The Development of Judging Rubrics for Utah VEX Robotics Competitions
Trevor P. Robinson, Gary A. Stewardson · Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University) · 2014
Since 2009 the Utah State University VEX Robotics Team (USUVRT) has been promoting the growth of VEX Robotics Competitions (VRC) in Utah and the rocky mountain region. The VRC is the world’s largest and fastest growing robotics competition for middle school and high school students (Innovation First International, Inc, 2013; Robotics Education and Competition Foundation [RECF], 2010; Robinson and Stewardson, 2012). This year the focus in Utah was to create rubrics for judging the Excellence Award. This is the highest award given at a VRC. This paper presents the rubrics created and outlines the process used to develop them.