“Criteria and Rubrics” – Bresciani et. al.
“In
addition to the lists of criteria, rubrics provide descriptive levels of
achievement” (p. 30). What a beautiful way of describing this tool. Until then,
I had seen rubrics as a table of comparisons, of judgment, and of finality in
terms of a grade. Changing the mindset to reaching a certain level of
achievement will validate a student’s work and then have then strive for the
next level on their next assignment.
Before this
course, I had only thought of rubrics as a way to decipher what my grade would
be in some of my academic courses. Rubrics can also be used in assessing a
student’s holistic learning and development. This also makes sense when seeing
if a campus department is reaching high levels of success in their designated
areas of focus. Here at University of the Pacific, we have our six areas of
focus that each department of campus and academic program should strive to
achieve to some extent. In the Greek Life office where I work, we also have
four areas or pillars that we believe our community stands for and should work
towards improving constantly. Rubrics could be made for both the students and
staff to see areas of improvements, especially when creating a plan for the
next academic year.
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