Place this sheet as the first page of your portfolio (minus five points if you miss this)

Portfolio Grading Rubric Instructor: Sarah Peterson- Guada PSYCH-!A Intro. To General Psychology. 215 points (Different from the 300 points stated in the syllabus because only one paper is due (-100 points) plus the Content and Organization component (5 points) and Overall Portfolio Impact (10 points).

Student ______Class Time______Semester ______

Grade

CONTENTS & ORGANIZATION

______/5 points / Portfolio contains all of
the required material in the order listed below. Portfolio is completely and neatly organized. A Reader can easily find things with specified tabs.
5 POINTS / Portfolio contains most of the required material in the order listed below. Portfolio is well organized. A Reader has little difficulty finding things.
4 POINTS / Portfolio contains some of the required material. Portfolio is fairly well organized. A Reader may have a little difficulty finding things.
3 POINTS / Portfolio contains little of required material. Portfolio shows little attempt at organization. A Reader has difficulty finding things.
2 POINTS

DEBATE

______/20 points / 10 points for participating and 10 points for providing TWO annotated resources with website addresses AT TOP of page; Or,
FOUR annotated resources with website address AT TOP of page.
20 POINTS / 10 points for participating and 5 points for providing resources that are not annotated and/or do not have website addresses at top of page.
15 POINTS / 10 points for providing TWO annotated resources with website addresses AT TOP of page with out participating
10 POINTS / Neither participated nor provided annotated resources with stated websites
0 POINTS
JOURNAL SECTION
Use form in syllabus on last page
______/80 Points
(2 points each) / All Reflections include personal reactions that are descriptive and insightful and relate to the course material (if choose front page) and show deeper thinking. Higher degree personal relevance reflections. Each journal entry must be clearly and visibly numbered with completed side facing up.
80 POINTS / Most of the Reflections include personal reactions that are descriptive and insightful and relate to course material (if choose front page). Personal relevance reflections. / Some of the Reflections include personal reactions that are descriptive and insightful. Little Personal relevance reflections. / Few of the Reflections include personal reactions that are descriptive and insightful. No personal relevance reflections.
JOB SHADOW OR TERM PAPER SECTION
______/100 points / Job Shadow: Includes interview questionnaire (10 points) and answers ALL questions in essay format with intro and conclusion, and follows paper format– place interview questionnaire first, then paper behind it. Or,
Term Paper: Includes tutor sheet (10 points) – place on top of term paper. Answers ALL parts of question (ie. A, B, and C) in essay format with intro and conclusion, and follows paper format.
100 POINTS / Job Shadow: Answers ALL questions in essay format with intro and conclusion, and follows paper format, but does not include interview questionnaire.
Term Paper: Answers ALL parts of question (ie. A, B, and C) in essay format with intro and conclusion, and follows paper format, but does not include tutor sheet.
90 POINTS / For both Job Shadow and Term Paper:
Overall well written with minor spelling, grammatical and paper formatting errors. Paper is still written in essay format.
80 POINTS / For both Job Shadow and Term Paper:
Paper does not adequately fulfill assignment either based on 1) including questions in paper; 2) paper formatting, grammatical and spelling errors excessive; and/or 3) paper not addressing assignment fully.
60 POINTS
OVERALL
PORTFOLIO IMPACT
______/10 points / The portfolio demonstrates well the student’s skills, abilities, and knowledge. Above average in meeting or exceeds College level expectation of quality and effort.
10 POINTS / The portfolio helps to demonstrate the student’s skills, abilities.Meets College level expectation of quality and effort.
9 POINTS/8 POINTS / The portfolio does little to demonstrate the student’s skills, abilities, and knowledge. Not really sufficient college level quality.
7 POINTS / The portfolio does not demonstrate the student’s skills, abilities, and knowledge. Not sufficient college level quality.
6 POINTS
Extra-Credit (30 points) Some suggestions include the following: watch a movie, volunteer at a humanitarian organization, read a book or article related to psychology and write a two page write up. First half of write up should include description of movie, organization, or literature. Second half of write up should describe how the information or activity impacted you and what you learned from it. If you do not do the personal application component, you will not receive full credit. If you choose to volunteer at an organization, please see instructor for mandatory volunteer assignment sheet. Format: double-spaced, 1 inch margins, 12 point font. Also, you can do a student presentation on a psychology related topic that interests you.

TOTAL POINTS ______