1. 4-H Project Evaluations: Using Rubrics March 6, 2014 Southern Regional Biennial Conference Charleston, South Carolina

2. Welcome How many KNOW what a rubric is? How many have USED a rubric in 4-H? How many have CREATED a rubric to use anywhere? 3. Session Agenda Welcome Group Activity/Do-Reflect-Apply What is a Rubric? Hardee Co. Market Animal Rubric Steps to Make a Rubric Group Activity/Do-Reflect-Apply Closing 4. Activity Each group has a set of three photographs tojudge with an evaluation tool and ribbons. Using your tool place the three pictures. Process our thoughts on each DO REFLECT - APPLY 5. What is a Rubric? A rubric is a scoring tool for subjective assessments. 6. Rubric It is a set of criteria and standardslinked to learning objectives that is used to assess a student's performance on papers, projects, essays, and other assignments. Rubrics allow for standardized evaluation according tospecified criteria, making grading simpler and more transparent. 7. Common Features of Rubrics 1. FOCUS on measuring a stated objective(performance, behavior, or quality)2. Use a RANGE to rate performance 3. Contains SPECIFIC performancecharacteristics arranged in levels indicating the degree to which a standard has been met. 8. Components of a Rubric Dimensions are generally referred to as criteria,State Objective or Performance the rating scale as levels, Beginning, Developing, Accomplished, Exemplary and definitions as descriptors. 9. Three good reasons to use rubrics 1. Rubrics make judging more clear, consistent, and equitable. 2. Rubrics raise the quality of work produce. 3. Rubrics save time. (judges, teaching and learning) When a rubric is given at the time a project starts, youth immediately know what is expected of them. 10. How are Rubrics Used in 4-H? Florida: State Fair Educational Posters ( 7 years) Photography, Posters, Filmmaking (5 years) Market Beef/Swine (NEW Hardee County) Other states. 11. Hardee County Rubric 2012 POW 2013 POW Life Skills Judging Sheets Rubric 12. Advantages of Rubrics in 4-H 1. Leaders can use rubric as tool for guiding4-Hers in completing quality work. 1. Rubric allows for self-evaluation ~gives 4-Hers clearer understanding of what they need to do to be successful. 2. Rubric virtually removes subjectivity often present in alternative assessment techniques. 13. Results 1. Judges20132. Accuracy Blue Ribbon 3. Leaders Red Ribbon White Ribbon No Ribbon TotalRubricScoring Sheets12582824436508888 14. General Issues Requirements + Rubric = Mirror image Perfect Grade Requires Perfect Performance Who did it? 7 year old vs. 18 year old Other Rubrics Planned 15. Steps in Rubric Development Create grid to match criteria with levelsDescribe levels of success, proficient performance Weigh criteria based on the relative importance. Determine the best rubric type Identify criteria based on learning objectives 16. http://lss.at.ufl.eduWeb Site Tools 17. Web Site Tools 18. Activity Make Your Own Rubric4-H Project Evaluation Contests Record Book Evaluation 4-H Story Evaluation or Scoring 19. Instructions Computers available: - Using the books at the table; create a simplerubric of criteria and categories levels. - Use any website to create it. No Computer: - Using the blank matrix on the table and samples to create a rubric of the project book, story or record book at the table. 20. Do Reflect - Apply Questions 21. Credits Armstrong, David G., Kenneth T. Henson & Tom V. Savage (2009). Teaching Today: An Introduction to Education, 8th ed., 191 (Upper Saddle River, NJ, Pearson Education, Inc.) Harder, Amy. The neglected life skill. Journal of Extension [On-line], 44(1). Available at: http://www.joe.org/joe/2006february/comm1.php Saddler, B., & Andrade, H. (2004). The writing rubric. Educational Leadership, 62(2), 48-52. In Anderson, Rebecca S., Michael M. Grant, & Bruce W. Speck. Technology to Teach Literacy: A Resource for K-8 Teachers, 2nd ed., 206 (Upper Saddle River, NJ, Pearson Education, Inc.) 22. Credits (Continued) Forero, Larry, Katherine E. Heck, Pat Weliver, Ramona M. Carlos, Thi Nguyen, and Audra Lane. "Member Record Books Are Useful Tools for Evaluating 4-H Club Programs." UCANR, Oct. 2009. Web. . p 215-219. http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr248.shtml http://health.usf.edu/publichealth/eta/Rubric_Tutorial/ Rubrics for Teaching and Assessing Learning in Pre-Service Teacher Education www.aace.org/site/submission//uploads/SITE2012/... 2012 Conference Proceedings AACE Martonia Gaskill, Ph.D. Candidate University of Nebraska Lincoln Dept. of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education Matthew Kutscher, Ph.D. University of Nebraska Lincoln Dept. of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education 23. Credits (Continued) Presented at 2014 Southern Regional Biennial Conference. Charleston, SC. by Georgene Bender, and Heather Kent, Regional Specialized Agents. University of Florida IFAS / Extension 4-H Youth Development.