Checklists & Rubrics
Overview
Checklists and rubrics help students understand expectations as they navigate more complex tasks and assignments. By listing learning targets and criteria, checklists and rubrics help students monitor their work, enhancing Metacognition and allowing for revisions, particularly during the Composition process. Older students are increasingly able to self-assess and provide feedback to peers, making checklists and rubrics essential tools for self-reflection, peer evaluation, and group activities.
Example: Use This Strategy in the Classroom
Learn how this school integrates rubrics and checklists. They use these tools to set clear criteria for self-assessments so students can take charge of revising, thus increasing Motivation and fostering a growth mindset. At 2:28, watch how students use colored pencils to identify evidence for having met the criteria, make comments, then revise their work, encouraging independent learning.
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From 3:04, watch how Goobric, a Google Chrome extension, allows for rubrics to be set for students' self- and peer- assessment. By setting a clear rubric for students to assess their own and their peers' work, Goobric promotes Metacognition to help learners better understand what is expected of them.
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Factors Supported by this Strategy
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When annotating, students engage deeply with a text and make their thinking visible while reading.
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When students reframe negative thoughts and tell themselves kind self-statements, they practice positive self-talk.
Student reflection on learning, particularly when done collaboratively, is critical for moving knowledge of content and strategies into Long-term Memory.
When students engage in a dialogue with themselves, they are able to orient, organize, and focus their thinking.
When students monitor their comprehension, performance, and use of strategies when reading and writing, they build their Metacognition and actively participate in the reading process.
