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Cooperative Learning Rubric

	Need to work on this	Successful	Outstanding
GETTING SET	Noisy. Moved too slowly. Didn't know where to go or interfered with other groups.	Moved into group reasonably well, ready to get to work. May have had work. Needed a reminder or two from the teacher.	Moved efficiently and quietly into group, ready to work.
BEING CONSIDERATE	Noisy. Failed to take turns. Failed to listen. Hurt feelings of others in group. Argued or interfered with other groups.	Worked reasonably well together. May have needed a reminder or two from the teacher.	Worked quietly together. Took turns. Listened to each other's ideas. Supported and helped each other. Together, asked for help from teacher as appropriate.
DOING ASSIGNMENT	Off task. Wasted time. Argued. Unable to work out problems without lots of teacher intervention. Unprepared. Unable to decide who needs to do what. Failed to share workload or failed to meet deadlines.	Stayed on task most of the time. Everyone did his fair share. Finished on time. May have needed a reminder or two from the teacher.	Stayed focused. Everyone worked well together to accomplish assignment goals.
QUALITY OF WORK	Work done in a rush. Failed to follow rubric for assignment.	Work done carefully, following guidelines of rubric.	Extra work put into assignment. Met criteria for an outstanding assignment by guidelines of rubric.
INDIVIDUAL ROLE	Failed to work well with group. Failed to pull fair load, or interfered with other groups.	Worked reasonably well with group. Did fair share of work. May have needed a reminder or two from the teacher.	Worked well with group. Did fair share of work and helped others in the group be successful.