Week 4 assignments.

Portfolio Activity Rubric

The following is a general guide for grading Portfolio Activities. Please apply and adapt as appropriate exercising your best judgement when assessing student work in these activities.

Categories Exemplary Intermediate Beginning

Self-disclosure

Seeks to understand concepts by examining openly own experiences in the past/present as they relate to the topic, to illustrate points being made. Demonstrates an open, evaluative stance and the ability to self-appraise, discussing both growth and frustrations as they related to learning in class. Risks asking probing questions about self and seeks to answer these.

Point value: 30

Seeks to understand concepts by examining somewhat cautiously own experiences in the past as they relate to the topic. Sometimes defensive or one-sided in theanalysis. Asks some probing questions about self, but do not engage in seeking to answer these.

Point value: 20

Little self-disclosure, minimal risk in connecting concepts from class to personal experiences. Self-disclosure tends to be superficial and factual, without self-reflection.

Point value: 10

Connection to outside experiences

In-depth synthesis of thoughtfully selected aspects of experiences related to the topic. Makes clear connections between what is learned from outside experiences and the topic.

Point value: 30

Goes into some detail explaining some specific ideas or issues from outside experiences related to the topic. Makes general connections between what is learned from outside experiences and the topic.

Point value: 20

Identify some general ideas or issues from outside experiences related to the topic

Point value: 15

Connection to course readings (videos, presentations, etc.) and discipline specific literature

In-depth synthesis of thoughtfully selected aspects of readings related to the topic. Makes clear connections between what is learned from readings and the topic. Demonstrate further analysis and insight resulting from what has been learned from reading. When appropriate includes multiple references to readings other than those

Goes into more detail explaining some specific ideas or issues from readings related to the topic. Makes general connections between what is learned from readings and the topic. When appropriate includes a reference to readings other than those assigned for class.

Identify some general ideas or issues from readings related to the topic. Shows little connection to assigned or other readings. Point value: 10

assigned for class. Point value: 25

Point value: 15

Connection to class discussions & course objectives

Synthesize, analyze and evaluate thoughtfully selected aspects of ideas or issues from the class discussion as they relate to this topic. Point value: 15

Synthesize clearly some directly appropriate ideas or issues from the class discussion as they relate to this topic. Point value: 12

Restate some general ideas or issues from the class discussion as they relate to this topic. Point value: 8