Life Just Got A Little Easier

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