Sally,
And, it helps you be consistent in your evaluation of the students' work. Nice job.
Nathan,
Right on. It is important to ensure consistency in your evaluation and makensure students know what is expected in your course.
Nice job.
What do you think is the role of a rubric?
The rubric is used to let the student know what tasks and assigned points are expected of them. It is a concrete document that is available to the student so they know what work is required. When grading, it gives the instructor a solid way to give a student feedback and a grade. It is important that the student is given the rubric before the assignment or coursework. This gives everyone an even playing field so to speak.
The role of the rubric is a method of concisely and accurately communicate the assignment expectations and grading criteria.
Rubrics also ensure that there is consistent grading from student to student and from assignment to assignment.
Andrew,
Thanks again for your input. Rubrics do help students understand what is expected and helps instructor grade more consisently. Both, are important.
Thanks.
It puts everyone on an even playing field. It would be impossible to objectively grade assignments in the art field if there weren't specific steps that had to be hit in order to grade. Otherwise it would just be an art critique, which can be totally sujective.
Miranda,
Rubrics are your FRIEND! I'm so sad to hear you say that faculty did not use rubrics. What about in high school? I have taught either high school, technical college and at the university level since 1983 and have always used them.
They help students understand the project and expectations and help you be more consistent in your grading.
Thanks for your input.
This is only my second quarter teaching, so rubrics are entirely new to me. When I was in college (which was only five years ago), they didn't use rubrics, so I've been trying to get used to them. I find them to be very helpful for me in knowing how to grade, and for my students in knowing what is expected of them. I wish the college I attended would have used them when I was in school. It would have made things much easier and eliminated the guessing game.
Rhonda,
You are right. Rubrics help the instructor be consistent in evaluating students. They also help students understand what is expected of them.
Thanks!
The rubric helps the instructor evaluate the students work and helps provide and avenue of feedback to the student
Victoria,
Thanks for your input. You are exactly right in that rubrics play more than one role. Helping students understand the expectations and being consistent in your evaluation is excellent.
Addtional feedback with overall is helpful to students as well. Don't forget to let students use the rubrics for self- and peer-evaluation too.
Every type of evaluation helps. ;-]
Thanks again for your input.
In my classes, rubrics are two-fold. Students are given the rubric with the assignment so that they understand my expectations and how each element of the assignment will be weighted in the grade. Then, I apply the rubric to student submissions in an effort to standardize my grading and make it clear to the students at what level their performances met expectations.
I provide feedback within the rubric for each section as well as an "overall" section at the end; this allows me to provide more specified explanations of the grading and suggestions for improvement.
Tanya,
Yes, can you expand on that? Do rubrics help serve as a guide for you as well?
Thanks for your additional input.
A guide for the students work
Rasiel,
Rubrics help students know what to expect and help instructors be consistent in their teaching.
Rasiel,
Rubrics are utilized for grading, not really for a code of conduct. Can you elloborate?
Thanks!
I think that plays an important and necessary for the proper functioning of the course, without it I do not think it would be possible to get it right
This helps students to follow a pattern of conduct or discipline necessary to maintain discipline in the classroom, or a pattern to follow, which govern, of course be subject to modification by the instructors according to each situation , student and context.
Lisa,
I love rubrics. It makes everything clear for the students and the instructor. Grading is more consistent and creates a better evaluating and learning environment.
Thank you.
Dr. Crews,
Rubrics when created objectively, are the key to assessing the students work in an effective manor. With rubrics we can standardize the evaluation process making it easier for us and the students.
