3. Definition
♦A set of criteria and performance
indicators arranged according to
expected levels of performance
4. Purpose
♦To Communicate to teachers and
students what is expected in a given
performance or product before it occurs.
♦Also used to assess the quality of the
performance or product once it has
been completed
5. Advantages of Rubrics: Instructor
*Objective and consistent among all students
*Leads to insight concerning the effectiveness
of instruction
*Clarifies criteria in specific terms
*Data analysis becomes easier
*Shows areas in need of improvement
*Establishes “ground rules” to resolve potential
academic disputes
6. Advantages of Rubrics: Students
“See the goal to ACHIEVE the goal”
♦Helps define “quality”
♦Instructors expectations are clear
♦Manner in which to meet the expectations are
clear
♦Students can better judge and revise their own
work and assist their peers
♦Vehicle for student feedback – promote
student/faculty
7.
8. Holistic
♦ Consist of a single scale
with all criteria to be
considered together
♦ A single score is
assigned
♦ Instructor scores the
overall process or
assignment as a whole,
without judging component
part separately
Analytic
• Breaks the objective into
components parts
♦ Each portion is scored
independently using a
rating scale
♦ Final score is made up of
adding each component
parts
9. Holistic RUBRICS
Holistic rubrics-provide a single
score based on an overall
impression of a student’s
performance on a task. It used to
score student work as a whole
yielding one holistic scored.
10. *Advantages: quick scoring provides an
overview of student achievement
*Disadvantages: does not provide
detailed information, may be difficult to
provide one overall score
Use when:
you want a quick snapshot of
achievement. a single dimension is
adequate to define quality.
11. Table 1: Template for Holistic Rubrics
Score Description
6 Demonstrates complete understanding of the problem.
All requirements of task are included in response.
5 Demonstrates considerable understanding of the problem.
All requirements of task are included.
4 Demonstrates partial understanding of the problem.
Most requirements of task are included.
3 Demonstrates little understanding of the problem.
Many requirements of task are missing
2 Demonstrates no understanding of the problem.
1 No response/task not attempted
12. Analytical Rubrics
Used to score student work on
multiple criteria or dimensions,
with each dimension scored
separately.
14. Advantages of Analytical rubric
♦Provides useful feedback on areas of
strength and weaknesses
♦Criterion can be weighed to reflect the
relative importance of each criteria.
