rubrics for assessment: capturing qualitative information

Presented by Roberta Tipton2009 VALE Conference

January 9, 2009

Provide an assessment, score, or grade for material that is “squishy”, qualitative, or subjective

Provide a scorecard students can use to improve their own performance for self-regulated learning.

"Self-regulation is not a mental ability or an academic performance skill; rather it is the self-directed process by which learners transform their mental abilities into academic skills. Learning is viewed as an activity that students do for themselves in a proactive way rather than as a covert event that happens to them in reaction to teaching" (Zimmerman, 2002, p. 65).

Assess research notebook (Patricia Bender)

Provide grade/score for MLA citation style in an annotated bibliography and a final paper (Kevin Catalano)

Document research process Capture writing ideas as they occur Reflect on student’s own learning, reading,

writing, and research experiences Rubric

Contribute a portion of the final grade for an annotated bibliography and the final paper

Combine requirements for proper MLA style with writing instructor’s preferences

Annotated Bibliography Rubric Final Paper Rubric

About Self-Regulated Learning: Zimmerman, Barry J. "Becoming a Self-Regulated

Learner: An Overview." Theory Into Practice 41.2 (2002): 64. Academic Search Premier. Web. 5 Jan. 2009 <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=6834387&site=ehost-live>.

About the Class with Patricia Bender: Tipton, Roberta L., and Patricia Bender. "From

Failure to Success: Working with Under-Prepared Transfer Students." Reference Services Review 34.3 (2006): 389-404. Library Literature and Information Science. Web. 5 January 2009 <http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com>.

About Statistical Analysis of Ordered Categories:

Goodman, L. A. "Simple Models for the Analysis of Association in Cross-Classifications having Ordered Categories." Journal of the American Statistical Association 74.367 (1979): 537-52. Google Scholar. Web. 2 Jan. 2009 <www.jstor.org>.

Moses, LE, JD Emerson, and H. Hosseini. "Analyzing Data from Ordered Categories." New England Journal of Medicine 311.7 (1984): 442-8. Print. Informative abstract available at: <http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/311/7/442>.

Uebersax, John S. "Likert Scales: Dispelling the Confusion." 31 August 2006. Web. 26 Dec. 2008 <http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jsuebersax/likert.htm>.

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On my homepage at

http://rci.rutgers.edu/~tipton/

Contact me:

Roberta Tiptontipton@rutgers.edu