Rubric for Assessing Group Work

Student's Name

Knowledge Question:
What do you know from the data or information given?

Goal Question:
What do you want to know? Do you have enough information to determine the answer?

Comprehension Question:
How do you determine the answer or answers?

Analysis Question:
How did you predict each runner's time for the mini-marathon? How accurate do you think these predictions are? What might be some factors that would alter the time in which a runner finishes a shorter race?

Application Question:
Compare the men's and women's times. What could be a reason for the differences?

Evaluation Question:
Is there another way to represent the information that would be more accurate? Why or why not?

           
           
           
           
           

Key:

+

answered question thoroughly and accurately
(Student gives correct answer and can explain how he/she arrived at the answer.)

–

answered question with help from group
(Student gives correct answer but needs help from the group for an explanation or provides explanation but needs help from the group determining the correct answer.)

0

unable to answer question accurately
(Student cannot give correct answer or explain how to arrive at an answer.)

Note: These questions are from an activity on the Boston Marathon. The types of questions asked might vary with the activity and relate to multiple intelligences, orders of thinking, or both.

Source: Gretchen Buher, "Assessing the Learning Process," May 2004. Available on LEARN North Carolina at http://www.learnnc.org.