HAST PUBLIC SCHOOL & JR.COLLEGE.DODAICHA
BLOG NO 164 Historically rubrics have primarily been used for grading and communicating expectations to students , whereas their benefits in the learning process of students have often not been fully exploited. used*
Feedback is powerful and is key for student growth and learning. There are many qualities of good feedback*, and rubrics can help scaffold some of these, especially that of goal-oriented and actionable feedback
Rubrics have become a staple in education , and for good reason, boasting a multitude of benefits for both summative and formative purposes.
In essence, rubrics help instructors assess performance, but they also allow instructors to communicate expectations, add a layer of structure to observations and can play a role in students’ formative learning process*.
For a long time, rubrics have been primarily used in summative assessment in a teacher-centered way, meaning they are mostly used to quickly and reliably grade student work. Now there seems to be an increasing shift towards using rubrics in a student-centered way, which focuses on student learning .*When used in formative assessment rubrics help students ask and reflect on questions such as: Where am I going? Where am I now? And where am I heading next?
Facilitating a learning environment where students can ask themselves these questions is crucial in supporting student agency and self-regulatory processes (monitoring their progress towards goals, and redirecting their efforts when unsuccessful).
A rubric is a great tool for teachers because it is a simple way to set up a grading criteria for assignments. Not only is this tool useful for teachers, it is helpful for students as well. A rubric defines in writing what is expected of the student to get a particular grade on an assignment.
Heidi Goodrich Andrade, a rubrics expert, defines a rubric as “a scoring tool that lists the criteria for a piece of work or ‘what counts.’
” For example, a rubric for an essay might tell students that their work will be judged on purpose, organization details, voice, and mechanics.
A good rubric also describes levels of quality for each of the criteria. These levels of performance may be written as different ratings (e.g., Excellent, Good, Needs Improvement) or as numerical scores (e.g., 4, 3, 2, 1) Under mechanics, for example, the rubric might define the lowest level of performance as “7-10 misspellings, grammar, and punctuation errors,” and the highest level as “all words are spelled correctly; your work shows that you understand subject-verb agreement, when to make words possessive, and how to use commas, semicolons and periods.”
• Rubrics help students and teachers define “quality
• When students use rubrics regularly to judge their own work, they begin to accept more responsibility for the end product. It cuts down on the “am I done yet?” questions.
• Rubrics reduce the time teachers spend grading student work and makes it easier for teachers to explain to students why they got the grade they did and what they can do to improve.
• Parents usually like the rubrics concept once they understand it, and they find rubrics useful when helping with homework. As one teacher says: “They know exactly what their child needs to do to be successful. “Involve your students.
* Understanding a Rubric: Arrange the students into groups of four or more and give them the rubric you will be using for a particular task. Tell the students to discuss the task you have given them and create quick samples of papers which would receive marks in each of the categories. The groups will then present their results to the whole class.
•Creating a Rubric: It is a good idea to involve your students in creating their own rubrics for classroom assignments.
A student who can write the rubric for a maths problem knows the whole process inside and out, and he/she can apply the knowledge and skills learned from the process to future assignments*.
Sometimes it’s not possible to find an appropriate existing rubric to use or modify.
To create your own rubric, follow these steps
1. List the criteria that will be used in assessing performance in the first column.
The criteria you use should be related to the learning outcome(s) that you are assessing. For example, a musical performance might be rated for intonation, rhythmic accuracy, and tone quality and an oral presentation might be rated for content, organization, delivery and language. Be sure that your criteria are explicit. “Neatness” would not be a good criterion because the term “neat” is not explicit enough. What is neatness?You may want to look at some actual examples of student work to see if you have omitted any important criteria.
2. Determine your performance ratings / levels in the first row.
Examples of performance ratings may be* :
• Descriptors (In Progress, Basic, Proficient, Advanced)
• Numbers (1,2,3,4)
3. Write a description for each performance level.
the different levels of performance that match each criterion. You may want to do with the best and worst levels of quality, and then fill in the middle levels based on your knowledge of common problems. It may be helpful to sort examples of actual student work into three piles: the very best, the poorest and those in between. Try to articulate what makes the good assignments good and the poor assignments poor.
4. After use, evaluate and revise rubric as needed. find herewith the examples of rubrics for your ready reference.
Give me feed back…
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the Ajay a student of mine was in touch with me for psychological help that is for counselling as he was preparing for JEE. One week after the results of his exam I received call from him. I asked him whether he cracked the exam or not. To which he replied disappointingly, ” Sir, my luck did not favor me. Despite a lot of hard work, I couldn’t crack the exam.”
I clearly told him that, this was meant to happen as he kept on playing video games, Netflix and used mobile during his entire preparation. He was very easily convinced with a lie that the exams would be postponed due to lock down. I even advised him to utilize that extra time for preparation but he did not heed to my unpleasant advises, rather kept wasting his time.
