rubric before beginning work and during work on the project. They did a class example, and then the pairs used the rubric for self-assessment and revision before their project was due. The self-assessment was productive for the students; most were able to improve their posters—and describe those turning in their finished work. The rubric makes an excellent example because it has many strong points, and yet there are clear places where revision would improve it. Figure 3.4 presents the first draft of the rubric. Figure 3.4. Draft of Life-Cycle Project Rubric 6 Points 4 Points 2 Points 0 Points Title of is is on No or Poster evident on poster, but heading. poster, with errors or correctly it is hard to spelled and read. capitalized. Order of All the stages One or more Not Life-Cycle of the life stages of the included. Stages cycle are in life cycle are the correct in the wrong order. Stages order. are correctly labeled. Illustrations Illustrations One or two More than 2 Not of of each illustrations illustrations included. stage are of the of the Stages evident. stages are cycle stages missing. are missing. Description Stages are Stages are Stages are Not of described described incomplete or included. with at with one missing. Stages least 2 detail. One or Stages have details. more stage is one or zero missing. supporting details. Overall Poster is very Poster is Poster is Appearance neat and somewhat many of Poster organized. neat and errors, not Title and all organized. colored, or sentences Some correct unfinished. have correct spelling, Poster spelling, punctuation, shows no capitalization, and signs of and capitalization. effort. punctuation. Poster shows
rubric before beginning work and during work on the project. They did a class example, and then the pairs used the rubric for self-assessment and revision before their project was due. The self-assessment was productive for the students; most were able to improve their posters—and describe those turning in their finished work. The rubric makes an excellent example because it has many strong points, and yet there are clear places where revision would improve it. Figure 3.4 presents the first draft of the rubric. Figure 3.4. Draft of Life-Cycle Project Rubric 6 Points 4 Points 2 Points 0 Points Title of Poster is evident on poster, correctly spelled and capitalized. is on poster, but with errors or it is hard to read. No or heading. Order of Life-Cycle Stages All the stages of the life cycle are in the correct order. Stages are correctly labeled. One or more stages of the life cycle are in the wrong order. Not included. Illustrations of Stages Illustrations of each stage are evident. One or two illustrations of the stages are missing. More than 2 illustrations of the stages are missing. Not included. Description of Stages Stages are described with at least 2 details. Stages are described with one detail. One or more stage is missing. Stages are incomplete or missing. Stages have one or zero supporting details. Not included. Overall Appearance of Poster Poster is very neat and organized. Title and all sentences have correct spelling, capitalization, and punctuation. Poster is somewhat neat and organized. Some correct spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. Poster shows Poster is many errors, not colored, or unfinished. Poster shows no signs of effort. cycle
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