Ms. Courte created two critical thinking rubrics to assess group projects in her CSA 151, Computers, Computer Science, and Society course.  The groups are given a scenario involving a small agricultural society which has by their own choice limited contact with technology for the last 50 years.  The members of the community have now voted to reenter the technological world.  Students work in groups to develop a plan for the transition of the community.  Students were provided the rubrics (one for the group component and one for the individual component) as they began the project.  She struggled with how to provide examples of the critical thinking traits she wanted the students to exhibit without stifling the creativity of their solutions.  She looks forward to continuing to improve the rubric so that it better communicates her expectations to her students.

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Courte Assignment

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Courte Rubric