pt. 1. An introduction to rubrics --
What are the parts of a rubric? --
Part-by-part development of a rubric --
Part 1 : Task description --
Part 4 : Descriptions of the dimensions --
Creating your first rubrics : is it worth the time and effort? --
Rubrics provide timely feedback --
Rubrics prepare students to use detailed feedback --
Rubrics encourage critical thinking --
Rubrics facilitate communication with others --
Rubrics help us to refine our teaching skills --
Rubrics level the playing field --
3. How to construct a rubric --
Four key stages in constructing a rubric --
Stage 3 : Grouping and labeling --
Construction of a scoring guide rubric --
Construction of a three-to-five level rubric --
pt. 4. Rubric construction and use in different contexts --
4. Rubrics construction and the classroom --
Involving students in rubric construction --
Five models of collaborative rubric construction --
5. Rubric construction with others : teaching assistants, tutors, or colleagues --
Involving teaching assistants in rubric construction --
Involving tutorial staff in rubric construction --
Involving colleagues in rubric construction --
6. Grading with rubrics --
Performance anchors : being consistent and focused --
Detailed, formative feedback : gaining speed --
Individualized, flexible feedback : a trade-off --
Summative feedback : assigning grades --
Grading our own teaching methods--
Evaluating our own rubrics : metarubrics --
7. Variations on the theme --
Discipline-specific rubrics --
Science : laboratory work --
Business management : classroom participation --
Graphics design : portfolio review --
Rubrics for assignments done in stages : "staged" rubrics --
Several rubrics for one assignment : "multiple" rubrics --
A : Blank rubric format for a three-level rubric --
B : Blank rubric format for a four-level rubric --
C : Blank rubric format for a four-level rubric, landscape format --
D : Blank rubric format for a scoring guide rubric --
E : Interview analysis paper scoring guide rubric --
F : Leading a class discussion scoring guide rubric --
G : Portland State University Studies Program rubric : ethical issues --
H : Portland State University Studies Program rubric : holistic critical thinking --
I : Portland State University Studies Program rubric : quantitative literacy --
J : Portland State University Studies Program rubric : writing --
K : Portland State University Studies program rubric : diversity --
L : Web site information for Introduction to Rubrics --