Oakmont Regional High School

Learner Expectation: An effective listener

 

 Superior -- 5 Advanced -- 4 Proficient -- 3 Needs Improvement -- 2 Unacceptable -- 1
Listens responsibly

 

 Demonstrates thorough understanding of content and a mature acceptance of speaker’s right to express challenging or new view points.

Consistently demonstrates active listening skills.

Demonstrates extensive understanding of content and routinely demonstrates active listening skills.

 Demonstrates satisfactory understanding of content and usually demonstrates active listening skills. Demonstrates some understanding of content and occasionally demonstrates active listening skills. Demonstrates very little understanding of content and rarely demonstrates active listening skills.
Listens to gain information Interprets meaning from auditory input and accurately summarizes the main ideas to be applied to a specific purpose or task. Extracts supporting ideas as well as basic information from auditory input and uses the information for a specific purpose or task. Extracts basic information from auditory input and uses the information for a specific purpose or task. Extracts information from a variety of auditory input, but misses some key points critical to the specific purpose or task. Fails to extract sufficient information from auditory input to participate in the specific purpose or task.
Listens to analyze information Extracts and analyzes relevant information, identifies speaker’s purpose and point of view, evaluates for validity and clarity, interprets auditory subtleties and applies the information for a specific purpose or task. Extracts and interprets relevant information, identifies speaker’s purpose and point of view, distinguishes auditory subtleties and applies the information for a specific purpose or task. Extracts most relevant information, usually identifies speaker’s purpose and point of view, recognizes obvious auditory subtleties uses the information gained to adequately fulfill the specific purpose or task. Extracts basic information, identifies speaker’s purpose and point of view with assistance, misses many auditory subtleties and some key points necessary to complete the specific purpose or task. Fails to extract information, unable to identify speaker’s purpose and point of view, shows little or no evidence of understanding differences in information.

Virtually all analysis offered is unsuccessful or in error.
Listens to follow directions Always absorbs multi-step instructions, anticipates and makes inferences from these instructions and draws logical conclusions. Consistently and effectively follows clear multi-step instructions; seeks clarifications when necessary; and anticipates or makes inferences from these instructions. Usually follows clear multi-step instructions; seeks clarification when needed; and anticipates or makes inferences from these instructions. Sometimes follows clear multi-step instructions, but generally needs instructions repeated if they have not been fully understood and only occasionally anticipates or makes inferences from these instructions. Rarely follows multi-step instructions/ often requires assistance or needs to have them repeated before attempting to carry them out.