Alexandra Weinholtz, Response

Alexandra Weinholtz
EDU 431

After reading these articles dealing with rubrics in the classroom, it can be a rewarding experience for teachers and students. I have not yet created my own rubric yet but realize how important one is for further development of a lesson. The articulation of a student is enhanced when brainstorming the contents of rubrics and is able to look for, recognize, and describe the qualities within the finished work. Student work begins to improve and is strengthened through the process.
I also believe that art teachers have one of the greatest outcomes of rubric development since they are able to give students multiple ways to perform. McCollister also believes that teachers can learn from their students which I strongly agree with. We learn through re-teaching concepts discovering our weaknesses as teachers and the changes that are needed within our instruction. She discusses how creating and modifying criteria rubrics in the art classroom model our willingness to learn and the creative process of teaching that we must never forget. Students and teachers learn from each other, along the process enhancing the qualities of their productivity as well as our own. The use of criteria rubric is an important strategy of assessment within an art classroom.