Evaluation

The task of trying to provide a grading rubric for the class is difficult for a number of reasons. First, we have never really been in charge of creating our own rubrics. Teachers usually just hand out a syllabus that defines what will be graded and how it will be done so. Our time in class is also relatively short and so we could not come up with a process on how to all collectively craft our own ideas into a unified decision. Personally I felt like this process was never meant to succeed. I’m not sure if that’s what was intended or if it just wasn’t possible. Either way, I did not feel like anything that I contributed would move the discussion forward. Some in the class viewed this as an opportunity to mold the rubric into one that would be “easy” where they wouldn’t have to put much effort in to receive a good grade. Others were trying to make the rubric fair. This conflict in interest hindered any sort of progress that could have been made.