Student opinion on the use of rubrics at university

Abstract

The current educational model of training requires that all elements of the curriculum revolve around students’ development of competences. Also, the assessment should be directed to check the level of achievement of the required competences. For this purpose, a variety of data collection instruments are necessary in order to reveal the diversity of competences to acquire. Rubrics are one of the main tools used for this purpose. So in this investigation we decided to analyze the grade of adequacy of these assessment tools from the perception of university students. By applying a non-experimental descriptive method, we applied a self-development questionnaire to 440 students of Pedagogy. The results indicate good validity and reliability of the instrument and stablish the rubrics have high advantages over the possible disadvantages associated.