Your Goal Grade
Highlight the header for the column below to indicate which grade you plan to work toward in the course. Meeting the basic requirements for your chosen letter grade, according to the table below, is mandatory.
| A Work | B Work | C Work |
-Misses one class or less, or completes make-up work for excused absences -Annotates all readings thoroughly -Makes substantive comments in discussions -Completes all assignments on time (or has an approved extension request) -Work demonstrates intellectual engagement, care, effort, and growth in response to feedback -Collaborates substantially, contributes to vision, works equally with peers | -Misses two classes or less, or completes make-up work for excused absences -Annotates readings -Often participates in discussion -Completes all major assignments on time (or has an approved extension request) -Completes most SAs on time -Work demonstrates care, effort and growth in response to feedback -Collaborates equally, completes required work | -Misses three classes or less, or completes make-up work for excused absences -Completes most readings -Sometimes adds to discussion -Completes all major assignments on time (or has an approved extension request) -Completes at least four SAs -Meets minimal expectations on assignments; shows limited growth in response to feedback -Completes required collaborative work |
First-Week Introduction
The goals I have for this semester mostly revolve around the main assignments that will be given the next few months. The reflections will give me the opportunity to look back on readings from the textbook and apply the lessons learned to actual research. Also, they can track my writing skills as they improve over time. The annotations will have a similar purpose, however, they will mainly challenge my understanding of the textbook. This is why I am mostly looking forward to the reflections. While I believe they may become increasingly more difficult over time, these challenges are what I will need to go through to display my growth throughout this semester.
Midterm Introduction
The first half of the semester has taught me a lot already. I’ve learned about different research practices and the psychology behind them. The psychology aspect has been one of my favorite parts of this semester so far, mostly because I am currently pursuing a psychology minor. Many of these concepts have been fairly easy to understand. The one thing I was struggling with was turning assignments in on time. I want to work on completing all my assignments on time for the rest of the semester. I know that will not be a difficult goal for me to achieve. I just need to remember to check Blackboard every day and keep up with the due dates.
Final Introduction
[Now that the semester is over, use your introduction to reflect in-depth on your process. How well did you meet the goals you set out to meet? What did you learn that surprised you? Focusing on your goals for this class, what do you want to remember to take with you into your future courses? What strategies can you use to continue developing toward these goals?]
Course Goals
Choose five goals from the CODES Student Learning Outcomes that you’d like to work toward. Choose goals that are relevant to the scope of this course, select artifacts/examples based on activities assigned for this course, and explain characteristics in a way that illustrates how your artifacts/examples demonstrate your progress toward the goal.
Goal 1 (20%)
Based on (4A): Applies different experiences to solving worldwide problems
| What will you do to learn the content/ develop the skill? | What examples will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning? | What characteristics of the chosen examples demonstrate you have met your goal? |
| Throughout this semester, I hope to learn how to connect multiple points of view to singular issues. Especially since my goals for next semester are to conduct interviews and surveys | I will use my reflections to support this | The reflections will allow me to relate learned knowledge to actual research |
[For each 5% of effort you assign to your goal, provide at at least one example or artifact that demonstrates your learning process and shows how your made progress toward meeting that goal this semester (You would need four examples if the goal was worth 20% of your grade). Show how you have improved over time, what methods you took to grow, and talk about what you still plan to do in the future. ]
Goal 2 (10%)
Based on (6C): Interacts with other cultures without bias
| What will you do to learn the content/ develop the skill? | What examples will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning? | What characteristics of the chosen examples demonstrate you have met your goal? |
| In the process of learning about people in other communities who deal with water inequity, I will have to be able to understand their situations without trying to think of it from my perspective. This will be a crucial skill for next semester | I will use my reflections to support this | The reflections will help me show what I have learned about different communities that struggle with wicked problems |
[For each 5% of effort you assign to your goal, provide at at least one example or artifact that demonstrates your learning process and shows how your made progress toward meeting that goal this semester (You would need four examples if the goal was worth 20% of your grade). Show how you have improved over time, what methods you took to grow, and talk about what you still plan to do in the future. ]
Goal 3 (25%)
Based on (9B): Finds different approaches to solve issues
| What will you do to learn the content/ develop the skill? | What examples will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning? | What characteristics of the chosen examples demonstrate you have met your goal? |
| I want to learn how to use different methods to conduct research. This ability will be important for the semester since we are learning about multiple different research methods | I will use the annotations to support this | Making annotations for what I read in the textbook will show what I have learned about different research methods |
[For each 5% of effort you assign to your goal, provide at at least one example or artifact that demonstrates your learning process and shows how your made progress toward meeting that goal this semester (You would need four examples if the goal was worth 20% of your grade). Show how you have improved over time, what methods you took to grow, and talk about what you still plan to do in the future. ]
Goal 4 (30%)
Based on (11A): Applies read information to solving problems
| What will you do to learn the content/ develop the skill? | What examples will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning? | What characteristics of the chosen examples demonstrate you have met your goal? |
| The information I learn from the textbook is going to be crucial to completing my assignments this semester, so I want to make sure that I am understanding what I am reading. The best way to make sure the information sticks is to apply it to real world issues | I will use the annotations to support this | I can use the annotations to demonstrate how I will put this knowledge into practice when I start conducting research |
[For each 5% of effort you assign to your goal, provide at at least one example or artifact that demonstrates your learning process and shows how your made progress toward meeting that goal this semester (You would need four examples if the goal was worth 20% of your grade). Show how you have improved over time, what methods you took to grow, and talk about what you still plan to do in the future. ]
Goal 5 (15%)
Based on (13A): Displays an understanding of good writing skills
| What will you do to learn the content/ develop the skill? | What examples will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning? | What characteristics of the chosen examples demonstrate you have met your goal? |
| I hope to show how my writing improves even further throughout this semester. The writing assignments in this class will help me display this progression | I will use the reflections to support this | The reflections will allow me to display my writing skills, and their progression, throughout the semester |
[For each 5% of effort you assign to your goal, provide at at least one example or artifact that demonstrates your learning process and shows how your made progress toward meeting that goal this semester (You would need four examples if the goal was worth 20% of your grade). Show how you have improved over time, what methods you took to grow, and talk about what you still plan to do in the future. ]