Socratic Seminar Analytic Rubric

Excellent Good Fair Unsatisfactory

Conduct Demonstratesrespectfor Generallyshows Participatesandexpressesa Displayslittle
thelearningprocess;has composurebutmay beliefthathis/herideasare respectforthe
patiencewithdifferent displayimpatience importantinunderstanding learningprocess;
opinionsandcomplexity; withcontradictoryor thetext;maymakeinsightful argumentative;takes
showsinitiativebyasking confusingideas; commentsbutiseithertoo advantageofminor
othersforclarification: comments,butdoes forcefulortooshyanddoes distractions;uses
bringsothersintothe notnecessarily notcontributetotheprogress inappropriate
conversation,movesthe encourageothersto oftheconversation;tendsto language;speaksto
conversationforward; participate;maytend debate,notdialogue. individualsrather
speakstoallofthe toaddressonlythe thanideas;arrives
participants;avoidstalking teacherorgetinto unpreparedwithout
toomuch. debates. notes,pencil/penor
perhapsevenwithout
thetext.
Understandsquestion Respondstoquestions Respondstoquestionsbut Extremelyreluctant
beforeanswering;cites voluntarily;comments mayhavetobecalledupon toparticipateeven
evidencefromtext; showanappreciation byothers;hasreadthetext whencalledupon;
expressesthoughtsin forthetextbutnotan butnotputmucheffortinto commentsillogical
completesentences;move appreciationforthe preparingquestionsandideas andmeaningless;
Speaking conversationforward; subtlerpointswithin fortheseminar;comments maymumbleor
& makesconnectionsbetween it;commentsare takedetailsintoaccountbut expressincomplete
Reasoning ideas;resolvesapparent logicalbutnot maynotflowlogicallyin ideas;littleorno
contradictoryideas; connectedtoother conversation. accounttakenof
considersothers speakers;ideas previouscomments
viewpoints,notonlyhis/her interestingenough orimportantideasin
own;avoidsbadlogic. thatothersrespondto thetext.
them.
Listening Paysattentiontodetails; Generallypays Appearstofindsomeideas Appearsuninvolved
writesdownquestions; attentionandresponds unimportantwhile intheseminar;
responsestakeintoaccount thoughtfullytoideas respondingtoothers;may commentsdisplay
allparticipants; andquestionsofother havetohavequestionsor complete
demonstratesthathe/she participantsandthe confusionsrepeateddueto misinterpretationof
haskeptup;pointsout leader;absorptionin inattention;takesfewnotes questionsor
faultylogicrespectfully; ownideasmay duringtheseminarin commentsofother
overcomesdistractions. distracttheparticipant responsetoideasand participants.
fromtheideasof comments.
others.
Reading Thoroughlyfamiliarwith Hasreadthetextand Appearstohavereador Studentis
thetext;hasnotationsand comeswithsome skimmedthetextbuthasnot unpreparedforthe
questionsinthemargins; ideasfromitbutthese markedthetextormade seminar;important
keywords,phrases,and maynotbewrittenout meaningfulnotesor words,phrases,ideas
ideasarehighlighted; inadvance;good questions;showsdifficulty inthetextare
possiblecontradictions understandingofthe withvocabulary; unfamiliar;nonotes
identified;pronounces vocabularybutmay mispronouncesimportant orquestionsmarked
wordscorrectly. mispronouncesome words;keyconcepts inthetext;no
neworforeignwords. misunderstood;little attemptmadetoget
evidenceofseriousreflection helpwithdifficult
priortotheseminar. material.
(AdaptedwithpermissionfromPaulRaider)