"Rubrics at Play" was an article that explained the different types of rubrics and how to use them effectively. There are four different ways that rubrics classified. These are holistic, analytic, specific or general. Holistic rubrics are rubrics that look at the whole performance and each section is usually worth the same amount of points. An analytic rubric focuses on understanding the problem, planning a solution, and getting an answer. Specific rubrics only address one task but holistic and analytic can both fall under this category. They can also both fall under general where the information does not have to be as specific. There was all the steps listed that explained how to create a rubric. The two main points when doing this were that teachers need to use student work and using the assessment task.
I found this article to be very interesting and informative. I did not know that the different types of rubrics were used when focusing on assessing certain things. I thought it was just up to the teacher to decide what rubric they wanted. I also have never heard of teachers letting their students help them create a rubric and decide what to put on the rubric. There were lots of examples that showed the different types of rubric which was useful because then I had a visual infront of me and compare and contrast the different characteristics of each rubric. Another part of the article that was interesting was the teacher's story of creating a rubric. It explains how she took the rubric and adapted it to analyze her students work. I liked this article and I learned a lot about the different types of rubrics and how to create them.
McGatha, M.B. & Darcy, P. (2010). Rubrics at play. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School. 15 (6), 329-336.
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