Properly designed rubrics can help improve student performance. They can be used at every stage of an assignment. They can be used for self-assessment, peer assessment, and instructor assessment.
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Rubrics help to add grading consistency to assignments that can be difficult to grade. Adding a grading structure makes grading assignments easier and faster. Completed rubrics provide immediate feedback to students that is meaningful.
Used as a formative tool, rubrics can point out areas for improvement as students develop course products. A well-designed rubric clarifies assignment requirements.
This episode will take a closer look at rubrics. Specifically, we will examine why you would want to use rubrics and strategies for developing rubrics that will raise student performance.
Additional Reading
- ITC: 31 – Can Specification Grading Simplify Grading and Increase Learning?
- Wonderful Guide to The Use of Rubrics in Education
- Tame the Beast: Tips for Designing and Using Rubrics
- How Do Rubrics Help?
- Assessment and Rubrics – Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Everything
- 5 Ways to Blow the Top Off of Rubrics
- Make Room for Rubrics
- Rubrics: An Undervalued Teaching Tool
- Creating and Using Rubrics: Center for Teaching and Learning: IUPUI
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- Creating and Using Rubrics – Eberly Center – Carnegie Mellon University
- Creating and Using Rubrics | Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning
- Using Rubrics | Center for Teaching Innovation
- Teaching Handbook | Evaluation of Learning | Rubrics | Western Washington University
- Best Practices for Designing Effective Rubrics
- Beyond Fairness and Consistency in Grading: The Role of Rubrics in Higher Education
- Rubric Samples for Higher Education
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