Sandra K. Friday
When students have a rubric, they also have a method of assessing their own understanding of an activity as they move through the process. With my students at the Annex, I often model the rubric with the class, so that when they go through the process themselves, they have experienced it with me. Depending upon the skill abilities of your students, you can ask them to assess their understanding along the way, using the rubric. Both text and art rendering can be used in this way. Their final project should have a handout that lists the steps and score for each step so that they can assess how well they are completing the task. Even the presentation at the end should have a rubric so they know what is expected of them when they present their project to the class. I have found that self-assessment gives them control and watermarks along the way so they have a very real sense of what they understand and where they need more help.