significant original insights effectively summarized W r i t i n g
The course reflection paper is your last assignment for the course. It should describe the personal impact of the course in 3 or more pages. It could be a summary of insights and reactions regarding your decision appraisal reports. It could focus on the course as a whole, or on some aspect of the course. For example, you may wish to describe what it was like to have classmates appraise your inquiry process on a specific decision, or you may wish to discuss the development of your own statement of core values. You may wish to focus on what it was like to model a decision mathematically, or perhaps on insights gained through greater attention to dialogue processes. In any case, the paper should reflect a deep knowledge of aspects of the course content, as well as personal experience related to acquiring that knowledge, how it has affected you, and how it could affect you in the future. You are encouraged to keep an experiential journal throughout the course to capture insights to relate in this paper.
Rubric
Writing
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeWriting and OrganizationOutstanding – Extremely well organized and clear; Well-defined and explicit topics, thoroughly related to specific examples of personal experiences with the course. Essentially free of errors in spelling, format, style, grammar, and punctuation. Adequate – Only minor weaknesses in organization and clarity; Topics are relatively clear, and mostly related to examples of personal experiences with the course. A few minor errors in spelling, format, style, grammar, and punctuation do not interfere with understanding or readability. Marginal – Weaknesses in organization and clarity; Topics are weakly defined, and/or not related to actual examples of personal experience with the course. Significant errors in spelling, format, style, grammar, and punctuation may compromise understanding and readability in relatively minor ways. Inadequate – Lacks organization and clarity; Topics are not clear, or unrelated to specific examples of personal experience with the course. Substantial errors in spelling, format, style, grammar, and punctuation substantially undermine understanding and readability. |
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25.0 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeContentOutstanding – Extremely well organized and clear; Well-defined and explicit topics, thoroughly related to specific examples of personal experiences with the course. Significant original insights effectively summarized and communicated, indicating substantial mastery and understanding of course concepts and tools, as well as extensions of course concepts. Insights are highly relevant to the class and potentially beneficial to the instructor and/or future students. Adequate – Topics are relatively clear, and mostly related to examples of personal experiences with the course. Topics are clearly related to the class, and insights presented reflect mastery and understanding of class concepts and tools. Marginal – Topics are weakly defined, and/or not clearly related to actual examples of personal experiences with the course. Discussion shows limited relationship to the class, and insights presented reflect familiarity with, but not mastery and thorough understanding of class concepts and tools. Inadequate – Topics are not clear, or unrelated to specific examples of personal experiences with the course. Relationship of discussion to the class may be only superficial, and insights presented do not reflect mastery or understanding of class concepts and tools. |
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50.0 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeComplianceOutstanding – Fully complies with all instructions given for the assignment, and reflects a thorough, effective completion of the assignment. Adequate – Complies with most instructions for the assignment, and reflects a solid effort to complete it correctly. Marginally Adequate – Fails to comply with significant parts of the instructions for the assignment, but reflects reasonable effort to complete the assignment. Inadequate – Submitted late, or, substantially fails to comply with instructions and procedures provided for the assignment. |
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25.0 pts |
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Total Points: 100.0 |
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Textbook Readings
Kahneman, D. (2011). Thinking, fast and slow. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.
- Chapter 36: Life as a Story
- Chapter 37: Experienced Well-Being
- Chapter 38: Thinking About Life
- Conclusions (pp. 408–418)
Recommended Supplementary Readings
Klein, G. A., Orasanu, J., Calderwood, R., & Zsambok, C. E. (Eds.). (1993). Decision making in action: Models and methods. Westport, CT: Ablex Publishing.
- Chapter 1: The Reinvention of Decision Making
- Chapter 23: Conclusions: Decision Making in Action
Eris, O., Bergner, D. M., Jung, M., & Leifer, L. (2006). ConExSIR: A dialogue-based framework of design team thinking and discovery. In Ohsawa, Y., & Tsumoto, S. (Eds.). Studies in Computational Intelligence: Vol. 30. Chance discoveries in real world decision making (pp. 329–344). Berlin: Springer.
