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ED 366 Reflective Paper Grading Rubric (Aligned w/ INTASC standards)
	1=Beginning 1-4 Points	2=Developing 5-8 Points	3=Accomplished 9-12 Points	4=Mastery 13-16 Points	Score
Exhibit the following elements of good writing: There is an introduction, body, and conclusion. The paragraphs have topic sentences, sentences supporting the topic sentences, and transitions between paragraphs. The sentences are grammatically correct.	Most of the elements of good writing were NOT present	Many of the elements of good writing were NOT present	Many of the elements of good writing were present	All of the elements of good writing were present
Describe Barzun's thesis about what to teach, analyze your lesson's content, and describe how your lesson follows his advice. (INTASC Standard 1)	Misrepresents Barzun’s thesis and does not analyze the lesson’s content	Misrepresents Barzun’s thesis or does not analyze the lesson’s content	Articulates Barzun’s thesis and applies it to the analysis of the lesson’s content	Articulates Barzun’s thesis and applies it to the analysis of the lesson’s content and demonstrates an understanding of how to make the content meaningful to their future students
How does your lesson answer the following questions from Dewey (concerning the "Formal Steps of Instruction"): What prior knowledge do my students have? What pictures will I show? What comparisons shall I lead them to draw, what similarities to recognize? What is the general principle toward which the whole discussion should point as its conclusion? By what applications shall I try to fix, to clear up, and to make real their grasp of this general principle? What activities of their own may bring it home to them as a genuinely significant principle? (INTASC Standards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)	Fails to describe how the lesson answers any of Dewey’s questions	Describes how the lesson answers only some of Dewey’s questions	Describes how the lesson answers all of Dewey’s questions	Describes how the lesson answers all of Dewey’s questions and demonstrates a clear understanding of why it is important to do so
How does your lesson follow any of the author's advice from the book "White Teachers/Diverse Classrooms" (either assigned or unassigned readings) about how to plan lessons, use effective pedagogies, and build on prior knowledge to reach your future diverse students? (INTASC Standards 3, 4, 5, 7)	Fails to describe how the lesson follows "White Teachers/Diverse Classrooms" advice about how to plan lessons, use effective pedagogies, and build on prior knowledge to reach your future diverse students	Partially describes how the lesson follows "White Teachers/Diverse Classrooms" advice about how to plan lessons, use effective pedagogies, and build on prior knowledge to reach your future diverse students	Fully describes how the lesson follows "White Teachers/Diverse Classrooms" advice about how to plan lessons, use effective pedagogies, and build on prior knowledge to reach your future diverse students	Fully describes how the lesson follows "White Teachers/Diverse Classrooms" advice about how to plan lessons, use effective pedagogies, and build on prior knowledge to reach your future diverse students and demonstrates a clear understanding of why it is important to do so
How does your lesson follow INTIME's Principles of teaching and Learning? (INTASC Standards 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) Online at: INTIME's Principles of teaching and Learning found online at: http://www.intime.uni.edu/model/modelimage.html	Fails to describe how the lesson exemplifies some of INTIME’s principles of teaching and learning	Partially describes how the lesson exemplifies some of INTIME’s principles of teaching and learning	Fully describes how the lesson exemplifies some of INTIME’s principles of teaching and learning	Fully describes how the lesson exemplifies some of INTIME’s principles of teaching and learning and demonstrates a clear understanding of why they are important
Which of the INTASC principle(s) does your lesson best exemplify? Why? Standards found online at: http://www.ccsso.org/content/pdfs/corestrd.pdf	Fails to describe which INTASC standard the lesson best exemplifies	Partially describes which INTASC standard the lesson best exemplifies	Fully describes which INTASC standard the lesson best exemplifies	Fully describes which INTASC standard the lesson best exemplifies and demonstrates a clear understanding of why it is important to follow that standard