The Skillful Teacher

Characteristics of Helpful Evaluations
From these four examples of favorable and unfavorable evaluations
we can discern key characteristics of evaluations that can be
described as helpful.
Clarity
Be as clear and transparent as possible in your evaluative judgments.
Let students know from the outset what criteria you are using to judge
their efforts. Describe specific actions you find favorable or unfavor-
able and those on which you want students to concentrate. As an
example of my attempt to do this, here is the grading rubric I used in
a graduate education class I taught while writing this chapter:
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