The Science Of Scientific Writing    Set 6     Set 6-Assessing • Second page • Third page • Fourth page • Example • Exercise 1 • Exercise 2 • Exercise 3 • Exercise 4 • Exercise 5 • Exercise 6 • Final Page Set 6.

Course Home

OVERVIEW: The way to well-written science

How to do the Course

PART I: Paragraphs and Sentences...

SET 1: The Parts of Arguments

SET 2: Indicator Words

SET 3: Refining Claims

SET 4: Locating Arguments in Prose

SET 5: Rationale's Essay Planner

SET 6: Assessing

SET 7 : More on Assessing

1. Drag this map onto your workspace and evaluate it.

Drag this image onto the workspace to proceed.  You must be using the inbuilt browser in Rationale 1.3 or later.

Hints

• First evaluate the basis box: is this a reliable source of information?
• Then evaluate the reason: what confidence do you have in it, given your assessment of its basis? If the basis is a good one, go on to ask: does the reason support the position? Is is a strong or weak reason?
• Finally evaluate the position: what confidence should I have in it, given the degree of support the reason provides?
• Make sure you've put evaluation icons in each box

2. Check your work against the model.

Content of this page drawn in whole or part from the Austhink Rationale Exercises with permission from Austhink.