After reading “Measuring What Matters: Assessing Creativity, Critical Thinking, and the Design Process,” by Kate Shively, Krista M. Smith, and Lisa DaVia Rubenstein, I rewrote the lyrics of “Another Brick in the Wall Part 2” by Pink Floyd to express the importance of how I will begin creating a focus that aligns with the process of design through rubric and discussion, rather than a working end product when completing creative and critical thinking tasks within the classroom. By focusing on product rather than the journey to get there, students are losing feedback for work put into critical thinking, creativity, and the process of design. Creating and utilizing rubrics focused on these three components, rather than solely an end product, allows students the feedback and support needed to foster valuable problem solving skills.
Another Grade in the Book
We don't need no false assessment
We don’t need no misleading goals
No focus on the ending product
Teacher, where’s the process gone?
Hey, teacher, where’s the process gone?
All in all, it's how they’re learning for life
All in all, they’re learning skills that follow for life.
We need focus on design
We need focus on the process
The critical thinking and reflection
Teacher, how’d we get here? Not what we made
Hey, teacher, it’s not just what we made
All in all, it's how they’re learning for life
All in all, they’re learning skills that follow for life.
If you don't assess their design process, they’ll never learn critical thinking!
How can you focus on the end product without critical thinking?
You! Yes, you assessing end product performance
Include reasoning, laddy!
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