The project approach adopted a four-phase mixed method design across a two-year period that employed case study and Delphi methods of research.
The project was guided by a set of research questions which were aligned to the four project phases.
Project phases and research questions
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PROJECT PHASE AND FOCUS |
RESEARCH QUESTIONS |
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1-2: Effective rubrics |
1. What are the characteristics of effective rubrics? |
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2: Collaborative rubric construction and use |
2. How can students and teachers co-construct and plan the collaborative use of rubrics for student learning? |
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3-4: Effect of collaborative rubric construction on student learning |
3. What effect does the co-construction and use of rubrics have on student and lecturer perceptions of student learning? |
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4: Model of collaborative rubric construction and use |
4. What practical, research-informed recommendations can be used to engage students and academic staff in the collaborative process of designing and using assessment rubrics to promote learning? |
Phase 1: Organisation
- Team organisation
- Establishing project boundaries, scope and aims
- Construction of data gathering instruments required for Phase 2
Phase 2: Delphi technique/ Multiple case studies – Rubric co-construction
- Employment of the project's methodology
- Literature review
- Delphi technique to establish the characteristics of effective rubric design
- Creation of the Effective Rubric Characteristics Inventory (ERCI) that guided the subsequent rubric co-construction processes followed by six cohorts
Phase 3: Multiple case studies – Rubric use:
- Multiple case study approach was adopted - six cohorts of students at three institutions
- Co-construction of rubrics
- Use of co-constructed rubrics
- Gathering data about co-construction process, use of co-constructed rubrics, and views about rubrics, co-construction and use
Phase 4: Dissemination
- Created a Model for Collaborative Rubric Construction and Use
- Creation of project’s website
- Creation of project’s workshop materials
- Provision of project’s workshop
- Dissemination of project’s findings through Final Report and scholarly publications
For more details about the project’s methodology and methods, see:
- Effective rubric characteristics
- Co-construction processes
- Using co-constructed rubrics
- For a description of the early phases of the project’s methodology, see pages 425-427 of the paper we presented at the HERDSA 2017 Conference, Towards engaging students in curriculum transformation: What are the effective characteristics of rubrics?
- The Project’s Final Report: This Final Report will become available late in 2018.
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