Journal 6- The Trouble with Rubics- Nets 5

Kohn, A. (2006). The Trouble with Rubrics. English Journal, 95(4), Retrieved October 6, 2009 from
http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/rubrics.htm

In this article the author Kohn, explained his opinion on using rubrics to grade students work. He claims that he does not like rubrics because educators have said rubrics make grading work quick and easy. He believes the assessment of students work should be looked at with more attention. He also stated that students then take less value in heir own work because they don’t believe they have to achieve as much in their assignments. He does say that rubrics can be used as long as used wisely. In order to use rubrics wisely they need to be created with specifications that pertain to the assignments and have much thought and effort put in when they are created.

What is your aspect on the use of rubrics for grading?

I believe a rubric’s value is at the teacher’s disposal. If the teacher sincerely reads at the assignment in full and takes an interest to all major and minor details they can be a beneficial way of organizing the assignment specifications and requirements. I believe if a teacher uses the comments to give a detailed description of why they gave that grade students can feel that their work is valued.

Are there specific subjects that rubrics work better with?

I believe that rubrics would work horrible for math considering the answers of math problems are either graded right or wrong, and the work shown should be considered when graded. Subjects like social sciences and writing material could be a better fit with rubrics because they could be better graded on a hit or miss basis. Rubrics seem to me to have a problem indentifying the grey matter between grades.