Rubric performance level order shapes visual reading patterns—students attend most to the level presented first—but does not affect verbal references or performance¶
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q3 i? Participants in the 4–1 order condition visited PL4 more frequently and spent more fixation time on it than those in the 1–4 condition, who attended more to PL1 and PL2. → Panadero 2025
q2 i? Rubric order did not affect how frequently students verbally referenced performance levels. → Panadero 2025 (2)
Evidence¶
Panadero 2025¶
Panadero, E., Delgado, P., Zamorano, D., Pinedo, L., Fernández-Ortube, A., & Barrenetxea-Mínguez, L. (2025). Putting excellence first: How rubric performance level order and feedback type influence students' reading patterns and task performance. Learning and Instruction. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2025.102168
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LMM analysis of visits and fixation times across rubric order conditions in the RCT. The 1–4 condition visited PL1 and PL2 more (t = 2.66, p = .01; t = 2.35, p = .02), while "participants in the 4–1 condition visited PL4 more frequently than those in the 1–4 condition"; fixation times showed a parallel pattern.
"conversely, participants in the 4–1 condition visited PL4 more frequently than those in the 1–4 condition (t = 3.82, p < .001; see Fig. 3)"
Panadero 2025 (2)¶
Panadero, E., Delgado, P., Zamorano, D., Pinedo, L., Fernández-Ortube, A., & Barrenetxea-Mínguez, L. (2025). Putting excellence first: How rubric performance level order and feedback type influence students' reading patterns and task performance. Learning and Instruction. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2025.102168
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Chi-square tests on think-aloud references (all 76 references: χ2(3) = 5.72, p = .13; adjusted n = 26: χ2(3) = 1.23, p = .75) found no order effect. The study reports that "rubric order did not affect how frequently students verbally referenced the performance levels."
"These results suggest that rubric order did not affect how frequently students verbally referenced the performance levels."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Visual attention to the highest performance level (PL4) predicts task performance, whereas verbal references to performance levels do not — related
- University students visually prioritize the highest performance level (PL4) when first reading a rubric — related
- Rubric-based feedback specifically increases PL4-to-task gaze transitions, which predict subsequent task performance — related
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Rubric performance level order shapes visual reading patterns—students attend most to the level presented first—but does not affect verbal references or performance |
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Rubric performance level order shapes visual reading patterns—students attend most to the level presented first—but does not affect verbal references or performance |
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2 — panadero-2025, panadero-2025-2 |
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