This document provides a rubric for assessing a student's process in creating a food pyramid project using the Big6 problem-solving model. The rubric contains 4 levels of achievement for 5 areas: task definition, information seeking strategies, location and use of information, synthesis, and evaluation. The highest level, a score of 4, demonstrates a clear understanding of the problem and chooses effective research strategies to gather relevant information that is used to create an original and accurate product. A level 1 score shows a basic awareness but lack of focus or understanding in completing the assignment.

1. Process Rubric for Food pyramid (Big6)
4 3 2 1
Task definition Articulates a clear, Demonstrates Shows vague, Is aware of
complete understanding unfocused assignment/problem
20% understanding of most of most of understanding of
of assignments or the assignment or
assignments/problems problems problem
Information Chooses the most Chooses a Chooses a Is aware of
seeking appropriate strategy after strategy different
strategies strategy(ies) and comparing without strategies
gives reasons for possibilities comparison to
20% choice other
possibilities
Location and Gathers a lot of Gathers some Has information Little information
access and use information to answer information for on some of the gathered
of information the questions each question questions
30%
Synthesis Used the information The product The product is The product is
found in a meaningful answers the not complete and incomplete and
20%
way to create an question in a way only answers part contains missing
original product that that reflects of the question. details and it isn't
clearly answers the learning using completely accurate.
question with accuracy, some detail and
detail and accuracy.
understanding.
Evaluation Evaluates the product Evaluates the Understands the Completes the
and problem-solving product and evaluation assignment but can't
process and gives problem-solving process but gives give reasons for the
20%
reasons without process and gives few reasons even product and problem
assistance reasons with with assistance solving process
assistance
From: http://www.whslibrary.com/big6rubric.htm