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A Rubric is the tool used for self assessment and the review of work by your peers. It is essential to the foundation needed to produce valuable content when writing. A wise man by the name of Norbert Elliot once said "Writing is not about just stomping snakes" followed by a visual that put in perspective what he means and what is expected not only from him but from anyone that is reading your writing. Consider that if an assignment asks for A, B, and C, will you just give A, B and C and get straight to the conclusion? That may work for minimal content but for the sake of collegiate level writing, it behooves you to include and exposition after your introductory comments and provide weight behind your topic and what you want to the reader to take away after reading the paper. To place this in greater perspective writing is not just an assignment but it is a true technology, that has endured many evolutionary changes and will continue to do so. In the same context your own writing will experience the same changes and as time passes the content will change but the approach and techniques will hold true to their origin. The use of a rubric is a non biased and direct method to approach and review the content on the work produced, it is to be made clear and have a grading scheme that will cover the essential points of any paper.

Rubrics: A Workshop by Kenneth Ronkowitz

Rubrics provide a powerful tool for grading and assessment that can also serve as a transparent and inspiring guide to learning. Rubrics have been used to increase transparency and accountability across K-12 and higher education, and in corporate and government settings. Rubrics are a printed set of scoring guidelines (criteria) for evaluating work (a performance or a product) and for giving feedback. Generally, they are put in the form of a chart with an x and y axis of performance criteria and a evaluative range or scale. There are a number of ways to categorize rubrics. One simple distinction is the holistic versus analytic rubric. A holistic rubric has one global, holistic rating for a behavior. This differs from an analytic rubric which has separate, holistic ratings of specified characteristics of a behavior.

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