yaima melendrez

Hi.I agree with you.Rubrics help both the students and teachers.
Ms Melendrez.

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Doug,

And, everyone involved = students and the instructor. Nice job.

Doug Wyatt

A rubric gives everyone involved a clear picture of what is expected and what the goals of the class will be. It also helps the instructor to grade more fairly and show each student how they arrived at a certain grade.

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Edwin,

Yes, rubrics help students understand the expectations and hopefully help them self- or peer-assess as well. They also help the instructor be more consistent in their feedback and hopefully provide information to help the students learn.

Thanks!

Edwin Hergert

I think the role of the rubric is help keep the student focused on the most important aspects of the course and communication. When students are faced with an assessment/evaluation of the content they will spend more time ensuring correctness in the wording, spelling, and grammer while ensuring its relevance to the topic. To be effective the instructor must provide feedback on how well the student is doing.

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William,

The key is that the rubrics are for the instructor and the students. It helps the instructor grade more consistently and helps the students understand the expectations.

Thanks.

William Yaremchuk

The role of the use of rubrics is to establish standards/objectives for each assignment and to provide specific evaluative points for each.

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Harold,

Thanks for your input. The main thing with rubrics is to realize they help both the students and the instructor. The instructor will be able to be more consistent in grading and the students will understand the expectations.

HAROLD HAYNES

The role of a rubric is to evaluate students work and help them focus on specific outcomes.

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John,

Thanks for noting that rubrics help the students and instructors. They help explain the expectations and helps the instructor be consistent in their evaluation.

John Carter

A Rubric's role is to evaluate how well the student is meeting the requirements of the course. It tells the student what is expected of them to not just pass the course but also what is required to be above just average.

MARISSA HAYNES

From the course that we taking, Rubics is simply an assessment tool, but rubics playing an important part in teaching style because is not only to evaluate student participation consistently, but also to communicate expectations clearly to students.

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Harold,

Thanks for recognizing that rubrics are good for the instructor and student. They also help students understand what course objectives connect to the assignment. Including the objectives in rubrics helps students understand "Why are we doing this?"

Thanks!

HAROLD HAYNES

The role of a rubric is to: (1) Evaluate student participation consistently and (2) To communicate expectations clearly to the students.

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Nicole,

You are right. Rubrics help both the students and teachers. Thanks again for your input.

Natalie Fox

I believe a rubric takes the subjectivity out of grading. It gives the students clear expectations, and can help with any arguments of "unfairness" at the end of a course.

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Steven,

Right. Rubrics help the students understand the expectations and helps the instructor be consistent in assessment. Thanks

Steven Santor

An evaluation tool to determine if the lesson has been effective and a measure of its effectiveness to the student

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Jennifer,

Right on. Rubrics are for both the students and instructor. Many people forget that.

Thank you.

Jennifer Bertoldo

The rubric provides a reference point for both the instructor and the student.

Instructor: The rubric provides the guidelines for evaluating the student’s work and should be provided for all assignments. For example, when used for evaluating discussion forums, two areas my rubric include are the quality of a student’s main post (justification, relevance, application of course concepts), and the quality of the discussion component (quality of responses to peers). Each student submission is evaluated against the rubric to ensure consistency.

Student: A posted rubric can help to alleviate uncertainty the students have regarding what is expected from the instructor for the assignment. The students are able to use that rubric to ensure all points are covered in their submission. For example, students may not realize that grammar, APA or timeliness will be evaluated, and the rubric can ensure all expectations are clearly communicated.