| Identify and access appropriate sources for a given task using relevant research methodologies and technologies. |
Identifies and accesses appropriate resources. Demonstrates a thorough understanding and use of relevant vs. irrelevant research methodologies and techniques. |
Identifies and accesses appropriate resources. Demonstrates a satisfactory ability to determine and use relevant research methodologies and technologies. |
Identification of or accessing appropriate resources using relevant research methodologies and technologies is lacking. |
Unable to accurately identify and access appropriate sources. Does not utilize relevant research methodologies and technologies. |
| Identify and evaluate cues to credibility (e.g., authority, currency, partiality, limitations, and/or accuracy, etc.) and cues to incredibility (e.g., misinformation, disinformation, malinformation, propaganda, and/or fake news, etc.) for truth and intentionality. |
Identifies and evaluates cues to credibility. Demonstrates a thorough ability to evaluate sources for authority, currency, accuracy, etc.; demonstrates a thorough ability to identify misinformation, fake news, etc. for truth and intentionality. |
Identifies and evaluates cues to credibility. Demonstrates a satisfactory ability to evaluate sources for authority, currency, accuracy, etc.; demonstrates a satisfactory ability to identify misinformation, fake news, etc. |
Identification and evaluation of cues to credibility and incredibility is lacking. Struggles to accurately identify misinformation, propaganda and/or fake news. |
Unable to accurately identify and evaluate cues to credibility and incredibility. Unable to accurately identify misinformation, propaganda and/or fake news. |
| Attribute, use, and cite sources appropriately for a given task to avoid academic dishonesty. |
Attributes, uses, and cites sources appropriately. Demonstrates a thorough understanding of material use, attribution, and citation as required. Demonstrates the ability to avoid academic dishonesty. |
Attributes, uses, and cites sources appropriately. Demonstrates a satisfactory understanding of material use, attribution, and citation as required. Demonstrates the ability to avoid academic dishonesty. |
Attributes, uses, and cites sources with minor errors. Demonstrates modest understanding of material use, attribution, and citation as required. Demonstrates the ability to avoid academic dishonesty. |
Unable to accurately attribute, use, and cite sources. Commits academic dishonesty. |
| Synthesize information from multiple and/or diverse sources to produce a product (e.g., papers, literature reviews, informative brochures, lab reports, etc.) that accurately reflects relevant information |
Thoroughly synthesizes information from multiple and diverse sources to produce a product that accurately reflects all relevant information. |
Synthesizes information from multiple and/or diverse sources to produce a product that accurately reflects the most relevant information. |
Ability to synthesize information from multiple and/or diverse sources is lacking or the product does not accurately reflect relevant information. |
Unable to synthesize information from multiple and/or diverse sources and product does not accurately reflect relevant information. |
