Criteria and Grade Breakdown
Consider the following 13 points of criteria in your reflective evaluation assessment. Note: your submission posting does not need to contain complete sentences or paragraphs. However it must include both: (a) numbers 1-13; and (b) explanations of each number completed in accord with the instructions below. It will look something like this
Your submission will be graded in accord with: (a) 2 instructor based pass/fail points assessed in regard to effort and honesty in answering questions 1-13; plus (b) 5 student based self-assessment points derived from #11 below. Keep in mind that the goal here is not to feel good or bad about ourselves. Our goal is to better understand our weaknesses and strengths in a way that that leads to growth. Accordingly, sincere, adequate feedback is what is needed, not gratuitous praise or blame.
Part I: Assess the learning opportunities of the course – including materials, essays, tests, discussions, etc. Use bullet point statements to briefly explain:
1. One thing the course did to provide you with an opportunity to engage the topic
2. One thing the course could have done to improve your opportunity to engage the topic
3. One thing you have learned about philosophy/ethics
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Part II: Assess my role as a lecturer – Use bullet point statements to briefly explain:
4. One of my strengths as a lecturer – How I helped you engage the topic
5. One way I could improve as a lecturer – How I could have helped you further engage the topic
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Part III: Assess your role as a student – Rate your efforts (not results) in regard to the following 5 self-assessment categories. Each category rating (#6-10) must include: (a) a numeric rating using a 5 point scale – 1 being poor effort, 5 being excellent effort; and (b) at leastone bullet point statement justifying your rating.
6. Attendance and Participation – (a) numerically assess your efforts toward class attendance and participation efforts; (b) provide a bullet point statement explaining your assessment.
7. Reading – (a) numerically assess your efforts toward actively engaged class materials (text, slides, notes, etc.); (b) provide a bullet point statement explaining your assessment.
8. Studying – (a) numerically assess your test study efforts; (b) provide a bullet point statement explaining your assessment.
9. Writing – (a) numerically assess your essay and response writing efforts; (b) provide a bullet point statement explaining your assessment.
10. Critical thinking – (a) numerically assess and explain your efforts to challenge some of the basic assumptions you held about yourself and the topic(s) we addressed in the course; (b) provide a bullet point statement explaining your assessment.
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Overall Self-Assessment
11. Find your self-assessment score by adding the numeric effort scores (point “a”) from #6-10, then divide the sum by 5. (Note: this number must be between 1-5. If it is not, then there is a mistake either in your math or in your numeric assessment of #6-10.)
12. If you had to take this course over again briefly explain one thing you would do differently.
13. Briefly explain one thing you have learned about yourself as a student.
