Rubric for Assessment of Constructivist Elements
5=Excellent 4-Good 3=Satisfactory 2=Fair 1=Poor/Unsatisfactory
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| Activities are relevant to learning outcomes. | |||||
| Activities allow for identification of learners’ prior knowledge. | |||||
| Activities allow learners to demonstrate learning in a variety of ways. | |||||
| Activities are appealing, interesting and engaging for learners. | |||||
| Activities promote student engagement and active participation. | |||||
| Learning environment presents relevant and real-world content. | |||||
| Activities afford opportunities for learners to explore ideas. | |||||
| Appropriate stimuli provided for students to develop, modify or change ideas. | |||||
| Multimedia/Hypermedia used primarily for learner to construct knowledge. | |||||
| Computer tools are appropriate for learners and for the task. | |||||
| Learners have opportunities to relate new and existing knowledge. | |||||
| Learners are afforded opportunities for ownership over their own learning. | |||||
| Learners have access to several resources or tools. | |||||
| Learners have multiple opportunities to apply learning. | |||||
| Learners have multiple opportunities for social negotiation. | |||||
| Learners have opportunities for collaboration and cooperation with peers. | |||||
| Learners have opportunity to evaluate their progress. | |||||
| Learners are provided opportunities for self-reflection. | |||||
| Teacher acts as facilitator: scaffolding learning, providing assistance and feedback, and establishing expectations. | |||||
| Assessment tests the learning outcomes. Assessment of skills involves using the skills, not describing them verbally. |
References
Design of Constructivist Learning Environments (CLEs) Retrived from http://www.accesswave.ca/~hgunn/special/papers/hypertxt/cle.html
Learning Resources Unit @ BCIT (2003). Contructivist e-learning methodologies: A Module development guide. Pan-Canadian Health Informatics Collaboratory. Retrieved from http://resources.connect.ubc.ca/
Lefoe, G. (1998). Creating Constructivist Learning Environments on the Web: The Challenge in Higher Education ASCILITE98 Conference Proceedings. Retrieved from: http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/wollongong98/asc98-pdf/lefoe00162.pdf