Rubrics

Arubricisasetofcriteriausedtodeterminescoringforanassignment,
performance,orproduct.Rubricsmaybeholisticprovidinggeneralguidanceor
analyticalassigningspecificscoringpointvalues.
Rubricsareusefulbecausetheyhelpto:
1. Focusinstructiononthemostimportantoutcomes.
2. Providediagnosticformativefeedbacksostudentscanimprove.
3. Communicateexplicitexpectations,whichsubstantiatethegrading
process.
4. Converttheassignmenttoavalidassessmenttool.
5. Articulatehowscoringisdetermined,enablestudentstobettermeet
expectations.
6. Producemoreconsistentandreliablegradingthatcanbecomparedover
time,betweensectionsandevenamongstdiversecourses.
UsingtheprimarytraitsandperformancestandardsinthePrimaryTraitAnalysis
arubricisconstructedtoevaluatethework.Ihaveincludedaflowchartto
completetheprocessfortheoralreport.
Theresourcesectionalsohaslinkstoawrittenstep-by-stepusingstudent
artifactsandavarietyofrubricsotherfacultyhavecreated.Noticethattheyare
alldifferentandspecificallydesignedforeachassignmentwithrelationtothat
courseandthedesiredoutcomes.

CreatingaRubricforanOralReportinaScienceCourse
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Excellent Good
Average
date______
5
4
3
Title____________________
Name
Thesis
clarity

support

Content

subject
knowledge
alternative
opinions

currencyof
data
scientific
sophistication

Organization attention
grabber

supporting
arguments
conclusion
Sources
citedcorrectly
reliability
Delivery
pronunciation
eyecontact
useofvisuals
demeanor
content
appropriateto
audience

Timing

Poor

Absent

Twoor
more
opposing
opinions
are
described.

An
opinion
differing
fromthe
student's
opinionis
described.

Onlythe
students
opinionis
described

No
opinions
are
evident

The
student
admits
that
others
have
differing
opinions

CreatingaRubricforanOralReportinaScienceCourse

Primary Traits

Values some people

describe these, others
assign numbers

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Title____________
Name________________

Excellent

Thesis
Content

You may
want to
vary the
weight of
some
criteria.

Organization

Sources
Delivery

Timing

Performance Criteria some people

make comments or just give checks,
others describe each level
explicitly.

Good

Average Poor

Clarity
Support
Subject
knowledge
Alternative
opinions

Twoormore
opposing
opinionsare
described.

Anopinion
differing
fromthe
student's
opinionis
described.

Onlythe
students
opinion
is
described

Currencyofdata
Scientific
sophistication

Attention
grabber
Supporting
arguments
Conclusion
Citedcorrectly
reliability
Pronunciation
Eyecontact
Useofvisuals
Demeanor
Content
appropriateto
audience

The
student
admits
that
others
have
differing
opinions.


Inthisreportthescientificcontentismoreimportantthandelivery,butdeliveryis
aperformancecriteriacontributingtotheoverallassessment.
*NOTE:Incontrasttoholisticrubrics,analyticalrubricshaveavalueassignedto
eachcriterionandthenumbersanbeaddedtogetascore.Thereisapotential
probleminthis-noticeintherubricbelow.Thestudentgotaveragemarksfor
everycriterionbutwouldreceiveatotalscoreofonly60%.Adjustingthescale
andpointvalueswillcorrectthis.
Criterion
1
2
3
4
5

Withaveragemarksonall
criteria
5criteriaX3ptseach=15
15/25totalpoints=only60%