Your Goal Grade
| 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
I chose these five goals because I know that after achieving these goals, they will help me be prepared for the future, I will know how to think more critically when approaching situations, these specific skills can be lifelong learning skills that can help me in the future that I wouldn’t have thought of. The assignments that I’m most excited for is the survey assignments and just conducting surveys. An assignment I feel like that’ll be most challenging is the final project assignment but I say this because it’s always most likely the project that challenges everything I’ve learned over the semester and makes me think on what I know and don’t know and recognize some things I may have to revisit. Some strategies I want to set for myself to make the semester a success is to have discipline, to not procrastinate, make better study habits and to turn work in on time.
Midterm Introduction
I have learned so many skills and content during the first half of the semester. I what I enjoyed the most is how to read data, how to tell the difference from quantitative and qualitative data, what is a mixed method and how to construct surveys. What I struggled the most was reading new content for class discussions and readings. Some of the readings were hard to understand or uninteresting and having to pull data from those type of readings makes it difficult. Some goals I feel as if I’ve most excelled at is being able to think outside the box and also ask questions when I don’t understand even if I’m wrong, it’s better to ask questions than being wrong and/or confused. Some goals I haven’t met yet is being able to turn my work in on time. I feel as if I procrastinate so much that it puts me behind just a little so to fix this I have to balance my time and go into better environments that’ll encourage me to get my work done.
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
(20%)2b : Take risks in assignments and in approaches to learning to create new knowledge
| 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? |
| What I can do to learn the content and develop the skill is to step out of my comfort zone and ask questions about assignments that I’m not the best at and put in effort to learning new content to enhance my critical and creative thinking skills. | An assignment I can use to show Iโve learned this learning outcome is in class readings and discussions. This can help me find different strategies to help me understand the content and write down questions that can get answered possibly in class from people who may have a better understanding. |
(20%)7b: Pursues knowledge and educational experience beyond the classroom
| 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? |
| What I can do to learn the content and develop the skill is to use the collaboration skills and knowledge I’ve learned last semester and help with future group projects to enhance my knowledge and educational experience beyond the classroom. | An assignment I can use to show Iโve learned this learning outcome is the Plagiarism assignment. Plagiarism plays a big role in society today. To help prevent me from actually cheating and failing a class I can use the different strategies Iโm given to properly access information without plagiarizing. |
(20%)13b : Uses appropriate, relevant, and compelling content to illustrate mastery of the subject, conveying the writer’s understanding, and shaping the whole work
| 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? |
| What I can do to learn the content and develop the skill is to do writing assignments and get feedback to know how to write appropriate, relevant, and compelling content to illustrate mastery of the subject. | An assignment I can use to show Iโve learned this learning outcome is upcoming reflections. This will help me get a just of writing new content this semester and to help me organize my written communication skills effectively. | [Explain what success would look like in your example if you met your goal] |
(20%)1b: Connects and extends knowledge from academic study to civic engagement
| 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? |
| What I can do to learn the content and develop the skill is to strengthen my ability to solve problems and to elaborate on how I can learn to make a difference. I can learn how to make a change in the community or within classrooms when learning new content. | An assignment I can use to show Iโve learned this learning outcome is by conducting surveys and doing interviews. | [Explain what success would look like in your example if you met your goal] |
(20%)11a: Evaluates texts’ scholarly significance to apply reading to other contexts or 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? |
| What I can do to learn the content and develop the skill is to learn how to evaluate text through reading. Reading isnโt my biggest strength but what I could do to improve that is use assignments in class to not only enhance my reading skills but also apply reading to other contexts or issues. | [Explain what success would look like in your example if you met your goal] |