Metropolitan
Nashville Public Schools
Grades 3-6 Problem Solving Rubric
6 – Exceptional
● Response shows complete understanding: i.e., identifies all elements of the problem and gives the correct answer.
á All computation is complete and correct.
● Response shows organized thinking using multiple representations: e.g., diagrams, tables, charts, graphs, number sentences.
● Sophisticated and insightful verbal explanation is demonstrated.
● At least one appropriate strategy is completely shown and explained:
e.g., working backwards, guessing & checking, eliminating
possibilities, looking for patterns.
(In
order to receive a 6, correct answer is required.)
5 – Strong
● Response shows complete understanding: i.e., identifies most elements of problem and gives the correct answer.
á All computation is correct but may not include minor elements.
● Response shows organized thinking using multiple representations: e.g., diagrams, tables, charts, graphs, number sentences.
● Thorough and concise verbal explanation is demonstrated.
● At least one appropriate strategy is completely shown or explained:
e.g., working backwards, guessing & checking, eliminating
possibilities, looking for patterns.
(In
order to receive a 5, correct answer is required.)
4 – Capable
● Response shows basic understanding of the problem: i.e., identifies most elements of the problem and may or may not give correct answer.
● Computation is generally correct and complete but may contain minor flaws.
● Response shows organized thinking using at least one representation: e.g., diagrams, tables, charts, graphs, number sentences.
● Understandable verbal explanation is demonstrated.
● At least one appropriate
strategy is shown or explained with
possible minor flaws: e.g.,
working backwards, guessing & checking, eliminating possibilities, looking
for patterns.
3 – Developing
● Response shows minimal understanding of the problem: e.g., identifies a few elements of problem and may give incorrect answer.
● Computation is generally incorrect and incomplete.
● Response shows disorganized
thinking with unclear or non-existent
representation
● Unclear or incomplete
verbal explanation is given.
● Inappropriate strategy is shown or explained.
2 – Limited
● No understanding of the problem is demonstrated.
● Computation is incorrect.
● No attempt, or totally
incorrect attempt, to represent thinking is made.
á No verbal explanation or totally incorrect verbal explanation is given.
á No evidence of strategies is shown.
1 – Emergent
● Response does not fit the given problem/task.
● No numbers
from the problem are used.
0 – Non-scorable
á Response
is written in a language other than English.
á No
attempt is made.