Designing Rubrics For Quality-Driven Evaluation: Structure and Guidelines

Aleena George S

Sankalp Publication

About this ebook

About the book The importance of rubrics, their uses in the classroom, rubrics as an evaluation tool as well as a learning tool, rubric construction and validation, and future options in the development of rubrics are all covered in this book. Rubrics are useful at all stages of education, from elementary school to higher education, and they help to make the assessment process fairer and uniform. The rubric as an assessment tool that can be presented as a simple Rubric [yes/no performance indicators], or as a complex Rubric [descriptive banded performance indicators] since it must be in accordance with the learning outcomes or objectives. Teachers and students in higher education, as well as aspiring teachers, can benefit much from the book.

About the author

About the authors Aleena George S is a postgraduate in Education from Department of Education, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram and a postgraduate in Inorganic Chemistry from School of Chemical Sciences, MG university, Kottayam. She has passed the SET, CTET, and K-TET in chemistry and holds a NET-JRF in Education. She is enthusiastic about teaching and keeps up with educational trends and developments. Evaluation, educational measurement, rubrics, portfolios, and electronic assessment modalities are among her research interests. Dr Sameer Babu M. teaches in the Department of Education, University of Kerala, as Assistant Professor of Education. As part of his studies, he focuses on the psychology of learning and adolescents in general. Aggression, Bullying, and Victimization, Goal Orientation, Academic Self-Handicapping, Innovations in Higher Education Curriculum and Pedagogy, MOOCs and E-tivities, Technology for the Visually Impaired, Quality Concerns in Higher Education, and other topics are among his main interests. He also works with international organizations such as the Association of Management, the American Association of Educational Research, and Research Out to Asia as an editor and reviewer.