Hello
everybody!!
Today we
are going to learn a bit more about what is an assessment rubric and how can we
use it. As you can check in my last posts, I turned two flat activities into
super learning missions to make the students thinking about the learning
process and designing more visual artefacts in order to they can enjoy
creating. Now, it is time to evaluate one of those learning missions through an
assessment rubric.
For those
who had never heard about a rubric, this post will clarify the concept. An
assessment rubric is the most objective tool used to assess the achievement of
the goals proposed. This tool can be
used for many purposes such as evaluate the participation, the attendance, as a
self-reflexion, make changes…
Furthermore,
a rubric may consist of four elements:
1. The aspects of the learning process
that we want to assess.
2. Well defined criteria describing each
specific aspect to be evaluated.
3. A scale of ratings.
4. Clear and easy descriptions that
concrete the performance level.
It is
important that you take into account the goals that you are going to evaluate,
when are you going to do it and how.
According
to these criteria, it is time to create my own rubric to evaluate my first
super learning mission in which students have to create a comic to show the
different Prehistoric times. As you can remember, kids should make pairs and
decide which period of time they want to describe through a comic using Pixton. Then, they have to spread their
work in their learning diaries to the rest of their partners. I choose this task because I think that
evaluation is important in this process since students need feedback on their
learning mission. Moreover, it is
important that we clarify the things that we want to evaluate before they
complete the task, so students can take into consideration those aspects before
starting the activity.
I have considered
all the goals mentioned in my last post:
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To
know and to use different vocabulary related to the topic.
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To
be able to talk about the past using past forms of the verbs and time
expressions.
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To
know how to collaborate in groups and develop social skills.
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To
promote critical thinking and English skills.
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To
know how to work with ICTs in an adequate way an how to manage with different
interactive tools.
Before
sharing my rubric with you, I want to specify the criteria and the steps that I have followed
to do my rubric using this Emaze
presentation. You can also check it by clicking on this link.
The criteria that I follow is:
1. Content and vocabulary: I would like
to know if students have acquired the content related to the Prehistory and its
different time periods. Moreover, I will assess at this point, the use of
different vocabulary related to the topic we saw in class, such as tools, past
verbs, animals, people, materials…
2. Alignment with the activity: I would
like to know if students understand what they have to do and the main purpose
of the activity. I also assess if they fit the comic with a proper description
of the period of time they had chosen using different vocabulary and
landscapes.
3. Organization and effort: I would
like to know if kids know how to work in pairs in a respectful way, giving
support to each other. Besides, I will assess the organization of the work
through their previous drafts and the personal effort made in class.
4. Final artefact: I would evaluate the
final comic. I want to know if students’ comics are original and if they have
used the online tool effectively. Furthermore, I will assess the attention in
class and if students have learnt how to manage with the tools.
5. Mechanics: I would take into
consideration the spelling and grammar mistakes they have made in their
learning diaries and how they have spread their work in their blogs.
Considering
all this, I made my own assessment rubric to evaluate my first learning
mission. I chose Quick Rubric to do
this because I realized that this tool was the best option for my purpose. With Quick
Rubric you can make an appropriated rubric in a few minutes since you only
have to fill in a table in a simple way. Here you can see an example of my
rubric to evaluate one task of my OEP.
To
conclude, I would like to say that this challenge was the easiest one because I
could find a tool to make rubrics in an easy way. Thus, I highly recommend you
to use this tool if you have to make your own rubrics. If you have the criteria
clear, you will have it done in a few minutes and you can spend the rest of the
time thinking about new ways to improve your project or challenges.
With this
rubric, I will conclude with my prototype project. In my next post, you will
see a self-reflexion on all my learning process and how I will explain it
through an online class.
I hope you
have enjoyed and I would like to see your comments and suggestions!!
