Since most of my students have been out of school for various reasons and/or not successful in math in high school, the concept of an adult, multi-level, individually-paced classroom is new. During the first classes I introduce students to the expected behaviour needed for participating in this type of learning community, so they can become independent, respectful, self-directed learners. We discuss the four factors (social, emotional, physical and intellectual) and the three Ms (mindset, mindfulness and metacognition) that will affect their learning process. With my rubric, I wanted to reinforce the expected classroom behaviour along with effective study/learning behaviours, so I defined these factors with 10 describers.. I also wanted to use my rubric to introduce and have students participate in a beginner math stats activity where they can see how word describers can be changed into number describers, which can be changed into a percent score and then into a letter grade score similar to their progress charts and course letter grade. I chose 10 describers with 3 sets of scores (5-6, 7-8, 9-10) because the scores totals will result in their percent total, which can be converted to a letter grade using the standard percent to letter grade scale used at UFV.
After reviewing several rubrics on line for study skills rubrics, I decided to design my own analytical rubric, which would directly reflect and reinforce my class content as well as be easily readable and recognizable by my students. As they read the describers and reflect on their behaviour, they would be learning the role of reflection/metacognition and self-assessment in their own participation and learning process.
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Out of confusion comes clarity,
Leonne