Are humans still
​evolving?
Students scored an average of 2.2 out of 3 in the reasoning component of the base explanation rubric. This is the first time the average reasoning level was above 2.0.
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For students final scientific literacy assessment using the claim evidence reasoning framework, I asked students to answer the following question, are humans still evolving? Students wrote a one page paper to respond to the question.
Although students peer graded each others papers using the base explanation rubric, they all gave each other an average level of 3 for all three categories. This is similar to my peer grading observations from the zebrafish lab discussion. Students struggle to use the rubric to evaluate each other. When I assessed students work, I found out of 52 students, an average score of 3.0 for claim, 2.3 for evidence, and 2.2 for reasoning out of 3. This was the first time the average reasoning level was above 2.0. I observed in the papers that students improved tying their evidence and only their evidence mentioned back to their claim. |
Artifact 14: Sample Student Evolution Papers