Self-Reflection Paper: Evaluation Rubric
Psychology 202 -- Spring 2006 -- Dordt College -- Dr. Sherri Lantinga
Self-Reflection Paper: Evaluation Rubric
Psychology 202 -- Spring 2006 -- Dordt College -- Dr. Sherri Lantinga
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Criteria |
Excellent |
Satisfactory |
Unsatisfactory |
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Career content/depth
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Specific career is very clearly described; responsibilities, settings, salary, and entry educational or other requirements are considered in appropriate depth; demonstrates clear understanding/knowledge of career |
Demonstrates general understanding of career but not in depth; some information is missing or inaccurate |
Career is unspecific; significant information is missing or inaccurate |
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Self-insight content/depth
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Personal strengths, weaknesses, and interests are clearly described; shows depth of insight into academic record; reflections are honest and balanced |
Strengths, weaknesses, or interests described but not in much depth; academic record discussed but not comprehensively; reflections are somewhat superficial or uneven |
Missing description of strengths, weaknesses, or interests; academic record not discussed; reflection is missing or neglects significant issues |
| Plan content/depth |
Logical, thorough, and concrete plan for
entering specified career beginning now; plan includes specific ways to
address relevant weaknesses; appendices are accurate and detailed; plan
includes realistic reflection on career-self fit
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Plan is generally good but missing some steps/information or assumes wrong beginning point; plan for improving weaknesses is not very specific; appendices not sufficiently detailed or have some errors; reflection on career-self fit is somewhat superficial or unrealistic | Plan is missing significant steps/information; plan for improving weaknesses missing or superficial; appendices missing; reflection on career-self fit is missing or superficial |
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Sources
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Credible, relevant, and sufficient number and variety of sources; sources are integrated and consistently used to support statements about career and self-insights |
Some sources are not credible or relevant; some deficiency in number or variety of sources; sources usually but not always used to support statements |
Insufficient number or variety of sources; several sources not credible or irrelevant sources; sources not used to support statements |
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Organization
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Ideas are logically organized and developed; transitions/headings move the reader easily between ideas
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Paper proceeds logically but some transition or organization problems may impede flow of paper in sections |
Paper seems aimless; ideas are unorganized or transitions are absent; paper does not flow well |
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Writing style
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Succinct, clear, and vigorous writing; sentences are grammatically sound and meaning is clear; word choice is appropriate; formal style (no 2nd person and 1st person only used as strictly needed; no contractions; no more than 1-2 direct quotes; punctuation and spelling are virtually perfect
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Some grammatical or mechanical errors, though essay is still readable; word choice is sometimes awkward or inappropriate; some need for conciseness or vigor; occasionally lapses into 1st person |
More than an average of 2 writing errors per page; grammatical errors and other problems impede clarity of meaning; style is wordy or informal; many direct quotes; uses 2nd person; frequent use of 1st person
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| Format Requirements |
Nearly perfect APA style formatting (title page, abstract, running head, in-text citations, references page); meets layout requirements (about 7 pages, 1” margins, 11 or 12-point font) |
Some APA format errors or minor deviations from layout requirements | Significant number of APA format errors or layout deviations |
____ Appendices attached: transcript, 4-year course plan, career/personality inventory results, resume, cover letter
Comments and grade (out of 100 points):
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