Rubrics

Why use Rubrics? v  Can assess many aspects of a project in an efficient way v  Designing a rubric helps to clarify and define expectations v  Allows the same criteria to be applied by many teachers v  Summaries of results can reveal trends or areas for the task to be adjusted v  Clearly shows what a student has achieved rather than comparing or competing with others in the cohort When designing a collaborative learning project, the teacher has the opportunity to assess v  students’ social interaction and development, v  on-line skills, v  creation of electronic resources v  or the gain of knowledge and understanding

There are many examples of rubrics available on the internet. Some can be found at the following websites Collaborative Learning Scoring Rubric http://ddl.nmsu.edu/kids/collaborativerub.html

Middle school/high school collaborative rubric http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/secondaryteamworkrubric.html

Collection of many rubrics http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/assess.html#portfolios Cooperative learning rubric on pdf http://www.phschool.com/professional_development/assessment/rub_coop_product.html

Bloom's Digital Taxonomy - Contains rubrics focussing on Web 2.0 technologies. By Andrew Churches from Kristin School New Zealand.