Greetings.

One note, the Running head should have suppressed on the subsequent pages.

Dave

Relevance - How to best develop and use rubrics is certainly relevant to post-secondary education. As the paper relates to the topic of using technology in the classroom, rubrics are not necessarily new technology. However, the technology aspect does come in when the various websites used to help create rubrics were discussed.

Significance - Rubrics certainly are valuable feedback tools and I appreciated reading the advantages and disadvantages of the different types of rubrics. That was helpful.

Originality - It is difficult to make the topics of rubrics original, unless it is being presented to those who are completely unfamiliar with rubrics. For that audience, I can see how this paper would be presenting an innovative practice.

Methodology - The methods of inquiry and interpretation were appropriate.

Generalizability - The use of rubrics, especially being that there are so many varieties does appear to work well across disciplines because they can be tailored for different purposes.

Theoretical grounding - The theoretical grounding was extensive.

Clarity - Due to the organization of the paper, there was information that was repeated. For example, one section introduced the various types and gave a brief description and then later on these same types were re-introduced again and given more in-depth descriptions. Perhaps the paper could have been organized so as to reduce repeating information. Also, I noticed the use of a contraction toward the bottom of page 6 (it's) and there seems to be a subject verb disagreement on the bottom of page 5 ("steps . . . includes" should be "steps . . . include.")

Thank you for the feedback.  It was an interesting paper to write.  I discovered that the "art" is in the practical application thus all the examples.  Since writing it I have done some additional work on Developmental Rubrics.

Dave

Dear authors,

This is a well thought out, relevant study that simplified the process of ‘how to’ create rubrics for evaluating performance and instruction using predetermined criteria. I have used both the holistic and analytical. This study demonstrated the value, benefits, and drawback use of different rubric types (holistic, analytical, developmental and single point). Nice work linking the rubrics to the appropriate theories.

May I suggest that in the abstract sentence on the theoretical foundations (Blooms, etc.), to specify “holistic, analytical, and single point” before “rubric styles” for clarification as you did for developmental. While there are grammatical and APA issues, no doubt they will be remedied with editing. This is a great study that simplified the complex rubrid language with well done visual charts.

Greetings Joan

Thank you for your review.

Yes, it seems like every time I look at it I find something that needs some work-I guess that keeps us humble 

Dave

Thank you, Mary.

I appreciate the comments and will incorporate them in the final draft.

Dave

Very interesting and in-depth manuscript. This is one I will keep in my library. Rubrics are a great source of feedback. Thus, the combination of qualitative and quantitative feedback helps students learn and modify their performance and techniques for future assignments. However, we also know that a combination of summative and formative assessments are needed. Well-designed rubrics can meet this requirement. Also, rubrics (after grading the assignment) can provide a catalyst for the instructor to modify the classroom delivery to ensure learning occurs. Great paper! Thank you for some enjoyable reading.

Greetings and thank you for the comments.

Dave