1. The Professor Magda Vasillov General Education and Assessment Committee Rubrics for Lunch November 19, 2009 Gina Cicco, Ed.D.

2.  Introduction Why use critical thinking rubrics?  Our Rubric Bloom’s Taxonomy  Putting the Rubric to Work Examples for practice Group activity  Discussion  Conclusion Questions & comments

3.  Primary objective of a college education Defining critical thinking Measuring critical thinking ability Promote thinking and learning  Help students reflect on and improve their thinking and writing abilities (metacognition)  Help teachers teach and evaluate, instructional tools

4.  Provides a more global assessment of performance than the checklist-based method  Clarify expectations and learning objectives for various types of assignments  Allows for faculty and peer assessment and an ongoing exchange of feedback

6.  First three categories are hierarchical  Basic knowledge: memorizing facts, figures, and basic processes  Secondary comprehension: understanding and illustrating the facts  Application: generalizing the facts to other contexts and situations

7.  Last three categories are not hierarchical, require knowledge and comprehension of content, and are considered higher-order skills  Analysis: understanding why the facts are the way they are; breaking problems down  Synthesis: making connections between different elements on one’s own  Evaluation: critically using one’s knowledge to ascertain the quality of information

8.  Hostos Draft Hostos Draft  http://www.hostos.cuny.edu/oaa/pdf/Cri tical%20Thinking.pdf http://www.hostos.cuny.edu/oaa/pdf/Cri tical%20Thinking.pdf  AAC&U Value Rubric  http://www.hostos.cuny.edu/oaa/pdf/aac us09_criticalthinkingrubric.pdf

9.  Easy to use and to explain  Make teachers’ expectations very clear  Provide students with informative feedback about their strengths and areas in need of improvement  Support learning  Support the development of skills  Support the development of understanding  Support higher-order thinking

10.  Please read the assignment…  Use the rubric to score the sample assignment…  What feedback/comments would you provide this student?  Discuss in small groups…

11.  Discussion  Questions  Comments  Suggestions  Thank you… please provide your feedback so we can improve the rubrics!!!