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This course will follow a "self-assessment" philosophy. I am more interested in helping you to learn things that will be useful to you than | This course will follow a "self-assessment" philosophy. I am more interested in helping you to learn things that will be useful to you than grading your. The university still requires grades, so you will be leading the evaluation of your work. This will be completed with me in four stages, at the end of weeks 4, 8, 12, and 16. In each stage, you will reflect on what you have accomplished thus far, how it has met, not met, or exceeded expectations, based both on rubrics and personal goals and objectives. At each of these stages you will receive feedback on your assessments. By the end of the semester, you should have a clear vision of your accomplishments and growth, which you will turn into a grade. As the instructor-of-record, I maintain the right to disagree with your assessment and alter grades as I see fit, but any time that I do this it will be accompanied by an explanation and discussion. These personal assessments, reflecting both honest and meaningful reflection of your work will be the most important factor in final grades. | ||
I suggest that we use the following rubric in our assessment: | I suggest that we use the following rubric in our assessment: |