Lindsey,
Rubrics, as you noted, help both the students and the instructor. How nice one tool can do both. Thanks!
Rubrics provide students a framework upfront of what is expected and also allows the instructor to give clear, informative, and consistent feedback.
Sarah,
Excellent. We do have to make sure students understand the expectations and use the rubric to help them learn how to reach the objectives. Thanks.
The rubric is a tool used to communicate with students about class expectations and also communicates to students instructor expectations and how they will be graded and what the details are. So, they understand what they will learn and what is expected from the school, instructor and the details that are often missed.
David,
Right on. When we use rubrics as instructors, we clarify the expectations, objectives and what we think the project is all about. It helps us reflect on what we are asking the students to do. Thanks!
I agree with that assessment.
I have always found that the biggest value rubrics provide me as an instructor is a process that clarifies my own thinking and process regarding a potential assignment, as well as an objective point of reference for grading assignments consistently.
I remember as a new instructor having pretty high standards at the start of a grading session, and then lowering them as I was going through to reflect the difference between what I had expected, and what I received-- and then having to go back and adjust the first third's worth of papers or they would have gotten worse grades for doing better work.
That's when I realized I needed a defined set of criteria to compare to from the start.
Diana,
And, they help instructors as well. Don't forget that. ;-)
Thanks!
The rubric is a tool used to communicate with students about class expectations and also communicates to students instructor expectations.