Result being, when the exams took place even in the epidemic, he was not able to score well and was also not able to clear the exam because he was procrastinating and making a false belief that exams will get postponed. He already knew the truth behind his actions but had convinced himself that it was his bad luck that he did not succeed in the examination.
In fact , YouTube had millions of students watching videos related to exam postponement and merely 1000 views on high quality video related to revisions. Most of the students wanted to hear the news of postponement which is nothing but comforting lie. So most of the students want to listen and believe in comforting lies and run away from unpleasant truths. And this is the reason why most of us are not able to convert our potential into performance.
Preparing for any competitive exam is a long journey and in this journey we face many situations where we have to decide between comforting lies and unpleasant truths. It is this decision which differentiated between Topper and average student.We all know what happened in movie- Munna bhai MBBS, when father of Sanjay Dutt came to know that his son in not a doctor. Munna told lies to his father, that later on broke his heart when he faced reality.
Success is very easy to achieve but at the same time it is not something you will find lying on the road. It demands hardwork and patience. Candidates or aspirants do not want to compromise when it comes to a good lifestyle and enjoyment Everybody wants best of the best. Everybody wants the top Rank. But when it comes to preparation, they get stuck in the delusional advises. In spite of them knowing what is the truth they keep on believing in comforting lies and shying away from Unpleasant truths.
During preparation, you will come across many such people who would try to satisfy your ego by telling you comforting lies rather than telling what you should actually know. People around you would always say things that you want to hear and mask the reality in their lies.
Some Examples of comforting lies vs. unpleasant truths
1. Many coaching/mentors will tell you that you can crack the exams in 3 months but reality is you need minimum of 1 year time to crack these exams.
2. Good coaching is enough for your success. Many students believe that just by taking admission in coaching their selection is ensured but the reality is unless coaching is backed by self-study nothing would happen. Many students do not believe in self-study.
3. Many people will even tell you that IIT-JEE/ NEET or competitive exams are not important and will give examples of many people who have done well without clearing IIT- JEE/ NEET but that is not the correct advice. IIT-JEE/ NEET or other competitive exams may not be the only things but it definitely gives you an advantage.
4. * Most students want to go with the flow and don’t plan as it leads to tension and pressure* but the truth is without plan, you will never achieve success. Some students study at their own pace and at their own will , without any plan and some people might tell you that you are going fine but that is not the correct advise. Remember, if you are failing to plan, you are planning to fail.
5. People will tell you 2-3 hours of study is enough. But the truth is that most of the students and toppers study 6-8 hours consistently. Hard work is must for cracking these exams. You need consistent hard work of 6-8 hours every day for 1 year.
6. Another lie that you hear is that you can prepare for Mains exam after prelims. But the truth is if you want to crack Mains exam you have to prepare from beginning but in the last one month before Mains focus on Mains to build exam strategy and speed.
7. People will tell you that working in your comfort level is OK and will tell you not to work too hard. On the contrary, hard work and pushing your limits is must.
8. Many students think that they will crack exam by doing 1 month crash course after boards and many institutes run crash course promising the same but the truth is if you don’t have strong base build over 1 year nothing can happen.
9. Students think that they are School toppers and their selection is pakka. But they forget that there are 20 Lacs schools and 20 Lac school toppers, whereas only 5000 good seats. So, just being school topper is not enough. Never overestimate yourself and underestimate your competitors.
10. Students always see the solution without trying their best but unless you learn to struggle with the questions you will not move forward.
11. Students often spend more time on their strong subjects and run away from difficult subjects. Some teachers even motivate students to focus on 1 subject ignoring others but the truth is all subjects are equally important.
12. Some students blindly follow Toppers strategy but the truth is if 800 students crack an exam, then there are 800 different ways to crack it. So listen to everyone but follow your own plan.
Different coaching institutes, mentors would also use these lies to serve their agenda. It is very easy to stay inside your delusional bubble and ignore the reality. But when that bubble breaks ultimately, you face the reality and by that time it would be too late. Awakening yourself and facing the reality is crucial while preparing for different competitive exams.
*Remember that Truth might not be very pleasant and attractive but it is the simplest thing. You work hard, study regularly with consistency, follow your plan and implement it in your studies. This is the only way to success. Reality and truth are very simple. The complexity lies in Unpleasant Lies(it has lot of ifs and buts),as you will try to justify your shortcuts, you will seek conformation on those lies from different people and will create a strong belief on those lies.
So make sure that you do not lower the level of your preparation at our Hasti school we guide out styudents the aspirants for the success . your feedback is important
Loosing gracefully is better than being in a false delusion. Do not hear people who encourage you to be in your comfort zone. Come out of your comfort zone, work hard and you will do wonders. Also, stay away from people who will tell you comforting lies and learn to face Unpleasant Truths boldly.
It is a conscious choice we make and our future depends on it.
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