During the whole learning process teachers have to evaluate and assess students´ performances. At the same time teachers need to be precise in their evaluations to not being only focused on performances. The main idea is to measure from the objectives and understandings to be more effective. Therefore before assessing, the idea of determine clear guidelines are important components to analyse the evidence of students` results. In other words, criteria is the necessary element to be "consistent and fair"(Wiggins, 2005) in the process of asessing learners. Criteria is the platform to establish the requirements in the elements of assessment. With criteria teachers can observe their tasks from the beggining as tools to meausre understandings, but also criteria represents the opportunity to know what is needed to success in the process, it helps teachers to obtain a more valid element to measure.
As a fundamental point in criteria, rubric is the internal element that gives a different perspective but also it complements the process, because rubric determines the variations of quality and understandings(Wiggins,2005) Teachers have to use rubrics as much as possible to develop accuracy in their performances, besides rubrics give a point of reference to measure not only performance but also understanding. At the same time rubrics are effective methods to measure understanding as a constant phenomenon. With a rubric teachers can acquire more information about what they are assessing and the results of those evaluations.
In the evaluative process, students can have different understandings of ideas which means that criteria and rubrics have to analyse those variations deeply. In fact, the transference of information on students is a clear demonstration of how they acquire knowledge and the use of it. For a task, criteria means the first stage to generate better pieces of evaluation from the beggining. At the same time, the more you use criteria to analyse student`s understandings the better they will develop their ideas into practice besides, as a valid element, tests and tasks would be more connected with goals that teachers have determined for their projects of learning.
What do you mean when by saying that rubrics are for developing accuracy in students' performance? I didn't get that. However, I liked that you refered to understanding as a constant phenomenon.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you when you say that rubrics are important for students' performance. But maybe you could explain it a little more, becouse I can have a different interpretation of what you wrote.
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I totally agree with you, but I think that I miss understandood what you said about rubrics that are for teachers because they can "acquire more information about what they are assessing and the results of those evaluations." I think that in this case students are the one that benefit in this case from rubrics since they are going to have more information about what is really asked.
ReplyDeleteI agree on the importance of criteria. It is fundamental because it helps not only teachers on assessing fairly and consistently but students to be focus on what they will be tested.
ReplyDeleteEvery rubric should be used under the power of criteria, because teachers can base their assessments on a previous revision of what we want students to achieve.
ReplyDeleteTry to develop more your own points in order to make a clear understanding about your points.
You say that students can have different understandings of ideas which means that criteria and rubrics have to analyze those variations, and I say for sure that that is a big deal in education that must be taken in consideration.
ReplyDeleteI also think that the best way to assess a child is through a criteria. You know that all children performance in a different way so it is necessary a criteria, that contains at least the parameters were place or rank all students.
ReplyDeleteHablas acá de que las rúbricas son métodos efectivos para evaluar el aprendizaje de los estudiantes. Me gustó que reconozcas en tu entrada que las rúbricas miden no solamente el rendimiento de los estudiantes pero también su entendimiento. He visto esto en mis rúbricas con mis estudiantes. Ocupándolas podemos ver exactamente dónde los estudiantes han podido demostrar su entendimiento en áreas específicos.
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