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Michael Pry
Michael Pry

Grading Rubric

I have found the weighting of elements within a grading rubric to be a challenge.  No one wants to set a student up to fail and I have seen many rubrics that do just that.   With one or two letter grades being wiped away by a single mistake or deficiency.    What techniques have been used in the past to assure fair weighting of each element in the rubric while providing the instructor enough latitude to apply their discretion to the quality of the students work?

Mayuresh Kelkar
Mayuresh Kelkar

Hi Michael:

I agree.  Rubrics are more suitable for essay and term paper type of assessment.  With mathematical assessment the grader has to infer intuitively how much the student knows and what must have gone through their mind when they made a particular error. 

 

mayuresh

Peter Mitchell
Peter Mitchell

At First I rebelled against using a rubric.  I felt that it was just another time killer.  But I have come to realize that once set, the rubric can be used over the span of several semesters.  It has made my job of grading less time consuming and has allowed me to spend grading time building relationships with my students. 

 

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