Name: ________

Socratic Seminar: Holistic Participation Rubric

Participation is Outstanding

/ 5

Participant offers solid, evidence-based analysis, that

synthesizes readings to form well-reasoned arguments
Participant demonstrates a deep knowledge of the texts by
citing specific arguments and evidence accurately
Participant is well-prepared; s/he did the Thinking Moves,
and has detailed notes, an annotated text, and questions
Participant asks several thoughtful higher-order questions
that help drive the discussion
S/he offers, and when needed asks for, clarification and/or
follow-up that extends the conversation
Participant, through his/her comments, shows that s/he is
actively listening to other participants
Participant maintains attention and does not distract others
Participant offers solid, evidence-based analysis
Participant demonstrates a sound knowledge of the texts by
citing specific arguments and evidence accurately
Participant is prepared to discuss the readings by asking and
answering questions, but thinking may appear shallow
Participant asks at least one thoughtful higher-order question
that helps drive the discussion
Participant asks questions for clarification and/or follow-up
to take an active part in discussion
Participant shows that he/she is actively listening to others.
Participant maintains attention and does not distract others

Participation is very good

/ 4
Participant offers some analysis, but needs prompting from
the seminar leader and/or others
Participation is satisfactory
Through his/her comments, participant demonstrates a
general knowledge of the issues and texts
Participant is less prepared, with few notes and no
marked/annotated text
Participant asks at least one question, but it may be
somewhat superficial
Participant is actively listening to others, but does not offer
clarification and/or follow-up to others' comments
Participant relies more upon his/her opinion, and less on the
text to drive his/her comments
/ 3 Participant maintains attention and does not distract others

Participation is not
satisfactory

Participant offers little commentary

Participant comes to the seminar ill-prepared with little
understanding of the text and question
Participant asks no useful questions

Name: ________
Participant does not listen to others, offers no commentary
/ 2 Participant does not maintain attention and/or distracts
others

Feedback
3.5
I think that I did try to speak as much as possible, but the qualities of my points I cannot asses
without any bias. I do feel that I try to tell the class what I think, but after saying it it feels very
simple and obvious. I cannot conclude if it is because I understand what I am saying or it is just
obvious for everyone thus there is no need to point out. Since this is the first time, I did not know
that we also have to do extra outside research and I ended up asking the teacher a lot of
questions. I think the conclusion the class reached in the end is very interesting, as I never really
thought that much about the Elite having control over the system through lobbying since it was
always there. And by looking at recent policies, it does stand to reason that the U.S did a lot of
seemly unnecessary policies just to benefit specific industries.