life just got a little easier
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Materials from the 2010 Realizing Student Potential Conference Presentation on Grading and RubricsTRANSCRIPT
Life Just Got a Little Easier…
Realizing Student Potential, 2010Laura Bursch
Ed DillonJennifer MalarskiCheryl Neudauer
Linda RussellJenny Sippel
Minneapolis Community & Technical College
Grading Woes
I just can’t face another paper!
Our Process Identified learning
goals Broke down into
separate criteria Described
acceptable level performance, then superior and needs work
Gave students the rubric along with assignment
Graded using the rubric
Reflected on how it worked, what to change, etc.
Sample Rubric Template
Criteria Needs Work Acceptable Superior
Criteria 1
Describe what
might be missing
or lacking
Describe characteristi
cs of acceptable
work
Describe characteristi
cs of excellent
work
Criteria 2
Criteria 3
You may:• assign points for
each level of performance.
• circle or mark what you see for each criteria.
• ask students to check the rubric as they complete the assignment to see if they are on track.
Sharing our Rubrics Laura-Biology
Jennifer-Business
Jenny-Library &
Information Studies
Ed-Mathematics
Use a Rubric Using a rubric to score math
quizzes
Create a Rubric for Cookies! What criteria will you measure? Put them in
the left column.
Describe an acceptable example for each criteria and put it in the Acceptable column.
Describe Superior and Needs Work.
Examine and taste your cookies and use the rubric.
Evaluate the Rubric Did the rubric work for you? What might
you need to tweak?
Did you think of all necessary criteria?
Did you describe each level appropriately for you to make a good judgment?
Try it out on your own assignment!
Write learning outcomes (criteria).
Describe the acceptable performance.
Then describe superior and needs work.
Try it out. Evaluate. Tweak.
Then, next time, hand out the rubric along with the assignment so students can see how they are graded.
Some Things Remain Unpredictable
Used with permission
Online Resourceshttp://www.rcampus.com/indexrubric.cfm
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/intech/rubrics.htm
http://www.tcnj.edu/~writing/faculty/rubrics.html
http://www.oaklandcc.edu/assessment/assessmenttools/UtilizingRubrics.htm