Educational Philosophical Statement Rubric (EPS Rubric)

Criterion Undocum Minimal 1 Basic 2 Proficie Advance Comments

ented 0 Unaccept Acceptab nt 3 d4
Unaccepta able le Accepta Accepta
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Idea The The Statemen Using Using 4 - Paper uses

Development statement statement t generall sound generally sound
does not expresse logically y sound assumpt assumptions
address s the develops assump ions and and arguments.
the author’s the tions argume
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author’s views author’s and nts, the
practical
views about the views argume stateme
about the purposes about the nts, nt experience, and
purposes of purposes based logically includes a
of education of on develop variety of ways
education, , guiding educatio practica s the the student
guiding education n, l author’s hopes to teach
education al guiding experie views future students.
al principles educatio nce, the about Student
principles, , nal stateme the appropriately
understan understa principle nt purpose
writes about the
ding of nding of s, logically s of
different
learning, learning, understa develop educatio
and/or the and/or nding of s the n, teaching
most the most learning, author’s guiding strategies she
appropriat appropria and/or views educatio hopes to
e te the most about nal implement like
strategies strategies appropri the principle cognitivism and
for for ate purpose s, constructivism.
teaching. teaching, strategie s of underst
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statement ambiguo teaching. on, of
is us or not However, guiding learning,
incoheren connecte the educati and/or
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brief or always es, ate
contains consiste underst strategie
major nt and/or anding s for
logical convinci of teaching
inconsiste ng. learning . The
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teachin ogical
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ones.

Illustrative No Supportin Example Support Specific 4 - Madison

Examples illustrat g s in ing example appropriately
ive examples support example s from uses specific
exampl are of points s from the examples from
es are inadequat are the writer’s
personal
include e or of relevant writer’s personal
experiences -
d. unclear but experie experien
relevance general nce are ce, like her
. or not specific academi schooling
based and c work, history with
inexperie pertinen or field terrific teachers,
nce. t. experien as well as, her
ce current
illustrate experience as
points in an aide.
a vivid
or
memora
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Quality of The The The The In 2 - The

Writing statemen statement statemen stateme addition statement is
t is very , though t is nt is to being understandable.
difficult compreh understa clear, clear, The paper is
to read ensible, ndable well well
mostly
because has plus two organiz organize
organized
of its obvious of the ed, free d, free
style, problems following from from although some
usage, in two of : errors errors of paragraphs
mechani the 1) of mechani should be
cs, or following orga mechani cs and separated into 2
organizat areas: nized cs and usage, paragraphs to
ion. style, , usage, and elaborate on
usage, 2) free and written each topic
and from written in an better, while
mechanic error in an appropri
other areas
s, or s of appropri ate
should be
organizati mech ate academi
on. anics academi c style, rearranged or
omitted to
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usag stateme understanding.
e, nt: No noticeable
3) in an 1) has spelling errors;
appr a
however, there
opria singl
are punctuation
te e,
acad unify errors like
emic ing adding or
style. them removing
e commas. Some
and sentences need
2) is to be edited for
stro better
ngly understanding,
sugg
and some
estiv
should be
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the omitted to help
write the flow of the
r’s paper.
voic
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Additional The overall message of Madison’s paper is appropriate Total:

Comments
10
and clearly stated. I really like the use of personal
experience and the different strategies she hopes to
implement. I would love to see some elaboration on
topics such as influencing academic success,
promoting comfort and safety, and encouraging high
expectations. I also like how Madison implemented the
cognitive and constructivist styles of teaching;
however, to strengthen her paper, I feel that direct
citations/references could truly reinforce her hopes and
ideas.
Reviewee: Date:
Madison Humphries 02/09/2020
Evaluator: Date:
Leslie Hudson 03/08/2020