Teacher Notes - Class Organization/Rubrics for Assessment1
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Activity Summary: Students will be able to...• Describewhattheclassroomrulesare.• Describewhattheyshouldkeepintheirengineeringjournal.• Describehowtheirengineeringjournalwillbeassessed.• Describehowthefollowingrubricswillbeused: PresentationRubric WritingCriteriaRubric ProjectProposalAssessment RobotBuildingRubric DesignReviewRubrics
Central Concepts Introductiontoclassroomrules Introductiontohowpartsofthecoursewillbegraded
Prerequisites Acopyoftherubricsshownabovethattheteacherdefinesasimportanttosharewiththeclass.
Approximate Class Time 3days,studentsareresponsibletocompleteallclassworknotcompletedinclassforhomework
Note to the TeacherThebeginningofthecourseisalwaysthebesttimetoestablishtheclassroomrules.Aroboticsclasshasmanypartsandpiecesthatyouwillwantthestudenttoberesponsiblefor.Makesurethatyou:• Definewhereyouwantthekitstobestoredattheendoftheday.• Definewhatcleanuplookslike.• Definewhenstudentsareallowedtoleaveyourclass(aftertheyhavecleaneduptheir
areaorafterthewholegroupisdonecleaningup).• Definewhatwillhappeniftheclassroomisnotcleanattheendoftheperiod.
Projectbasedlearningoftenmeansworkinginteams.Therubricsthatarepartofthislessonallowsallmembersoftheteamtoberesponsibleforkeepinguptheirclassnotesandfordocumentingtheirteamsproject.
Description of the Activity Studentswilllearnwhattheteacher’sexpectationsareforstudentsinthiscourse;howtheyshouldbehave,wheretheyshouldputthings,andhowtheywillbeevaluated.Studentslearnthattheyarerequiredtokeepanengineeringjournalwherealloftheirclassnotes,programs,anddrawingswillreside.Theywillreceiveasetofrubricsthattheycanusetoevaluatetheirworkbeforetheyturnitintotheteacher.
Teacher Notes - Class Organization/Rubrics for Assessment2
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Assessment Rubrics
Timelyassessmentisparamountintoday’seducationalenvironment.Aclearexpectationofwhatisbeingassessedisakeytotrainingstudents.Traditionalassessmentsareprovidedinthecurriculum;iequizzes.Theassessmentsfoundinthissectionareassessmentrubricsforproject-basedlearning.Therearemanyothertoolsthatateachermayuse,butthissectionprovidessomeexamples.Rubricsallowallstakeholderstoseewhatisbeingmeasured.
Writing Criteria Rubric-Writingisaprocessandgoodwritingrequiresseveralsteps:brainstorming,outlining,prewriting,andediting.Thisisasimplerubricthatcheckforthosesteps.
Engineering Journal Rubric-Explainstostudentswhatisexpectedintheirengineeringjournals.
Presentation Rubric-Helpsstudentsdeterminewhatagoodpresentationshouldinclude.
Request for Proposal Rubric-HelpsstudentstodeterminewhatisbeingevaluatedintheirRPFsubmission.
Work Habit Evaluation-Thisisagreattoolforstudentstousetodevelopstrongworkhabits.
Workplace Competencies Rubric-Thisrubrichelpsstudentstodeveloptheskillsthatarevaluedbyindustry.
Internal Design Rubric-Thisevaluationtoolhelpsstudentsunderstandtheexpectationsandpreparationneededforaninternaldesignreview.
External Design Review-Thisevaluationtoolhelpsstudentsunderstandtheexpectationsandpreparationneededforanexternaldesignreview.
Classroom ImplementationThereismorethanonewaytointroducethislessonset.Belowisonewaytoimplementthelesson.
1. Discussclassroomorganizationruleswithstudents.Wheredoyouwantrobotkitsstored,whoisresponsibleforcleanup,discusshowharditistokeepaprojectmovingforwardwithoutorganization.
2. Handoutthe“WorkHabitEvaluation”Rubricanddiscussitwiththeclass.Therubricmaybemodifiedtofityourclassesneeds.Ifyouprefer,youmaychoosetousethe“WorkplaceCompetenciesRubric”.Thekeyistomakestudentsresponsiblefortheirownbehavior.
3. Discuss“WhatisEngineering”.Useanexampleofamajorlocalprojectthatwouldtakeagroupofpeopletocompleteoveracoupleofyears.Askyourstudentshowtheteamworkingontheprojectwasabletomanagetheproject.Trytoleadthemtoananswerthatrequires“documentation”.
4. Givestudentsthehandoutthatdescribestheirengineeringjournal-“KeepingandEngineeringJournal”.5. Reviewtherubricthatwillbeusedtoevaluatethestudent’sengineeringjournal-“RubrictoEvaluatean
EngineeringJournal”.6. Havethestudentsprepareapresentationononeofthefollowingtopics: -Positiveworkhabits -Theimportanceoforganizationwhenworkingonacomplexproject -Ateacherselectedtheme7. Handoutthe“PresentationRubric”andusetherubrictoevaluatestudentpresentations.-Thismaybe
modifiedbaseontheamountoftimeyouhavetodedicatetoactivity.8. Discusstheotherrubricsthatwillbeusedforassessmentastheclassmovesforward.Note:Themostimportantpartsofthislessoninvolvetheclassroomorganizationrules,theworkhabitevaluationrules,andtheengineeringjournal.
Thenextpageandonehalfcontainsabriefdescriptionoftheassessmentrubrics.
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