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Week 4 Grading Rubric: CCC Part 4

CCC Part 4: Goal Analysis

CATEGORY	POINTS	SCORE
4A. Write down your goal for this project.	5
4B. Jot down some communication behaviors that you associate with your goal. To arrive at this list, answer the following questions: 1. What must a person be saying and/or doing for me to say that he/she has achieved the goal? 2. Given a room full of people, what is the basis on which I will separate them into two classes: Those who have achieved the goal and those who have not? 3. How will I recognize and measure goal achievement when I see it?	5
4C. Describe each behavior. Do this in a statement that identifies the manner (or extent) of the behavior that is required to achieve the goal. Repeat this statement for each behavior on your list.	5
4D. Examine each behavior again. Consider this: If someone else performed the behaviors you have outlined, would you be willing to say that person has achieved the goal? Can you answer “yes” to this question for each of the behaviors you listed above? If not, modify the descriptions of the behaviors in Step 3 until you can say “yes.”	5
4E. Conclude with a clearly identified statement of the communication behaviors you intend to implement to achieve your interpersonal communication goal. Be specific. What will you say? How will you say it?	5
No proofreading errors: Spelling, typo (–2) Grammar(comma splice, run‐on, fragment, subject‐verb agreement, etc.) (–2)	5
Total Points (30 possible)	30

Examples:

4A: Provide a narrative statement of your behavior change goal.

For example:

My “I don’t know how” statement is: I don’t know how to take the opposite side of an issue from my husband without getting into an argument. My behavior change goal is: I want to be able to take the opposite side of an issue from my husband and discuss it without getting into an argument.

4B: List communication behaviors that will support your change goal (you may have observed them in your positive role model last week).

For example:

1) I will repeat my husband’s point of view to make sure I understand it before I tell him my view.

2) When he says I am wrong, I will state that I understand why he would feel that way.

3) I will restate my position.

4) I won’t try to have the last word on the subject.

5) I will compliment his good points and move to a topic where we have agreement.

4C: Give a narrative description or explanation of each of the items you listed in 4 B.

For example:

1) In order for me to achieve my goal of taking an opposing view without arguing with my husband, I will repeat his view to make sure I understand it before I state my own view. Etc….

4D: Do you need to revise any of the descriptions of associated behaviors to get you more in line with your goal? If yes, please restate them.

For example:

“I will restate my position” doesn’t really help me avoid an argument. I will rewrite it to say: “I won’t repeat the same points over and over again.”

4E: Give a narrative statement of your goal and the specific behaviors your will adopt or implement to reach your goal.

For example:

I want to be able to take the opposite side of an issue from my husband and discuss it without getting into an argument. In order to do this I will first repeat his view to make sure I understand it, before I state my own view. In order to avoid an argument, when he says that he thinks I am wrong, I will respond that I understand why he would feel that way. I won’t repeat the same points over again. In order to avoid an argument, I will only add any new points I have. If he rebuts those, I won’t attempt to have the last word in the discussion. Instead, in order to achieve my goal and avoid an argument, I will compliment his good points. I will then find a part of the topic where we have agreement and focus the discussion on that part of the topic. (FOR NEXT WEEK’S ASSIGNMENT, I CAN IMAGINE MYSELF PERFORMING THESE BEHAVIORS AND I CAN PRACTICE THEM WITH MY DAUGHTER – I’M NOT READY TO IMPLEMENT THEM WITH MY HUSBAND, YET…THAT’S WEEK 6)