1. Rubrics Collections of criteria that describe – for both teachers and students – the range of performance desirable for a given task or activity. They explicitly outline: • How the work of the students will be judged • The standards that must be met for each grade

2. Rubric advantages • Allow explicit definition of the criteria used for judging quality • Students can see exactly what professors expect of them • Students become better judges of their own work and the work of others

3. Rubric advantages • Make grading more consistent and less subjective • Provide an easy way for the professors to communicate their objectives to the students

4. Thinking @ rubrics Create a rubric for this assignment: Students must bake the best chocolate cake they can and bring to class for judging and tasting

5. The next class… Jim John Who did a better job? Why?

6. A rubric makes expectations explicit

7. Which criteria do you think are important forwriting assignments?