Socratic Seminar Rubric
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Behavior
/ * The student is respectful of others’ opinions and is willing to consider other viewpoints* Asks others to join the conversation
* Speaks to all participants
* Does not dominate the discussion / * Participates but may become impatient with others’ opinions
* Comments, but does not encourage others to participate
* Does not directly address the other participants / * Participates but may be too opinioned or shy to clearly convey ideas
* Does not contribute to the discussion moving forward
* Debates / * Little respect shown
* May be argumentative or inappropriate
* Unprepared
Speaking
Thoughtfulness / * Responds and has complete understanding of questions.
* Makes connections between text, ideas and concepts.
* Makes connections between own and others’ viewpoints. / * Responds to questions
* Comments show an understanding of text
* Comments are logical.
* Others respond to presented viewpoints. / * Responds, but may wait until called upon.
* Has a surface level understanding of ideas presented in text.
* Responses may be hard for others to follow. / * Reluctant to respond.
* Incomplete thoughts or ideas.
* Does not consider other’s viewpoints when responding.
Attention / * Takes notes of questions and responses of others during the seminar.
* Respectfully is attentive to others.
* Not distracted. / * Pays attention during the seminar.
* May take some notes.
* May be focused on own ideas and not listen to other viewpoints. / * May find others’ viewpoints unimportant.
* Inattentive. / * Uninvolved in seminar.
* Misinterprets due to lack of attention.
Text / * Thoroughly knows the text
* Has taken notes in the text.
* Highlighted or indicated important parts of the text.
* Text is consistently referenced in the seminar / * Evidence that text previously has been read.
* Some note taking may be evident.
* Text is referenced in the seminar. / * Evidence the text has been skimmed, but not read thoroughly.
* Misunderstanding of concepts.
* Sometimes the text is referenced in the seminar. / * Text is unfamiliar.
* Confusion of ideas and concepts presented in the text
* Text not referenced in the seminar.