Cooperative Learning Rubric

Student Name: ________________________________________

CATEGORY 4 3 2 1

Group Timeline Group Group Group Group needs adult

independently independently independently help to develop a
develops a develops a timeline develops a timeline timeline AND/OR
reasonable, describing when describing when several students in
complete timeline most parts of the most parts of the the group cannot
describing when work will be done. work will be done. independently
different parts of the All students in group Most students can describe the high
work (e.g.,planning, can independently independently points of the
research, first draft, describe the high describe the high timeline.
final draft) will be points of the points of the
done. All students in timeline. timeline.
group can
independently
describe the high
points of the
timeline.

Delegation of Each student in the Each student in the Each student in the One or more
Responsibility group can clearly group can clearly group can, with students in the
explain what explain what minimal prompting group cannot clearly
information is information s/he is from peers, clearly explain what
needed by the responsible for explain what information they are
group, what locating. information s/he is responsible for
information s/he is responsible for locating.
responsible for locating.
locating, and when
the information is
needed.

Plan for Students have Students have Students have Students have no
Organizing developed a clear developed a clear developed a clear clear plan for
plan for organizing plan for organizing plan for organizing organizing the
Information
the information as it the information in the information as it information
is gathered and in the final research is gathered. All AND/OR students in
the final research product. All students students can the group cannot
product. All students can independently independently explain their
can independently explain this plan. explain most of this organizational plan.
explain the planned plan.
 organization of the
research findings.

Ideas/Research Researchers Researchers Researchers Researchers

Questions independently independently identify, with some identify, with
identify at least 4 identify at least 4 adult help, at least 4 considerable adult
reasonable, reasonable reasonable help, 4 reasonable
insightful, creative ideas/questions to ideas/questions to ideas/questions to
ideas/questions to pursue when doing pursue when doing pursue when doing
pursue when doing the research. the research. the research.
the research.