PRESENTATION ON RUBRICS FOR DIFFERENT MODULES

AIM To appraise the faculty members about rubrics design for different modules

SCOPE Basics of Rubrics Rubrics Design for Thesis Capstone project Sessional Industrial Training

BASICS OF RUBRICS

INTRODUCTION The word derives from the Latin: rubrica, meaning red chalk. “An authoritative rules” and “a guide listing specific criteria for grading or scoring academic papers, projects, or tests”. A simplified way to grade a complicated assignment. Rubrics are not a form of assessment, but are the criteria for making an assessment. It articulates gradations of quality for each criterion, holistically (from excellent to poor) and numerically (5,4,3,2,1,0). As it is provided ahead of time, rubrics allow for transparency, consistency and increased objectivity.

INTRODUCTION Rubrics: Objectify assessment Are a mechanism for assessing work Guide the learner Guide the assessor Help the learners to prioritize the tasks Are transparent

INTRODUCTION Rubrics can be used for assessing: Thesis Lab Reports Industrial Attachment/Visit Oral presentations Group Work Capstone Project

FORMAT FOR RUBRIC

SAMPLE OF RUBRICS /12 Criteria/ Scale Poor Moderate Excellent Marks Organization and Learning need Does not identify organization or learning need Identify the organization but does not summarizes the learning need 2 Identifies the organization and thoroughly summarizes the learning need 4 /4 Learner Characteristics Summary Does not summarizes the learners characteristics Summarizes some but not all of the relevant learners characteristics 6 Summarizes all relevant learner characteristics 12 /12

QUESTION TO ASK WHEN DESIGNING A RUBRIC What do I want to assess with this assessment? Do I provide enough details for the students? Will the scale encourage the students to improve their performance? Are the points distributed properly? Is it clear how to move from one level in the scale up to the next?

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT

RUBRIC – TERMS TO BE USED Needs Improvement...Satisfactory...Good...Exemplary Beginning...Developing...Accomplished...Exemplary Needs work...Good...Excellent Novice...Apprentice...Proficient...Distinguished Numeric scale ranging from 1 to 5, for example

TYPES OF RUBRICS Rubrics Holistic Rubric Analytic

TYPES OF RUBRICS Holistic : Analytic Looks at the product or performance as a whole Analytic Breaks the performance or product into criteria ( Dimensions)

BENEFITS FOR STUDENTS Provide students with a great deal of feedback Allow the students to clearly understand expectations, thus why they did or did not do well. Engage students’ critical thinking. Provide consistency, objectivity and clarity to assessment.

BENEFITS FOR TEACHERS Save time for instructor. Remove the guessing game of assessment. Provide consistency, objectivity and clarity to assessment. Provide a lens with which a professor can refine and improve his or her own teaching.

BENEFITS FOR PARENTS Parents can feel more confident and comfortable helping students with homework because they know exactly what is expected of their child.  

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Maj Gen Md Abul Khair, ndc, PEng REMARKS BY COMMANDANT Maj Gen Md Abul Khair, ndc, PEng