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Application Rules for Three Scale Points 
Very little resemblance to an ideal protocol. The protocol only discusses temporal and 
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thematic aspects without relating them to the problem. Either only irrelevant or no 
connections at all are made. The protocol does not discuss the significance of the age 
context (e.g., only a brief mention: is still young), which conditions and possible 
consequences have to be considered or what "story" is behind the problem. Age-related, 
social and idiosyncratic contexts are mentioned only cursorily, if at all. This protocol is 
far from ideal, because... 
Moderate resemblance to an ideal protocol. In this protocol, at least a few connections are 
made between a number of contexts and thematic aspects, but they are not discussed in 
depth. This protocol is less than ideal, because... 
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