Long time PLC member Ben Lev in Sebastopol, CA has a question for the group:
Hey Ben:
I use jGR rubric on a 10 scale for Interpersonal Conversational Skills grade about once a week. My way of staying sane is to assume students are around 8/10 unless they show me otherwise, up or down on the scale. But there are those really shy students who never pipe up, and those extroverts who dominate. I know how to manage the extroverts: I give them a thumbs up, and pull a zipper across my mouth, which means “Good job, I recognize you, now quiet please.” But how do I fairly assess those desperately quiet ones? How do you assess Interpersonal Conversation? How often? I bet this has been discussed a million times on the PLC, but I’ve been out of touch recently and would love some help.