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Economics
Research Project: Stock Market
Top Scores – The top scoring students will:
Part 1: Research
Define stock, share, exchange.
Identify stock exchanges and discuss similarities and differences of each.
Explain in full detail what performance indicators measure.
Identify three companies in each sector.
Explain which companies the student will invest in and reasons why.
Part 2: Invest
Provide six weekly summaries on four selected companies.
Part 3: Draw Conclusions
Analysis explains if earnings were positive or negative.
Analysis identifies most profitable and least profitable stocks.
Analysis identifies number of transactions and cost of transactions.
Analysis identifies positive and/or negative externalities on outcome of game.
Analysis explains economy's overall performance during these weeks.
Overall, analyses provide great detail and depth of thought.
Part 4: Make Inferences
Explain where student would invest the money and reasons why.
Explain other influences that might affect decision of where to invest.
Identify things learned about the economy.
Explain whether student liked playing the game and if would recommend.
Submission is at least three to four well-developed paragraphs in length.
Overall, inferences provide great detail and depth of thought.
Middle Scores – Acceptable scores for students go to those who do the following:
Part 1: Research
Define only two of these: stock, share, exchange.
Identify stock exchanges but may not discuss similarities and/or differences of each.
Explain, with some detail, what performance indicators measure.
Identify two companies in each sector.
Explain which companies the student will invest in and reasons why.
Part 2: Invest
Provide four or five weekly summaries on four selected companies.
Part 3: Draw Conclusions
Analysis explains if earnings were positive or negative.
Analysis identifies most profitable and least profitable stocks.
Analysis identifies number of transactions and cost of transactions.
Analysis identifies positive and/or negative externalities on outcome of game.
Analysis explains economy's overall performance during these weeks.
Overall, analyses directly address the requirements, but do not provide great detail and/or depth
of thought.
Part 4: Make Inferences
Explain where student would invest the money and reasons why.
Explain other influences that might affect decision of where to invest.
Identify things learned about the economy.
Explain whether student liked playing the game and if would recommend.
Submission is at least two to three well-developed paragraphs in length.
Overall, inferences directly address the requirements, but do not provide great detail and/or depth
of thought.
Low Scores – Students score poorly when they do the following:
Part 1: Research
Define only one of these: stock, share, exchange.
Identify stock exchanges but do not thoroughly discuss similarities and/or differences of each.
Explain, with minimal detail, what performance indicators measure.
Identify one company in each sector.
Insufficiently explain which companies the student will invest in and reasons why.
Part 2: Invest
Provide less than four weekly summaries on four selected companies.
Part 3: Draw Conclusions
Analysis explains if earnings were positive or negative.
Analysis identifies most profitable and least profitable stocks.
Analysis identifies number of transactions and cost of transactions.
Analysis identifies positive and/or negative externalities on outcome of game.
Analysis explains economy's overall performance during these weeks.
Overall, analyses directly address the requirements, but do not provide great detail and/or depth
of thought.
Part 4: Make Inferences
Explain where student would invest the money and reasons why.
Explain other influences that might affect decision of where to invest.
Identify things learned about the economy.
Explain whether student liked playing the game and if would recommend.
Submission is at least one to two well-developed paragraphs in length.
Overall, inferences directly address the requirements, but do not provide great detail and/or depth
of thought.