Earth System Science Analyses: Comparison
of Events
How to Score Student Responses
For each of three "events" (Mt.
Pinatubo eruption, Hurricane Georges, and Montserrat eruption),
each student is asked to develop general conclusions about
the effects of events on their sphere based on a comparison
of their previous event analyses.
Post-Mission/
Event Analysis Tool: Montserrat eruption (compared to
Yellowstone fire, Mt. Pinatubo eruption and Hurricane Georges
"events")
The objective of this exercise is to see
if students can identify similarities among the events. This
is called "making generalizations." Students need
to use these generalizations to make predictions about what
might happen on Montserrat in the short and long term. The
specific generalizations they make will be dependent on the
responses that each student provided for their previous analyses.
In order to score a students response
to the comparison question, you should first review each of
the responses to the analyses that have been completed. Use
the following chart to rate the level of generalization that
the student achieved.
Score
Description
2
The
student identifies effects that occurred in each
of the previous events and describes the effect
in a general way.
1
The
student identifies effects that occurred in each
of the previous events, but simply lists the specific
occurrences as they appear in the analyses.
0
The
student lists no general effects nor effects that
appear in select events.
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