Rubrics in your lab: How do they fit?

This week I got to read a little more about rubrics and how to grade laboratory classes as well as how to grade exceptional learners. I found these topics really helpful because in a few of my units I plan on presenting rubrics to grade unit projects. It was really helpful to learn there are more than a few different types of rubrics

• generic 
• task specific

Each of these two types can be broken down into two more subcategories

• analytic
• holistic 

 As a future teacher I think its important to use rubrics that are useful for me as well as my students. One way it was suggested to me is to have students at the beginning identify what are the key components they feel they should be graded on as well as what weight each should hold. In the end the teacher makes the final call but I think this is a great way to have students realize what they need to work on in their projects and what holds the most importance with their learning.






When grading students you will always have exceptional learners, and its important to modify what you present to make sure they are gaining something from you lesson. Grading systems must be high quality using standards with product criteria which addresses finals and proficiency, process their level of achievement and demonstrate the progress made what learning is gained and the value to that learning,.

When working in the laboratory setting its important to try and evaluate learners in ways other than tests and quizzes because you may not be actually testing what they have learned. Some ways to achieve this are through mind maps, rubrics and vee maps. Each area has benefits and downfalls and can be used for pre-assessment to map the progress of students, they can return to their maps after the end of the unit to add what they have learned.