Rubrics

Scoring Rubric

Rubrics help the learner know specifically how their work product will be graded.  It outlines the scoring criteria from "poor" to excellent typically.  How it is organized will vary by instructor and topic.  However, having a rubric for students to base their learning off of is invaluable.

According to Carnegie Mellon, a rubric is a scoring tool that explicitly represents the performance expectations for an assignment or piece of work. A rubric divides the assigned work into component parts and provides clear descriptions of the characteristics of the work associated with each component, at varying levels of mastery. Rubrics can be used for a wide array of assignments: papers, projects, oral presentations, artistic performances, group projects, etc. Rubrics can be used as scoring or grading guides, to provide formative feedback to support and guide ongoing learning efforts, or both.

Article

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alternative accessible content

Wikipedia, Rubric (academic). (CC BY-SA 3.0). Retrieved on 08/21/2014.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubric_(academic)

Video

Please watch the following video about rubrics.

YouTube, Rubrics - an Introduction. (CC BY-SA 3.0). Published on March 17, 2010.

Retrieved on 08/21/2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvJ6qZkXDc4

 

Activity

Please complete the following activity.

 

 

Find a rubric on the internet and evaluate its strengths and weaknesses.  Then, create a rubric of your own and discuss how you will use it in your learning environment and the benefits you will gain from this tool. 300 words or less.