Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Art Class Grading Mr. Davis is teaching a unit on shading. He takes his class to an outside garden, and while the students are creating compositions focusing on the shadows and colors they see, he walks around and observes their progress. He's not sure on how to score the students without interrupting them. What should he base his scoring on? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Mr. Davis should create and use a holistic rubric in order to assess student learning without interrupting students. He could specify a few certain criteria that he is looking for with shading and very quickly walk around and see if students are showing mastery or not. Criteria for such a rubric could be simply color, contrast, and blending. Students would either be showing they have mastered these things or not. Mr. Davis could review these items the next day in class before students continued their work. He could also show exemplar examples in order for students to gain a full understanding of expectations of shading. Students would not even know that he was assessing their work as he walked around quietly.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Rubrics are a great way to assess art skills! Rated On: October 19, 2014 5:09 pm Rated By: Amber Bowling                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I agree with this solution. Holistic grading would benefit this art teacher tremendously. I also like the suggestions the solution offered pertaining to the criteria of the rubric the teacher could use. Rated On: October 19, 2014 6:54 pm Rated By: Whitney                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Rubrics are the best way to assess learning. You could even have a checkpoint system as well. Rated On: October 19, 2014 10:23 pm Rated By: Ashley Gladden                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Totally agree with this solution, a holistic rubric is a innovative plan. Rated On: March 2, 2015 12:03 am Rated By: Qebysu                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I think this is a great idea. Rated On: October 20, 2019 6:13 pm Rated By: Anastasia Stampoulis                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Good examples of how to move forward Rated On: November 1, 2021 3:42 am Rated By: yhedyZ