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Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology

Postgraduate Study Office

What Is a Rubric?

Rubric derives from ruber, the Latin word for red

In medieval times, legal instructions were
written in red and rubric meant something that
authoritatively instructed people (Wiggins,
p154)

Seminar
Rubrics How to Assess Process Tasks?

A rubric is a scoring tool that lays out specific

expectations for an assignment (Stevens & Levi,
p3)

Dr. Phm Cng Bng

Dec. 10, 2011

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Objectives of Using Rubrics

Elements of a Rubric - OSM Approach

Save grading time

Convey effective feedback
Promote student learning
And.
Reduce hassles!!!!!
Minimize marking complaints
Prepare better assignments
Provide more perceived objectivity
Give transparency and consistency in marking
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Objectives/Criteria (Rows)

Objectives
Row headings
O1
Criteria
Standards
O2
Column headings
O3
Levels of achievement
O4
Measurement
Cell descriptions
Achievement differentiation
Grade assignment

S1

S2

S3

M11

M12

M13

M21

M22

M23

M41

M42

M43

Objectives/Criteria (Rows)

Learning objective
assessment criterion

Eg. Assignment objective requires student to analyze
practical situation
Rubric Criterion (row heading) - Application of theory to
facts

Recall assignment objectives

Connect each to an assessment criterion
Specific, measurable and action-oriented

Eg. Rubric criterion assesses correct grammar, spelling,

organization
Assignment objective Student will prepare a written
summary demonstrating good grammar, spelling and
organization
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Standards (Columns)

Measurement (Cells)

Select measurement tool for each criteria

Determine number of proficiency levels

Total of all meets expectation grades should
produce approximate average mark
Generally, three or four levels work well
Highest level (Excellent/ Exceeds expectation/ Expert/

Decide how to measure proficiency for that criteria

Quality (How well was the task done?)

Eg. Did the student connect the theory to the facts?

Quantity (How many of the tasks were done?)

Eg. Were all the instructions followed?

Professional)

Frequency (How often was the task done?)

Next level (Good/ Meets expectation/ Proficient/

Adequate)

Eg. How frequently were grammatical/spelling errors

made?

Lower level (Satisfactory/ Needs some improvement/

Developing/ Needs works

Consequence (What is effect of the work done?)

Lowest level (Weak/ Needs much improvement/

Novice/ Youre fired!

Eg. Did the presentation hold the attention of the class?

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Rubric for 3-minute Oral

Presentations Using a Visual

Rubric Resources

Criteria

Squidoo Lens (http://www.squidoo.com/TeachCollege2)

Reduce Hassles, Teach Smarter Rubrics for College
Delicious bookmarks (http://delicious.com/srl18/rubrics)
Tagged bookmarks which relate to rubrics
RubiStar: (http://rubistar.4teachers.org)
Helps the teacher who wants to use rubrics, but does not
have time to develop them from scratch
Provides template rubrics that can be printed and used
for many typical projects and research assignments.
iRubric (http://www.rcampus.com/indexrubric.cfm)
Site for free development and sharing of rubrics
Public gallery, how-to videos and building tools

Not blocking
the screen

Effectiveness
of visuals
Easy to
understand
Length: 3 min.

Exemplary

--All the
audience
could see the
full screen
the entire
time.
?

Competent

--Blocks the
screen some of
the time, but
usually the
audience could
see the screen.
?

Beginning

--Stands in
front of the
screen blocking
the center
more than
the time.
?

Eye contact
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Rubric for 3-minute Oral

Presentations Using a Visual
Rubric for 3-minute Oral Presentations.pdf

Thank you!

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