| Three types of assessment are significant:
1. Objective assessment of the product.
The objective assessment of your efforts is the grade
that you receive from your instructor.
2. Self-assessment of the product.
Ask yourself the following questions:
- Does this product satisfy all of the requirements
of the assignment as presented by my instructor?
- Is the product grammatically correct, interesting,
and well written?
- Is the product original work, including appropriate
citations of all sources?
- Does the product answer the questions of my research?
Are all of the ideas supported with evidence?
- Is this my best work?
3. Self-assessment of the process.
The specific information that you assimilated in
researching a topic and displaying your knowledge in a product is
important, but ultimately less important than the fact that you
experienced the process. Knowledge of the process is a skill that
is transferable to other inquiries that you will make in school,
in work, and in life.
Ask yourself the following questions:
- Did I develop a research plan and timetable before
commencing my work?
- Did I spend enough time in gaining an overview?
In developing a focused topic?
- Did I develop a working vocabulary for use in
searching for information?
- Did I identify the best sources of information
for my topic? Did I consult an OWHL Librarian? Did I use a wide
range of sources?
- Did I take notes in a manner that was efficient,
effective, and ethical?
- Did I cite all sources in the prescribed manner?
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