Debate-Proof Grades: Experiences and Challenges of Using a Grading Rubric in a Social Welfare Policy Course

REFERENCES

• Andrade , H. 2000 . Using rubrics to promote thinking and learning . Educational Leadership , 57 ( 5 ) : 13 – 18 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Andrade , H. 2005 . Teaching with rubrics . College Teaching , 53 ( 1 ) : 27 – 30 .
   Google Scholar
• Andrade , H. 2008 . Self-assessment through rubrics . Educational Leadership , 65 ( 4 ) : 60 – 63 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Andrade , H. and Du , Y. 2005 . Student perspectives on rubric-referenced assessment . Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation , 10 ( 3 ) : 1 – 11 .
   Google Scholar
• Badger , K. 2009 . Peer teaching and review: A model for writing development and knowledge synthesis . Social Work Education , 29 ( 1 ) : 6 – 17 . doi: 10.1080/02615470902810850
   Google Scholar
• Bloom , B. 1956 . Taxonomy of educational objectives: Volume 1. Cognitive domain , New York , NY : Mckay .
   Google Scholar
• Bloom , B. S. , Krathwohl , D. R. and Masia , B. B. 1956 . Taxonomy of educational objectives: The classification of educational goals , New York , NY : D. McKay .
   Google Scholar
• Chapman , V. and Inman , M. 2009 . Rubrics or creativity/metacognitive development? . Education Digest , 75 ( 2 ) : 53 – 56 .
   Google Scholar
• Council on Social Work Education2008Educational policy and accreditation standards. http://www.cswe.org/File.aspx?id=13780 (http://http://www.cswe.org/File.aspx?id=13780)
   Google Scholar
• Dowden , T. , Pittaway , S. , Yost , H. and McCarthy , R. 2011 . Students' perceptions of written feedback in teacher education: Ideally feedback is a continuing two-way communication that encourages progress . Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education , : 1 – 14 . doi: 10.1080/02602938.2011.632676
   Google Scholar
• Hafner , J. and Hafner , P. 2003 . Quantitative analysis of the rubric as an assessment tool: An empirical study of student peer-group rating . International Journal of Science Education , 25 ( 12 ) : 1509 – 1528 . doi: 10.1080/0950069022000038268
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Halonen , J. S. , Bosack , T. , Clay , S. , McCarthy , M. , Dunn , D. S. , Hill , I. G. W. and Whitlock , K. 2003 . A rubric for learning, teaching, and assessing scientific inquiry in psychology . Teaching of Psychology , 30 ( 3 ) : 196 – 208 . doi: 10.1207/s15328023top3003_01
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Harder , J. 2010 . Overcoming MSW students' reluctance to engage in research . Journal of Teaching in Social Work , 30 ( 2 ) : 195 – 209 . doi: 10.1080/08841231003705404
   Google Scholar
• Hendry , G. D. , Armstrong , S. and Bromberger , N. 2011 . Implementing standards-based assessment effectively: Incorporating discussion of exemplars into classroom teaching . Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education , 37 ( 2 ) : 149 – 161 . doi: 10.1080/02602938.2010.515014
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hooper , R. I. and Butler , S. 2008 . Student transfer of general education English skills to a social work diversity course: Is it happening? . Journal of the Idaho Academy of Science , 44 ( 2 ) : 1 – 10 .
   Google Scholar
• Horton , E. G. and Diaz , N. 2011 . Learning to write and writing to learn social work concepts: Application of writing across the curriculum strategies and techniques to a course for undergraduate social work students . Journal of Teaching in Social Work , 31 ( 1 ) : 53 – 64 . doi: 10.1080/08841233.2010.539141
   Google Scholar
• Jonsson , A. and Svingby , G. 2007 . The use of scoring rubrics: Reliability, validity and educational consequences . Educational Research Review , 2 ( 2 ) : 130 – 144 . doi: 10.1016/j.edurev.2007.05.002
   Google Scholar
• Knight , L. A. 2006 . Using rubrics to assess information literacy . Reference Services Review , 34 ( 1 ) : 43 – 55 .
   Google Scholar
• Kohn , A. 2006 . The trouble with rubrics . English Journal , 95 ( 4 ) : 12 – 15 .
   Google Scholar
• Kuh , G. D. and Hu , S. 1999 . Unraveling the complexity of the increase in college grades from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s . Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis , 21 : 297 – 319 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mabry , L. 1999 . Writing to the rubric: Lingering effects of traditional standardized testing on direct writing assessment . Phi Delta Kappan , 80 ( 9 ) : 673 – 79 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mckeown , R. 2011 . Using rubrics to assess student knowledge related to sustainability . Journal of Education for Sustainable Development , 5 ( 1 ) : 61 – 74 . doi: 10.1177/097340821000500110
   Google Scholar
• Popham , W. 1997 . What's wrong and what's right with rubrics . Educational Leadership , 55 ( 2 ) : 72
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pryce , J. M. , Ainbinder , A. , Werner-Lin , A. V. , Browne , T. A. and Smithgall , C. 2011 . Teaching future teachers: A model workshop for doctoral education . Journal of Teaching in Social Work , 31 ( 4 ) : 457 – 469 . doi: 10.1080/08841233.2011.601941
   Google Scholar
• Reardon , R. C. , Leierer , S. J. and Lee , D. 2007 . Charting grades over 26 years to evaluate a career course . Journal of Career Assessment , 15 : 483 – 498 .
   Google Scholar
• Reddy , Y. M. and Andrade , H. 2010 . A review of rubric use in higher education . Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education , 35 ( 4 ) : 435 – 448 . doi: 10.1080/02602930902862859
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Royse , D. 2001 . Teaching tips for college and university instructors: A practical guide , Boston , MA : Allyn and Bacon .
   Google Scholar
• Sheafor , B. W. and Sheafor , B. A. 2001 . “ Grading ” . In Teaching tips for college and university instructors. A practical guide , Edited by: Royse , D. 183 – 211 . Boston , MA : Allyn and Bacon . InEd.pp.
   Google Scholar
• Spandel , V. 2006 . In defense of rubric . English Journal , 96 ( 1 ) : 19 – 22 .
   Google Scholar
• Thaler , N. , Kazemi , E. and Huscher , C. 2009 . Developing a rubric to assess student learning outcomes using a class assignment . Teaching of Psychology , 36 ( 2 ) : 113 – 116 . doi: 10.1080/00986280902739305
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Turley , E. D. and Gallagher , C. W. 2008 . On the “uses” of rubrics: Reframing the great rubric debate . The English Journal , 97 ( 4 ) : 87 – 92 .
   Google Scholar
• Vinton , L. and Wilke , D. 2011 . Leniency bias in evaluating clinical social work student interns . Clinical Social Work Journal , 39 ( 3 ) : 288 – 295 . doi: 10.1007/s10615-009-0221-5
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wilson , M. 2006 . Rethinking rubrics in writing assessment , Portsmouth , NH : Heinemann .
   Google Scholar
• Yoshina , J. M. and Harada , V. H. 2007 . Involving students in learning through rubrics . Library Media Connection , 25 ( 5 ) : 10 – 14 .
   Google Scholar