Understanding Rubrics
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Grainger, Peter
Weir, Katie
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The aim of this chapter is to expand our understanding of what rubrics are and what they do. It highlights the complexity of rubrics and explores the many roles they play in the assessment process. The chapter begins by foregrounding the assessment theories and perspectives about student learning that frame how rubrics are represented and discussed. The term “rubric” is then unpacked by reviewing its etymology and various scholarly definitions and examining how it came to be such a ubiquitous tool to evaluate learning. Deconstructing rubrics as an educational construct paves the way for a deeper understanding of how rubrics function in assessing and enhancing student learning. This chapter outlines a number of significant roles that rubrics play in the teaching – learning – assessment cycle. These rubric functions are discussed in terms of assessment accountability and transparency, validity, quality assurance and moderation of assessment results, and formative assessment. Relevant research is reviewed to examine some implications of these roles for course assessment design and implementation.
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Facilitating Student Learning and Engagement in Higher Education Through Assessment Rubrics
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Weir, K, Understanding Rubrics, Facilitating Student Learning and Engagement in Higher Education Through Assessment Rubrics, 2020, pp. 9-23