Rubrics as an evaluation tool in economics

Critical thinking and writing skills are necessary competencies for effective communication, problem resolution, and analysis in economics. Although there are several different approaches to evaluate critical thinking and writing skills, rubrics is an evaluation tool which provides more information...

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Autores:
Mora Rodríguez, Jhon James
Ochoa Díaz, Francisco Héctor
Tipo de recurso:
Article of investigation
Fecha de publicación:
2010
Institución:
Universidad ICESI
Repositorio:
Repositorio ICESI
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.icesi.edu.co:10906/82305
Acceso en línea:
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1578439
https://addletonacademicpublishers.com/contents-emfm/137-volume-5-2-2010/1651-rubrics-as-an-evaluation-tool-in-macroeconomics
http://hdl.handle.net/10906/82305
http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1578439
Palabra clave:
Enseñanza
Economía
Evaluación
Economics
Macroeconomía
Rights
openAccess
License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Summary:Critical thinking and writing skills are necessary competencies for effective communication, problem resolution, and analysis in economics. Although there are several different approaches to evaluate critical thinking and writing skills, rubrics is an evaluation tool which provides more information than numerical grades because it establishes a set of criteria which both professors and students know and are able to evaluate jointly. Meanwhile, rubrics provide students more effective feedback about critical aspects of a given course such as the identification of problems, the quality of evidence furnished by the students, accuracy of conclusions, and objective reflection, among