Rúbrica

Rúbrica

1)      Which elements does the rubric introduce in the learning process?

The rubric is a way to evaluate the knowledge acquired by pupils, as well it is assessment and auto-evaluation. Rubric is ideal to begin to be used at primary education because children need to manage their own learning. It would be ideal that each student could be aware of his/her own process of learning. In this ways they know in which point are them and they can begin from that point to reflect  on what they need to progress and how they are going to do it The rubric could be an essential tool to help teachers to observe the pupil’s improvement. We think that all the teaching and learning process must contain a rubric because in addition to evaluate pupils and teacher it needs evaluate their own process.   

2)      How does it help the students?

It helps like guidelines cause with rubrics they can know specially their mistakes and how to correct it.  It offers so many possibilities like for example self – evaluation or take in account how to discover other ways for their development. It is so useful to make better children’s responsibilities and it can help them to be more organize in their way of working.

3)      Why is it good for the teacher?

Because it’s a better way to evaluate and it makes his work easier. Maybe it can help the teacher to change  his methodology  to another one  that can take into account pupils’ responsibilities in their learning process and it might be more satisfactory than the other one.

4)      Can you think of advantages and disadvantages?

These are the rubric’s advantages as assessment:

-              Students are able to assess their own work, giving them more control on their learning process.

-              Rubrics motivate students to get the specified standards.

-              They are quite flexible tools: we can use them in many different contexts and grades.

-              We can use them to assess a wide range of abilities.

-              They help students to focus their work in a specific way.

-              Rubrics give detailed feedback to students.

-              They force the teacher to specify the criteria.

However, we can find in rubrics the following disadvantages:

-              They can be complex to produce.

-              They require much more time from the teacher.

-              They can restrict student’s skills if they feel that they have to limit themselves strictly to the rubric instead of taking initiatives to explore.

CRITERIA	SUPERIOR(9-10)	HIGH(7-8)	BASIC(5-6)	LOW(1-4)
WRITING	Takes careful note of those unknown terms, taking into account the right orthography when writing the words worked through the period (spelling). Writes down paragraphs in which relates everyday actions with their personal routine, emphasizing the time of day in which they take place.	Takes note of those unknown terms and reinforces his/ her understanding using the dictionary when writing the words worked through the period (spelling). Writes down sentences in which relates everyday actions with their personal routine, emphasizing the time of day in which they take place.	Constantly uses the dictionary when writing the words worked through the period (spelling). Constantly uses the dictionary when writing sentences in which relates everyday actions with their personal routine.	Constantly requires help when writing the words worked through the period (spelling). With the teacher’s help writes down short sentences in which relates everyday actions with their personal routine, emphasizing the time of day in which they take place.