Benefitting from Rubrics A carefully designed rubric can offer a number of benefits to instructors. Rubrics help instructors to: reduce the time spent grading by allowing instructors to refer to a substantive description without writing long comments help instructors more clearly identify strengths and weaknesses across an entire class and adjust their instruction appropriately help to ensure consistency across time and across graders reduce the uncertainty which can accompany grading discourage complaints about grades An effective rubric can also offer several important benefits to students. Rubrics help students to: understand instructors’ expectations and standards use instructor feedback to improve their performance monitor and assess their progress as they work towards clearly indicated goals recognize their strengths and weaknesses and direct their efforts accordingly
LIFE SKILL EDUCATION World Health Organization (WHO) defined Life Skills as "the abilities for adaptive and positive behaviour that enable individuals to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday”. LIFE SKILL EDUCATION According to UNICEF, Life Skills is a behavior change or behavior development approach designed to address balance of three areas: • Knowledge • Attitude • Skills. Life skill has been classified into three broad categories: • Thinking skills: Thinking skills are the skill that enhances the logical faculty of the brain using an analytical ability, thinking creatively and critically, and developing problem-solving skills and improving decision-making abilities. • Social skills: Social skills include interpersonal skills, communication skills, leadership skills, management skills, advocacy skills, co-operation and team building skills, etc. • Emotional skills: Emotional skills, involves, knowing and being comfortable with ones