KWL CHART
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IDS 100 Project 2 KWL Chart Guidelines and Rubric
Prompt
You have completed Project 1: Lenses Chart. Now, to help you apply the lenses to your chosen topic, you will complete a KWL chart for Project 2. You will use
the information gathered in the lenses chart to help guide you. In addition, the information from both charts will be useful to you in Project 3, the presentation.
You can reference the KWL Chart Exemplar (linked in Module Five of your course) to help guide you with your KWL chart for your chosen topic. Choose one of
the following topics to focus on for the remainder of the term: special education and learning disabilities, World Trade Organization, or space exploration.
Project 2 will address the following course outcome:
Utilize appropriate information literacy skills when researching topics using library resources
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
I. Fill in your KWL (Know, Want to Know, Learned) chart using resources that address your topic in relation to each of the four liberal arts lenses.
A. Draw on previous and personal experience to provide as much information as possible about what you already know about your topic in relation
to each lens. This is the K part of your KWL chart. For instance, what do you know already about the history of basketball?
B. Based on your previous knowledge illustrated above, determine what you want to know about your topic in relation to the lenses. Be sure to
phrase this information as a question. This is the W part of your KWL chart. For instance, you might ask, When did basketball become a
professional sport in the United States?
C. Using your researched library sources, answer any questions you can from those you posed in the W column based on what you learned from
your research in the class library. You may not be able to address all your questions with the given resources. This is the L part of your chart.
D. In looking at the questions you posed previously that did not get answered by the given resources, determine what keywords you might search
if you were to continue exploring your topic. This is the last column on the KWL chart.
Supporting Work and Resources
Throughout Modules Three and Four, there are opportunities to work directly on different elements of the KWL chart.
1. In Module Four, you will choose the topic that you will focus on for the remainder of the course. You will also complete the K and W columns of your
KWL chart, writing everything that you already know and what you want to know about your chosen topic. Be sure to consider the types of questions
asked by experts in the various disciplines of liberal arts that you noted on your lenses chart.
2. In Module Four, you will also learn how your topic is viewed through the lenses of social science and natural science by exploring articles and
summarizing what you learned on your KWL chart.
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3. In Module Five, you will learn how your topic is viewed through the lenses of history and humanities by exploring articles and summarizing what you
learned on your KWL chart.
4. In Module Five, you will also consider what next steps you would take if you were going to continue researching your topic and create a list of the
keywords that you would search, adding these words to the final column in your KWL chart. The KWL chart is due in Module Five.
Project 2 Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Type your responses directly into the KWL Chart Template (linked in Module Five of your course) and submit your completed chart
for grading.
Critical Elements Exemplary Proficient Needs Improvement Not Evident Value
Know
Meets Proficient criteria, and
demonstrates a keen
understanding of the topic
(100%)
Draws on previous and personal
experience to provide
information about what the
student already knows about
the topic in relation to the
lenses (85%)
Draws on previous and personal
experiences to provide
information about what the
student already knows about
the topic in relation to the
lenses but response is cursory or
does not relate accurately to the
lenses (55%)
Does not provide information
about what the student already
knows about the topic (0%)
23.75
Want to Know
Meets Proficient criteria and
questions communicate deep
thinking about the topic in
relation to the lenses (100%)
Poses questions that
communicate what the student
would like to know about the
topic in relation to the lenses
(85%)
Poses questions that
communicate what the student
would like to know about the
topic in relation to the lenses,
but response is cursory or does
not relate accurately to the
lenses (55%)
Does not pose questions that
communicate what the student
would like to know about the
topic in relation to the lenses
(0%)
23.75
Learned
Meets Proficient criteria and
depth of answers demonstrates
meticulous interaction with the
provided sources (100%)
Answers any questions possible
from those posed using
provided resources (85%)
Answers any questions possible
from those posed using
provided resources, but answers
are cursory or contain
inaccuracies (55%)
Does not answer questions (0%) 23.75
Keywords
Meets Proficient criteria and
list illustrates thoughtful
reflection about how to
continue exploring the topic
(100%)
Determines keywords that might
be searched if continuing to
explore topic (85%)
Determines keywords that might
be searched if continuing to
explore topic, but list is cursory
or illogical (55%)
Does not determine keywords
(0%)
23.75
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Critical Elements Exemplary Proficient Needs Improvement Not Evident Value
Articulation of
Response
Submission is free of errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, and
organization and is presented in
a professional and easy-to-read
format (100%)
Submission has no major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
(85%)
Submission has major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that negatively impact
readability and articulation of
main ideas (55%)
Submission has critical errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that prevent understanding of
ideas (0%)
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Total 100% IDS 100 Project 2 KWL Chart Template
Prompt: In order to help you apply the lenses of liberal arts to your topic, you will complete the provided KWL chart. Use the information you gathered in the lenses chart (Project 1) to help guide you. In addition, the information from both charts will be useful to you in Project 3, the presentation, which you will work on in Modules Six and Seven and submit in Module Eight.
Replace the bracketed text in the KWL chart below with the relevant information. Complete the following steps:
1. In the K column, identify your chosen topic and write what you already know about your topic in relation to each of the lenses.
2. In the W column, write what you want to know about your chosen topic in the form of questions in relation to each of the lenses.
3. In the L column, after reading the article you located associated with your chosen topic, summarize what you learned about your topic when looking at it through each of the lenses. Although the articles you review may not answer all of your questions, be sure to answer any questions possible in the space provided and explain your response. Also, note the citation for your article as it is provided to you, as you will need to reference this in future modules when creating your presentation slides.
4. Create a list of keywords you would use were you to continue researching your chosen topic. Consider the questions you had that were not answered by the articles you reviewed: Are there any terms/keywords that you might use to search for answers to these questions?
KWL Chart
K
What I know about my topic
W
What I want to know
L
What I learned
Keywords
Keywords I could use to continue exploring my topic
My topic is [insert topic].
I already know the following about this topic:
[Insert text.]
This is what I want to know about my topic:
[Insert text.]
What I learned when exploring my topic through the social science lens:
[Insert text.]
Have any of your questions been answered by the article you read? Explain.
[Insert text.]
Citation: [Insert text.]
What I learned when exploring my topic through the natural science lens:
[Insert text.]
Have any of your questions been answered by the article you read? Explain.
[Insert text.]
Citation: [Insert text.]
What I learned when exploring my topic through the history lens:
[Insert text.]
Have any of your questions been answered by the article you read? Explain.
[Insert text.]
Citation: [Insert text.]
What I learned when exploring my topic through the humanities lens:
[Insert text.]
Have any of your questions been answered by the article you read? Explain.
[Insert text.]
Citation: [Insert text.]
[Insert text.]
