I came across a post from Cult of Pedagogy on Single Point Rubrics. The blogger, Jennifer Gonzalez, pointed out that single-point rubrics are more efficient and more effective for teachers and for students. Who doesn’t want to be more efficient and effective? Single-point rubrics can be created in less time and allow for better feedback. They are not so wordy, so they don’t take students as long to read, so perhaps they will be more inclined to do so (Gonzalez, 2015).
To differentiate between different types of rubrics, consider looking at an earlier blog post by Gonzales titled Know Your Terms: Holistic, Analytic, and Single-Point Rubrics. It spells out the differences between the types of rubrics and provides templates for each kind. As a user of primarily analytic rubrics, I’d like to give the single-point rubric a try. Two templates for single-point rubrics are available by clicking on the preceding link and scrolling to the bottom of the page.
If you’d like to read more about single-point rubrics, see this study by Jarene Fluckiger (2010). For a refresher on how to create, use, and grade with rubrics in Blackboard, check out my previous post titled Blackboard Rubrics: Efficient and Consistent.
Fluckiger, J. (2010). Single point rubric: A tool for responsible student self-assessment. Teacher Education Faculty Publications. Paper 5. http://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/tedfacpub/5.
Gonzalez, J. (2014, May 1) Know your terms: Holistic, analytic, and single-point rubrics.[web log] Retrieved from https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/holistic-analytic-single-point-rubrics/
Gonzalez, J. (2015, February 4) Meet the single point rubric.[web log] Retrieved from https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/single-point-rubric/
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