Rubrics for Teacher Education in Community College
Rubrics for Teacher Education in Community College
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社区学院教师教育细则
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2006
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F. J. Schneider
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F. J. Schneider
Traditional assessment techniques may not afford all students the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and skills. Rubrics may help students reach the objectives of an assignment. In this study, two rubrics were introduced to 55 community college students in two sections of an undergraduate education class. The first rubric was used to grade an assignment after completion of the project. The second rubric was distributed to the students before they completed an assignment. Student response to the experience is surveyed. Most students preferred to have the rubric in advance and reported that the rubric helped clarify the assignment. Three instructors used the rubric to re-grade anonymous term papers. Inter-rater reliability patterns seem to indicate that rubrics may increase objectivity in grading. Introduction The need for alternative assessments has been well documented (Wiggins, 1992; Brualdi, 1998; Browder, Spooner & Algozzine, 2003; and Byrnes, 2004). Soon after the 1983 landmark publication by the National Commission on Excellence, A Nation at Risk, it was recognized that " ... most of our present testing programs are poor instruments for improvement or maintenance of standards" (Resnick & Resnick, 1985, p.17). Lewis (1997) found that changes in assessment lead to changes in curriculum. Standardized tests are severely criticized for their questionable reliability and validity (Popham, 1999; Worthen, White, Fan & Sudweeks, 1999; and Steeves, Hodgson & Peterson, 2002). There is an ongoing debate over the use of standardized measures for high stakes decisions (Kleinhart & Kennedy, 1999; Sacks, 2000, Nezavdal, 2003; and Baines & Stanley, 2004). Using performance tasks has been proposed as either an alternative or a supplemental assessment. It is imperative that we attempt to standardize criteria and scoring as much as possible (O'Neil, 1992). To this end, educators have begun using rubrics as an in-class, school, district, city, and even statewide tool. It is suggested that future teachers need hands-on experience with rubrics as part of their training. The current research asks several questions: Will teacher education students and faculty find rubrics useful, helpful, clear, and easy to use? Will teacher education students and faculty be interested in using rubrics in the future? Will instructors' grades be similar when using rubrics? Background and literature review The University of Minnesota Institute for Learning Disabilities introduced curriculum-based measurement (CBM) in the 1980s under the direction of Stanley L. Deno and Phyllis Mirkin. Increasing the reliability and validity of CBM procedures was the goal (Deno, 1987). "CBM has been portrayed as more than a measurement system, however, and as a commitment to a problem-solving model of resolving educational challenges" (Shinn, Nolet and Knutson, 1990). It is believed that performance tasks help educators gain information about the abilities and knowledge of learners of English as a second language (Warren & Goodwin, 1990). Alternative assessment techniques were introduced to be used with the increasing culturally and linguistically diverse school population. A common claim is that standardized tests, by their nature, include cultural bias (Wilson & Martin, 2000; Solano-Flores & Trumbull, 2003). As multi-cultural representation in American school systems grows, educators need more reflective methods of assessment, as well as teaching strategies. These theories extend to the education of students with disabilities (Meltzer, 1992). Fuchs and Fuchs (1995) state that CBM can be used with a class-wide orientation for low, average, and high achieving students; but for students with learning disabilities, CBM needs to focus on individuals. Currently, the trend in the nation to raise academic standards in schools, while including students with special needs in general education classes, is evidenced by recent legislation in the No Child Left Behind Act, 2001, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act, 2004. …