The Rewards of Rubrics

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Workshop Objective

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

Create a rubric in Blackboard Learn.

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What is a Rubric?

A rubric is a scoring guide used to evaluate the quality of students’ constructed responses (e.g. products and behaviors).

Popham, W. J. (2012). The role of rubrics in testing and teaching. Boston [Mass.]: Pearson.

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When to Use a Rubric?

Use a rubric to:

• Measure cognitive skills essay, project, portfolio

• Not knowledge true/false, multiple-choice, short answer

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Why Use a Rubric?

Instructors teach and students learn more effectively when they both understand the nature of the curricular outcomes.

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What’s in a Rubric?

1. Evaluative Criteria2. Quality Distinctions3. Application Strategy

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1. Evaluative Criteria

Factors used when using a rubric to judge a student’s response (3-6 recommended)

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2. Quality Distinctions

Descriptions of different qualitative levels for each of a rubric’s evaluative criteria

a. Two-Directional Quality Definitionsb. Numerical Gradations

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2. Quality Distinctions

a. Two-Directional Quality Definitions

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2. Quality Distinctions

b. Numerical Gradations

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3. Application Strategy

a. HolisticAssess students work as a

whole

b. AnalyticAssess individual components

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3. Application Strategy

a. HolisticAssess students work as a

whole

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3. Application Strategy

b. AnalyticAssess individual

components

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A Rubric is a Rubric is a Rubric

What’s Wrong with these Rubrics? Rubric A Rubric B

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A Rubric is a Rubric is a Rubric

What’s Wrong with this Rubric?

Rubric A

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A Rubric is a Rubric is a Rubric

What’s Wrong with this Rubric? Rubric A

• Hypergeneral• Uses general terms

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A Rubric is a Rubric is a Rubric

What’s Wrong with this Rubric?

Rubric B

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A Rubric is a Rubric is a Rubric

What’s Wrong with this Rubric? Rubric B

• Task-Specific• Assesses a single skill

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A Rubric is a Rubric is a Rubric

What’s Right with this Rubric? Rubric C

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A Rubric is a Rubric is a Rubric

What’s Right with This Rubric? Rubric C

1. Skill-Focused2. Can be generalized to a wide

variety of narrative writing tasks

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ECP Winner 2012 Course TourCreate a Rubric

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Associating Rubrics

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Grading with Rubrics

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Best Practices

• Make sure the skill to be assessed is significant.

• Make certain all of the rubric’s evaluative criteria can be addressed instructionally.

• Employ as few evaluative criteria as possible.

• Provide a succinct label for each evaluative criterion.

• Match the length of the rubric to your own tolerance for detail.

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Questions?

Thank You!