Charles,
Rubrics are designed to help everyone. Thanks for your input.
Charles,
Yes, it all goes back to the criteria and expectations. Nice job.
Charles,
I love that you added to the conversation about reviewing and revising rubrics. It is an ongoing process.
Good point, consistency is important so that all students are graded equally.
Good point, they do help both instructor and student and set the base for communication on an assignment.
Points and some text to explain what the points mean. Both help the student understand the grading criteria.
Rubrics allow the instructor to provide guidelines on how the assignment will be evaluated using established criteria. Students know in advance what will be expected for an assignment. Rubrics also provide instructors with the basis for providing additional feedback. Often rubrics will need revised as they are tested each term.
Bennett,
Yes, rubrics help both the students and instructor. Consistency goes a long way.
Rubrics provided clear expectations to both my students and myself. Regardless of whether students feel that I am a "hard" grader or not, they do agree upon my consistency in grading.
Walter,
Rubrics also help the students understand the expectations of the assignment/project and achieve the learning outcomes. Thanks for your input.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson, The advantages of rubrics is to provide grading consistency and reduce the systematic bias that can be introduced between graders. By grading according to a written set of criteria helps ensure that the instructor's grading standards don't change over time.
Sincerely,
Walter
9-6-12
William,
Yes. Rubrics help students and instructors. Thanks for your input.
They let a student know what to expect from grading, how to organize their answers, and what points are for each topic or question. They help standarize answers & grading by instructors. They do save time and provide good feedback. The rubric acts as a guideline for the student.
Francis,
When students are provided the rubric with the project/assignment, it helps make the expectations more clear. They can also be encourages/required to do a self- and/or peer-evaluation using the rubric prior to the instructor using the rubric for a final evaluation. Thanks for your input.
Laurie,
The connection between the rubrics and learning outcomes is essential. And, they do (as you noted) help both the instructors and students.
This gives the student a good starting point in the assignment to see exactly what the instructor is looking for. I believe it also makes it easier for the instructor to grade the paper as specific points had to be met to meet the requiremetns of the assignments. In one way I wonder how we could deduct points from a student for not addressing a point an isntructor feels is necxessary. At least with a rubric a student cannot compain about not knowing this is what the instructor wanted. I feel that rubrics can be a help to both instuctors and students.
I have always used some form of grading rubrics when teaching on line. The rubrics really help to provide consistency in grading from one person to another. It also helps me to provide a clear picture of what I am looking for when grading in addition to providing information to the student as well! Grading rubrics make grading go quicker and makes it easier to assess a student's assignments.
Laurie
David,
Correct. And, incorporating the learning outcomes in the rubric when breaking it down into components helps the students understand why they are doing what they are doing --> To achieve the learning outcomes, to transfer their knowledge to the workplace, etc. Thanks for your input.
Analytic rubrics provide a very specific feedback to the students. It allows for the professor to breakdown the assignment into specific parts, and provides a clear understanding of any strengths and/or weaknesses that the student needs to improve upon. This rubric can go as far as break down into categories such as whether the student has provided a solid in-depth discussion, clarity, organization, analysis, grammar, and if they have cited correctly.
Theresa,
Yes. And I put the learning outcomes in the rubrics so that students totally understand how what they are doing connects to the objectives of the course. Nice job.
