I am curious. I am a habitual user of rubrics. I actually teach a mini lesson about rubrics: how to read them, decipher them, reword them and then how to let the rubric guide the students' time managment, etc. I use rubrics found online but edit them to suit my audience and purpose. I guess you could say, my classes, especially English classes are rubric oriented. I always give a rubric with the assignments and regularly refer students back to that rubric. Does anyone else depend so heavily on their rubrics? Is there an easier way to keep students focused, on task and in control of their own learning?
