Establishing Criteria
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ETAP623 : Establishing Criteria This page last changed on Jan 23, 2008 by wikiadm1.
Establishing Criteria that is clear and closely linked to your understanding goals is essential for assessing for understanding. Students must have a clear idea what it is they are going to learn and what the expectations are for identifying that understanding. There are many methods for accomplishing this goal. Checklists and rubrics are the most common way to be clear and percise, guiding students to assess their own performances making sure they are meeting these goals. It is suggested that both of these can be either teacher generated or the students can have some level of involvement in the establishing of the criteria.
 Click this link to see a sample rubric. Notice the criteria that has been included to identify understanding. Also see how the grade is established. When assigning a student's a project, writing assignment, in fact any assignment it is helpful if they know exactly what you expect and what will identify they understand the content. Rubrics are a very helpful tool in clearly identifying the expectations for the students performance. Please click on the link below which is an interesting introduction to rubrics. Be sure to watch the very short video as this student will let you know what rubrics mean to his success. The rest of the site takes you through a discussion of how to create rubrics. Since you have already examined what is included in a rubric, focus on the information provided describing how a rubric is created. This site also links you to a site that will help you to develop your rubrics. It is a free site. Once you have finished visiting this site return here and apply what you have learned by completing the activities below. Rubrics: Out of the Wild and On with the Project ACTIVITY: (note: If you have not completed the Teaching for Understanding course, click this link before continuing.) 1. Look at your performances of understanding that you have created in your unit. Identify for each how you will establish criteria for each performance. Be sure to decide if the criteria will involve student input. 2. Create a checklist for one of your performances of understanding. Identify how this checklist will benefit your students. 3. Choose one of your performances that would benefit most from the use of a rubric for establishing criteria. Create the rubric and by all means use RubiStar. REFLECTION: 1. How will the methods of establishing criteria you have chosen help your students reach understanding of the content? 2. What have you learned about helping your students reach understanding? Teaching For Understanding: Ongoing Assessment |