Name:___________________________________

Date:__________________
Seminar Student Self-Evaluation Rubric
Please reflect on your experience during Seminar by completing the student-evaluation
section of the rubric below (top half). Once you have completed your section, please
turn it in to the box.

Student Evaluation

Categor
y
Seminar
Preparati
on
Seminar
Discussio
n
Text
Reference

Seminar
Speaking

Teacher Observation

Seminar
Listening

Seminar
Preparati
on

Excellent (3)

Satisfactory (2)

Needs Improvement
(1)

Had texts annotated and

marked optimally.
Appeared fully ready to
participate.

Had texts marked to

some degree; still
needs
practice in this area.

Ready to discuss.
Most discussion on
topic and
relevant.

Came to seminar
without marked texts.

Did not appear

ready
to discuss.
Little or no discussion or
not
on task.

Referenced points in
text,
but did not connect to
discussion.
Participation tended to
over
or under speak and
may have
forgotten either to
address
others by their names
or
make eye contact.

Did not reference text.

All discussion on topic

and
relevant.
Referenced texts to
support
discussion.
Optimum balance of
speaking
and used others names
when
referring to them or their
ideas.

Displayed behaviors of
an
active listener
throughout.

Had texts annotated and

marked optimally.
Appeared fully ready to
participate.

Seminar
Discussio
n

All discussion on topic

and
relevant.

Text
Reference

Referenced texts to
support
discussion.

Seminar
Speaking

Optimum balance of
speaking
and used others names
when

Participation tended to
over or
under speak and forgot
to
address others by their
names
or make eye contact.

Displayed behaviors of
an
active listener for
much of
the discussion.

Did not appear to be

listening
for portions of the
discussion.

Had texts marked to

some degree; still
needs
practice in this area.

Ready to discuss.
Most discussion on
topic and
relevant.

Came to seminar
without marked texts.

Did not appear

ready
to discuss.
Little or no discussion or
not
on task.

Referenced points in
text,
but did not connect to
discussion.
Participation tended to
over
or under speak and
may have

Did not reference text.

Participation tended to
over or
under speak and forgot
to

referring to them or their

ideas.

Seminar
Listening

Displayed behaviors of
an
active listener
throughout.

forgotten either to
address
others by their names
or
make eye contact.
Displayed behaviors of
an
active listener for
much of
the discussion.

Student Total: ________ /15=_______%

________/15=________%
Points for Further Discussion (student and/or teacher):

address others by their

names
or make eye contact.
Did not appear to be
listening
for portions of the
discussion.

Teacher Total: