Rubric Summary
With the technique, Rubric Summary, you award a ’grade’ (or score) for specific aspects of a piece of work, linked to the success criteria for the task. You then ask students to consider:
Why they think you have awarded this grade.
What they could do to get this higher.
For example, you might say: ‘See if you can find out why you scored “2” here, and how you might improve this score.’
Why use this technique?
Rubric Summary offers a degree of feedback in the first instance but encourages students to think hard about improvements themselves, before a specific steer is given by you. This thinking is likely to make learning more secure than if students were told what to do immediately.
Notes and tips
Students might work with peers when considering improvements. For example, students with higher grades might support those with lower ones.
It is important you check-in with student after they have started to think about their grades, to make sure they aren’t stuck and are on the right lines. We don’t want students feeling abandoned or that we don’t care.
Focused reflection
How well do you currently use this technique?
Is it a technique you will focus on developing?
If so, what are the key features you will focus on (things to do, and not do)?