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Understanding assessment rubricsPrimaryConnections: Continuing Professional Development 2014

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Facilitator

Ms Sophia McLean

Professional Learning Manager

PrimaryConnections

Australian Academy of Science

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Workshop purpose

You are here to develop knowledge and understanding of the purposes and detail of assessment rubrics and to experience their application in the PrimaryConnections curriculum resources.

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Workshop outline (90 minutes)

INTRO: Purpose, outline, outcomes(5 mins)

ENGAGE: Beliefs about rubrics(10 mins)

EXPLORE: Explore the purposes of rubrics(20 mins ) Identify the root purpose of rubrics

EXPLAIN: The embedded assessment processes in PrimaryConnections(25 mins) De-constructing a PrimaryConnections rubric

Identifying opportunities for gathering evidence of learning outcomes

ELABORATE: Student science journals and using rubrics(20 mins)

EVALUATE:Reflect on learning (10 mins)

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Outcomes

On completion of this module participants will understand:

 • the purposes of assessment rubrics

• the detail of the PrimaryConnections assessment rubrics

• the range of assessment processes providing evidence of learning in the curriculum resources

• the Australian Curriculum:Science outcomes of the curriculum units

• the use of the PrimaryConnections assessment rubrics

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ENGAGE

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Beliefs continuum

Assessment rubrics: Beliefs continuum

_________________________________________Disagree Agree

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EXPLORE

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Inter-relationship digraph

A tool that helps to identify the root factor of something.

What is the root purpose of a rubric?

Brainstorm the purposes of rubricsMulti-vote to the top 5 purposesUse the Inter-relationship digraph to identify the root purpose

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EXPLAIN

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Phase Focus Assessment focus

ENGAGE Engage students and elicit prior knowledge ?

EXPLORE Provide hands-on experience of the phenomenon ?

EXPLAIN Develop scientific explanations for observations and represent developing conceptual understandingConsider current scientific explanations ?

ELABORATE Extend understanding to a new context or make connections to additional concepts through a student-planned investigation

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EVALUATE Students re-represent their understanding and reflect on their learning journey and teachers collect evidence about the achievement of outcomes

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PrimaryConnections 5Es teaching and learning model

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Features of an assessment rubric

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ELABORATE

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Student science journals and using assessment rubrics

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EVALUATE

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Thinkers keys

The Reverse: Name a use of rubrics that is inappropriate.

The Question: Rubric is the answer. Write five questions that would link to this answer.

The Brick Wall: Rubrics are essential for assessing whether effectivelearning has taken place.Break down the wall by suggesting other ways of assessing “effective learning”.

The Alphabet: List words from A to Z that link with “rubrics”

What if: What if rubrics did not exist for PrimaryConnections units?