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PSY 110HA Personal Explorations Paper Guidelines and Rubric

One project that you will complete during this course is the Personal Explorations Workbook. This workbook contains five surveys that you are to complete and score on your own. The surveys assess certain personality traits that we all possess to one degree or another. In given modules, you will be requested to complete some of these surveys, score them, and then submit your scores for that week. As you work along, you are also to keep a document in which you interpret your scores and explain how your score is reflective of your behavior. In some cases, you may be surprised of you score – elaborate on this and explain why you think the survey is under or overestimating this certain characteristic about you. At the end of Module 7, you will submit these written accounts of your scores as one document. This component counts as 5% of your grade, so be sure to take it seriously! You might find you learn something new about yourself, or confirm hunches about how you react or behave in certain situations. The paper should evaluate aspects of the core value personal development. Grading Rubric Rating Scale Exemplary: Corresponds to an A- to A (90-100%)

Proficient: Corresponds to B- to B+ (80-89%) Basic: Corresponds to C- to C+ (70-79%) Novice: Corresponds to D to D+ (60-69%) Not Attempted: Corresponds to an F (0-59%)

Elements

Criteria

Score

Not Attempted (Criterion is

missing or not in evidence).

0-14.99%

Novice (does not meet expectations;

performance is substandard).

15-17.49%

Basic (works towards

meeting expectations;

performance needs improvement). 17.5-19.99%

Proficient (meets

expectations; performance is satisfactory).

20-22.49%

Exemplary (exceeds

expectations; performance is outstanding).

22.5-25

Paper topic. 25%

There was little or no evidence of meeting the paper requirements. No self- reflection. No application of core value personal development.

The paper fails to address multiple parts of the paper requirements. Little self-reflection. Little application of core value personal development.

The paper addresses most, but not all, of parts of the paper’s requirements. Some self- reflection. Some application of core value personal development.

The paper addresses most of the paper requirements adequately but some pieces are not adequate. Sufficient self- reflection. Sufficient application of core value personal development.

The paper adequately addresses all parts of the paper requirements and demonstrates self- reflection. Demonstrates full application of core value personal development.

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Length requirements. 25%

There was little or no evidence of a cohesive paper.

The paper is entirely too short.

The paper contains a great deal of “fluff” and still doesn’t meet the length requirements.

The paper is just a little on the short side and/or it meets the requirements only because it contains “fluff” that could use trimming.

The paper falls within the required length requirements without going over and without straying from the main topic.

___/25

Mechanics of writing. 25%

Little to no evidence of proper writing mechanics.

The grammar of the paper greatly impedes understanding of content; and/or the paper contains no citations.

The paper needs a good deal of improvement with respect to grammar, citations, spelling, and/or style.

The paper is mostly free of errors with respect to grammar, citations, spelling, and/or style, but needs some improvement in this area.

The paper is nearly perfect with respect to grammar, citations, spelling, and style.

___/25

Understanding. 25%

The paper exhibits a complete lack of reflection on how personality and behavior are connected.

The paper exhibits very little understanding of the connection between personality and behavior.

The paper exhibits basic understanding of how personality and behavior are connected.

The paper exhibits sufficient understanding of how personality and behavior are connected.

The paper does an excellent job demonstrating a sound understanding of how personality and behavior are connected.

___/25

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