FOR LADY HAWKINS ONLY

Final Examination:

Course Journal

Your course journal should be completed already, because it

was assigned as part of each lesson. Before you prepare the

file and turn in your journal, read through it and make sure

it’s presented in a way that will be easily understood by your

instructor. Remember, the emphasis is on its content (your

thought processes and ideas, rather than structure and con-

ventions), but it still must be understandable.

Review the Course Journal Evaluation Chart, which will be used

to grade your exam. Because the journal counts as 33 percent

of your final grade, it’s important to make sure you include

all 15 entries in the required format and with the necessary

content.

The journal assignments require you to think on paper rather

than demonstrate polished writing. Each entry is rated for the

completeness of the assigned task, as well as the depth and

breadth of thought. Your goal is to demonstrate quality of

thinking, rather than to produce a certain quantity of words

(never write words just to have words). Consider your journal

the place where you interact with yourself in an animated,

thought-provoking written conversation (on which the

instructor then eavesdrops).

Six Levels of Intellectual Thinking

To become familiar with the kinds of thinking that show

learning, study the types of thinking below. They’re based on

Bloom’s revised taxonomy, which defines six levels of intellec-

tual thinking. The levels begin with the lowest or easiest type

of thinking and move to the highest or most complex level.

Your assignments will concentrate on the higher levels of

thinking.

Remembering.

Recall or recognize relevant information.

Understanding.

Explain the meaning of what you’ve learned.

Applying.

Use what you’ve learned in a different context.

Analyzing.

Break what you’ve learned into parts, and relate

each part to the others and to an overall purpose.

Evaluating.

Justify your decision or choice according to

certain criteria (either your own or some specified set).

Creating.

Develop something original; put together what

you’ve learned in a new way.

Essays must be typed, using a standard 12-point font and left justification. Use 1-inch margins at

the top and bottom and 1.25-inch margins for the left and right sides of the document. Single-

space your journal entries, using double-spacing only between entries. (See page 9 of your study

guide for more instructions.) Each page must have a properly formatted header containing your

name, student number, exam number, page number, mailing address, and e-mail address (see

page 6 for an example). Name each document using your student number first, then the six-digit

lesson number, and finally your last name (for example, 23456789_050177 Doe). Save each as

“File Type: Rich Text Format,” regardless of your word-processing program.