Final project( psychology course)

Final Project Rubric: Public Service Announcement Goal: Deepen your knowledge on a specific topic from the course, synthesize your knowledge, and disseminate it to the general public. Guidelines:

• Choose a topic discussed in class to expand upon it • Find 2 scholarly articles (peer-reviewed journal articles) that go into greater depth on your topic

o Read them and complete an annotated bibliography in your project write-up (see requirements below for details)

• Create a PSA o This can be any modality: poster, infographic, flyer, video, stop/go video, animation

video, short youtube show, podcast, etc…. options are limitless o Synthesize the information on your topic and present it in a way that the general public

will understand. § This is your opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge, explain complicated

concepts, and give real-world example. Make sure to use terms that the general public will understand when discussing complicated topics/concepts.

§ Questions to ask yourself while completing your PSA: • 1. Audience: Who is my target audience? • 2. Message: What is my message(s)? • 3. Dissemination: What am I trying to teach/disseminate? What do I

want my audience to learn? • 4. Significance: Why is this topic so important? Why should my audience

care? • 5. Future Directions: Where is this my topic/field headed next? What is

the critical and essential next step? What do I think is important for supporting the research/application of my topic? Is there a call to action? Where should this topic/field go next?

• 6. Interest: Why did I choose this topic? What interests me about this topic? How will I apply my new knowledge in the real world?

Requirements of PSA 1. Project Write-up

a. Question Responses i. Turn in written responses to the above questions plus any additional

information you believe necessary to understand your topic and the above questions (1 page minimum)

ii. b. Annotated bibliography

i. APA-style citations for both articles both articles ii. Write a brief description (approximately 150 words) for each article

1. Include: description of study, main arguments, relevance to your topic, key findings/conclusions drawn, & future directions

2. Papers should be relevant to your topic & provide new information that adds to what was covered in class

2. Project: a. PSA should directly incorporate what you read in the two articles b. Information should be synthesized and manageable for the general public

c. Topic should be discussed in sufficient detail to understand and concepts explained d. Finish with a call to action too! What should the general public do/plan next with their

knowledge?

Rubric & Expectations Criteria A B C D F Question Write-up 25 points

Responds thoughtfully and reflectively to the questions. Answers all thoroughly. Clear writing and excellent grammar.

Responds mostly thoughtfully and reflectively to the questions. Less thorough answers. Clear writing and excellent grammar.

Missing thorough responses to question prompts. Less reflective and thorough answers. Mostly good writing and grammar.

Missing responses to multiple question prompts. Low reflection and poor thoroughness to answers. Poor writing and grammar.

Missing responses to multiple question prompts. Low reflection and poor thoroughness to answers. Poor writing and grammar.

Article Choice 10 points

-Chooses 2 peer- reviewed articles. -Articles is on topic and relevant

-Chooses 2 peer- reviewed articles -Articles are mostly on topic and relevant

-Chooses 1 peer- reviewed articles and 1 non-peer reviewed -Not all articles directly relevant to chosen topic

-Chooses 2 non- peer reviewed articles -Neither article is relevant to topic

- Only 1 article choice total -Missing second article

Annotated Bibliography 25 points

-Writes clearly and concisely -Thoughtful annotations, detailed, complete, and well-written

-Mostly thoughtful annotations, detailed, complete, well- written

-Mostly thoughtful annotations, but lacking completeness detail and/or writing quality

-Incomplete annotations, missing critical details, relevance, and/or writing quality

-Missing annotations for 1 or more articles -Severe issues with quality of writing

APA Citation 5 points

Formatted correctly with APA style

Few formatting errors

Some formatting errors

Many formatting errors

No adherence to APA-style

PSA 35 points

-Clear integration of added knowledge directly from research articles -Clear communication, comprehensive, synthesizes knowledge/research on topic -Call to action/future directions clear -Accessible to public

-Mostly clear integration of added knowledge directly from research articles -Mostly clear communication, comprehensive, synthesizes knowledge/resear ch on topic -Mostly clear call to action/future directions clear - Accessible to public

-Less clear in integration of added knowledge directly from research articles -Less clear communication, less comprehensive, poor synthesis of knowledge/ research on topic -Less clear call to action/future directions clear - Less accessible to public

-Poor integration of added knowledge directly from research articles -Poor communication, not comprehensive, does not synthesize knowledge/ research well on topic -Misses action/future directions - Poor accessibility to public

-No integration of added knowledge directly from research articles -Very poor communication, not comprehensive, lacks synthesis of knowledge/ research on topic -Lacks action/future directions - Not accessible to public