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Rúbrica (as used here)

English translation: rubric

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Spanish term or phrase:Rúbrica (as used here)
English translation:rubric
Entered by: gspcpt

11:01 Jun 9, 2019
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy
Spanish term or phrase: Rúbrica (as used here)
This word appears in a document from Spain, on teaching a practicum:

Para la valoración se emplea una rúbrica desarrollada ad hoc que cumplimentan todos los miembros del tribunal, donde se evalúan los siguientes ítems:
• Expresión oral y claridad expositiva.
• Cumplimiento de los objetivos del briefing. (etc.)

It sounds to me like a form that the members (teachers and cooperating company members) fill out to evaluate the performance of the student. But I have never heard this word used like this before, and can find no definition that seems to match. Any ideas?
gspcpt
Local time: 18:15
rubric
Explanation:
I have just taken advice on this from my wife, who is a Spanish secondary school teacher. She has explained to me that "rúbrica" is a very widely used term nowadays for what is effectively a set of assessment criteria: the criteria themselves and the document in which they are set out. The word that occurred to me immediately for this was "checklist", but she tells me that this Spanish use of "rúbrica" actually comes from English, where "rubric" is used in this sense. In my day "rubric" meant the instructions on an exam paper; you lost marks for not following the rubric. But nowadays "rubric" is this: it's like a checklist, but gives more detail. I'm sure it's the term you need. Apparently it's used at EU level, where many of the new concepts and terms in Spanish education come from, and "rubric" is the English equivalent.

The first examples of the many examples I found online were from the United States and Australia, but it's used in the UK too. Here's a good example:

https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/system/files/gen_164_0.pdf
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Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 18:15
Grading comment
Great answer! Thanks, my vocabulary has been expanded!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6rubric
Charles Davis
3rule/guide
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón


Discussion entries: 8





  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
rubric


Explanation:
I have just taken advice on this from my wife, who is a Spanish secondary school teacher. She has explained to me that "rúbrica" is a very widely used term nowadays for what is effectively a set of assessment criteria: the criteria themselves and the document in which they are set out. The word that occurred to me immediately for this was "checklist", but she tells me that this Spanish use of "rúbrica" actually comes from English, where "rubric" is used in this sense. In my day "rubric" meant the instructions on an exam paper; you lost marks for not following the rubric. But nowadays "rubric" is this: it's like a checklist, but gives more detail. I'm sure it's the term you need. Apparently it's used at EU level, where many of the new concepts and terms in Spanish education come from, and "rubric" is the English equivalent.

The first examples of the many examples I found online were from the United States and Australia, but it's used in the UK too. Here's a good example:

https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/system/files/gen_164_0.pdf

Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 18:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 676
Grading comment
Great answer! Thanks, my vocabulary has been expanded!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marcelo González
11 mins
  -> Thanks, Marcelo :-) Have a good Sunday!
agree  patinba: Thanks for this Charles. https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/educational-design/0/ste... defines it as a matrix or grid.
41 mins
  -> Thanks, Pat :-) Yes, that's what it is, in effect.
agree  Cristina Gonzalez: Yup. Used in the US nowadays too.
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Cristina :-) I'm behind the times!
agree  Adolfo Fulco
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, Adolfo :-)
agree  neilmac: 'Checklist' is immediately understandable, whereas 'rubric' is more recondite IMHO (I had to google "practicum", it's a new term for me).
8 hrs
  -> Cheers, Neil :-) Well I didn't know it! But everyone professionally involved in education these days does, apparently, and that's the audience, I presume.
agree  MollyRose
1 day 5 hrs
  -> Many thanks, Molly :-)
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
rule/guide


Explanation:
Also: rule, guide.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubric_(academic)

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 11:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 20
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