Janet Hess CHEP

I agree that providing a rubric that clearly identifies expectations helps but I also like to keep things fun. I like to emphasize respect for all learners in the classroom.

Charles Kenning CHEP

Structure is everything in our trade school. Much of the students' time is spent fabricating assigned projects in a laboratory environment. I am frequently drawing individual students and groups of students back to the projects at hand. I remind them that their projects are their portfolios that outweigh any resume they might present to a prospective customer or employer. I do not have to speak sternly, but I do have to direct students' efforts toward the tasks at hand.

Oliveira Gustavo

i like the notion that the learners can be creative within a structured outlook.

Dr. Ryan Meers

Absolutely. The company I used to work for used a rubric type system for performance evaluation.

Emily Taylor

Perhaps I associate rubrics too much with my junior high school, but are there good ways to show students how rubrics themselves fit into the 'real' world of work that they are attempting to prepare themselves for?

Dr. Ryan Meers

What a great way to get them on target without being threatening.
Ryan

Barbara Nadrotoska

If I go up to the group and start interacting with it pointing out some areas it is excelling in , or provoking response with exact questions,
I can get the group on target.

Jane Davis

Hi Don!

I advise instructors to provide students with a rubic that clearly identifies the group/grading expectations. Once this has carefully been reviewed during class, students then know what is expected and grading becomes much easier.

Keep up the good work!

Jane Davis
ED107 Facilitator

Nedialka Taneva

I agree, structire and creating good pattern is very important.

Walter Clement

Don

Getting tough is not the answer being more structured is the solution. Getting tough may frighten the weaker students. I found that students can be encouraged through the grading processes. The grade comments must identify the strengths and the weakness of the student’s paper and how the paper can be improved. There is a choice you have. You can allow that student to re do it or be very detailed in your comments and expect the students do better. Whatever you do, be consistent. Students do not hear well but they respond well to the written word.

Walter