The week in our EME 5050 master’s class, we continued to build our curriculum page. This week we created a rubric for our final project. I choose to create my rubric from http://www.rcampus.com/indexrubric.cfm. This is a user friendly site that guides you through the rubric making process step by step. If you have never created a rubric, this is the site for you. Here is a link to my rubric http://www.rcampus.com/rubricshowc.cfm?code=X494B4&sp=true&nocache=1290126174624 I found this task to be tedious, but in the end, I think the rubric will help both the students and me with this class project.
The rubric will help the students in many ways. First, the rubric will help the students understand exactly what is expected of them while they are creating their projects. I will advise my students to keep the rubric with them when they are creating their projects so they can refer back to the rubric to see their progress toward an A. Second, this will help the students manage their time while the due date approaches for their final project.
The rubric will also help me in many ways. First, this rubric will allow me to grade the students work fast while the students are presenting their work. This will allow me to give the students feedback in a timely manner. Second, this rubric will make sure there is not any confusion about why a student received the grade he/she earned. The rubric is divided into five categories with clearly defined point values. Authentic assessments are a great way to check for a students understanding of a particular benchmark without using a multiple choice style test.
The rubric will help the students in many ways. First, the rubric will help the students understand exactly what is expected of them while they are creating their projects. I will advise my students to keep the rubric with them when they are creating their projects so they can refer back to the rubric to see their progress toward an A. Second, this will help the students manage their time while the due date approaches for their final project.
The rubric will also help me in many ways. First, this rubric will allow me to grade the students work fast while the students are presenting their work. This will allow me to give the students feedback in a timely manner. Second, this rubric will make sure there is not any confusion about why a student received the grade he/she earned. The rubric is divided into five categories with clearly defined point values. Authentic assessments are a great way to check for a students understanding of a particular benchmark without using a multiple choice style test.
In conclusion, I think that rubrics are a great tool to implement in the classroom. I have used many rubrics in my classroom, but none have been this detailed. I hope to make all my rubrics this detailed in the future.
I also found creating the rubric "tedious". I didn't realize how much thought had to go into creating a rubric. I have always used the ones that were supplied with my textbooks. However, the hard work was worth it. I like that I will have access to this rubric from now on and I only have to make it once.
ReplyDeleteI can see in your rubric that your students are significantly older than mine. What grade level was it again? I really like that you incorporated the use of MLA citation. That is definately one thing I had struggled with this semester, proper citations. Good for you for challenging your students!
I think that you have an excellent designed rubric. I enjoy the headings on top that distinguish between superior, excellent, good, fair, and poor. I was amazed to see the percentages built into the criteria section of each label, this really takes out any guessing from the student. I have used a lot of rubric in the past, but never thought to include the percentages of each section.
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