leading example of monopoly power and economic concentration. Standard Oil
was developed in the 1870, and by the end of the 1870's Rockefeller
controlled 90% of the nations oil refining capacity. Rockefeller was the
first entreprenuer to achieve hortizontal
integration. In 1882, standard oil became the first example of a trust in
American business. Through the common law, Rockefeller and his lawyer was
able to exploit this in the courts. For example 41 stockholders of standard
oil created a 9 member board of trustees. THe board
held the company's stock in trust and exercised the general supervision of
affairs. This was considered one of the biggest capitalist movements in
modern day history because the soul owner of a company was able to control
his company through a group of choosen individuals
better known as a board of directors. |
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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