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With our busy schedules it is sometimes impossible to do the following:
clear criteria;
frequent feedback;
informative feedback; and
opportunities for self-assessment.
with students going off of there rubrics scores.
Never thought about a rubric as such:
Rubrics improve student performance by clearly showing the students how their work will be evaluated and what is expected.
Rubrics help students become better judges of the quality of their own work.
Rubrics allow for student self-reflection and self-assessment.
Rubrics allow assessment to be more objective and consistent.
Rubrics force the instructor to clarify his/her criteria in specific terms.
Rubrics reduce the amount of time spent evaluating student work.
Rubrics promote student awareness about the criteria for use in assessing peer performance.
Rubrics provide useful feedback to the instructor regarding the effectiveness of… >>>
all good points to remember.
Just repeating more of the same, with different ways to reach out to students, blogs, etc.
listen learn, post, ask, teach, it is all the same.
Explaining what is due, taking time to help students realize the importance of time management, and giving reasonable deadlines helps prepare the student.
Value added assements, gives something to strive for. Rubics/grades/standings/ helps guide what is expected.
Subjective and objective assesments are different. Subjective is what I portray onto my class, objective is what is really going on.
I learned that we need to research, ask questions, and evaluate if the school made the right choice on the software they want us to use.
One of he biggest mistakes instructors make is thinking there is not room for improvement. The other one is, this is my classroom and I will do it my way. The biggest one I see is I will just wing it. All of these show an air of arrogance not suited for the classroom.
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