OK so there are two rubrcis we can now choose from – Mike and Dave’s – great rubrics. They are similar but Mike prefers Dave’s version, explaining:
Here is Mike’s message:
Ben –
I have included two rubrics— first mine and then David Ganahl´s version. Even if he does not want credit, the contributions that David made bring this rubric to the next level. I prefer (and am currently using) David´s version.
We both use “pay attention” for the first column because it is concrete.
Mike
So I suggest that perhaps – of course deferring to the professional decisions of each teacher, as always – that we use Dave’s version, since they both use it:
And then if we want we can use Mike’s version:
No doubt this will evolve into yet another form as more and more teachers develop the concept of aligning with ACTFL and the Three Modes of Communication in a way that is far beyond merely the concept of “participation”. We align with the research and with the suggestions of our national parent organization, and so we use rubrics like these two. We don’t judge kids by counting how many questions they can get right, which is bogus, especially in our profession because of the nature of how languages are acquired (as opposed to concrete sequential subject matter).