ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

SOURCE ANALYSIS

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TYPE OF ANALYSIS Expert Advanced Intermediate Beginner Not relevant answer
Explains
sub-messages only.
Infers overall Supported inferences
Infers author’s overall Misinterpretation of Surface description of
1 Message message with support – misses overall
message with no the cartoon source. No inferences
from the source message of source
support from the
source
Identifies information
Agreement and Agreement or or states that the
Comparison of agreement or Compare big disagreement on disagreement on sources are about the
2 No valid comparison
disagreement messages some details or some details or same topic or
sub-messages sub-messages compare the
provenance only
Valid analysis of
Assertions based on
source but fails to
everyday empathy or
Cross-references to Cross-references to state whether
internal logic of the Writes about source
explain why not explain why surprised surprised or not OR
3 Surprising source source OR but fails to address
surprised by the by the source as a Identifies something
Cross-references to the question
source as a whole whole surprising/not
check a point of detail
surprising but no valid
in the source.
explanation
Useful: explains what Useful: explains what
Undeveloped use of
can be learned from Useful/Not useful: can be learned from
provenance – biased,
the purpose of the judged on whether content / Useful
written at the time OR Paraphrases source
4 How useful source / Not useful the source is reliable, because of what the
Not useful because of to show usefulness
because unreliable: determined by source says:
what it does not tell
evaluates purpose of cross-reference paraphrases or
you about the context
source quotes
 Trusts/does not trust Undeveloped use of
Evaluation of the Cross-references to the author based on provenance /
Answers based on
5 How reliable source based on its explain if the author cross-reference to Answers that analyse
plausibility or tone
purpose in context can be trusted knowledge or to the source but do not
sources say if trust/not trust
Reasons based on
Interprets cartoon or
the purpose of the Cross-references to
Reasons based on describes the context Surface descriptions
6 Why was this source published source. Includes check a point of detail
the big message only – but not used as a of the source
specific contextual in Source
reason for publication
support
Uses sources to
support AND reject
the statement.
Award for developed
evaluation of sources
(no more than 1 per
source).
Source use must be
How far do these sources prove referenced to a Uses sources to Uses sources to
7 that / provide convincing evidence source by letter, by support AND reject support or reject the No valid source use No valid response
that...? provenance or by the statement. statement
direct quote. There
must be examples
from source content.
There must be an
explanation of how
this supports/does not
support the
statement.