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

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Edgar Dale's Cone of Experience

Edgar Dale's Cone of Experience Edgar Dale (1900-1985) served on The Ohio State University faculty from 1929 until 1970. He was an internationally renowned pioneer in the utilization of audio-visual materials in instruction. He also made major research contributions in the teaching of vocabulary and testing readability of texts. Jeanne S. Chall, an OSU Ph.D. graduate who went on to become a leading innovator in reading research. Perhaps Professor Dale's most famous concept was called the "cone of experience," a graphic depiction of the relationship between how information is presented in instruction and the outcomes for learners. Dale’s Cone first appeared in his 1946 textbook titled “Audio-Visual Methods in Teaching. This text is the grail for any educator wanting to successfully integrate AV materials into instruction. Dale intentions were not for the Cone to represent all ways of learning but instead to create a visual with which to categorize the progression ...

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