Final Reflection Your final assignment is to reflect on what you have learned in this course. Specifically, I am asking you to identify three big takeaways from this course --
that is, three lessons you learned or realizations that you gained from the course that you will remember and apply in the future. Purpose This assignment will help you understand what you accomplished this quarter in the Career and College Success course and how you can apply your new knowledge and skills to your future studies and career. It will also give you additional practice with the important skills of writing a reflective essay and using convincing examples effectively. Please take your time with this assignment and answer honestly. Responses from all sections of this course will be collected and the information will be used to continually improve the content of this course. Assignment Tasks 1. Brainstorm three big takeaways from this course -- three lessons you have learned or realizations you have gained that are meaningful for you. Examples might include, "I learned how to manage my time better so I could have time to study" or "I realized I'm interested in pursuing a career in 2. For inspiration, open the Syllabus and read the Course Learning Objectives and Course Content Areas. Which of those objectives do you feel you made the most progress on? Which course content areas were especially useful to you? 3. For each big takeaway, write down specific examples of your growth or learning. For instance, if your big takeaway was learning how to manage your time, a specific example might include an insight you gained from the "Where Does My Time Go?" activity. 4. To find specific examples, look back on your assignments, re-read your Journal entries and Discussion Posts, and re-visit your Mid-Quarter Survey responses and your 30-Day Goals that you completed in Week One. Those documents contain the history of your learning in this course! 5. For each big takeaway, think about how you will remember and apply it. How will you use it in your classes next quarter? How will you remember it and use it a year from now? 6. When you are ready, take all of your notes and use them to write your Final Reflection. Your Final Reflection should be about 300 words, double-spaced and formatted in MLA or APA style as you have learned. Submit your Final Reflection in Canvas. Criteria for Success Check to make sure that your Final Reflection: Demonstrates engagement with the prompt (identifies three big takeaways) Makes insightful observations relating to your experiences with the course concepts • Uses specific examples to convincingly demonstrate your learning • Demonstrates careful proofreading and editing • Meets the criteria for length and MLA formatting guidelines Scoring Rubric Criteria Highly Proficient Proficient Depth of Demonstrates a Reflection conscious and thorough basic understanding of the writing prompt and the subject matter. This reflection can be prompt and the the writing prompt and the Demonstrates thoughtful understanding of the writing Nearly Proficient Unacceptable Demonstrates a understanding of understanding of Demonstrates little or no the writing prompt and the subject matter. (15-17 points) subject matter (13-14 points) subject matter. This reflection needs revision. (<13 points) Use of evidence used as an example for other students. (18-20 points) Uses specific and convincing examples from course concepts and/or your Uses relevant examples from the course concepts and/or your Uses general or vague examples from the course concepts and/or your experiences Uses unconvincing, poorly specified examples or does not include Writing and formatting conventions experiences to support claims in your writing; makes insightful and relevant connections between course concepts and your own experiences. (18-20 points) Demonstrates control of academic writing and formatting conventions with essentially no errors. (9-10 points) experiences to support claims in your own writing; makes relevant connections between course concepts and your own experiences. (15-17 points) Demonstrates control of academic writing and formatting conventions with occasional errors. (8 points) to support some claims in your writing with some connections made between the course concepts and your own experiences. (13-14 points) Demonstrates partial control of academic writing and formatting conventions with errors that do not hinder comprehension. (6-7 points) examples at all; not able to support claims with connections between course concepts and your own experiences. (<13 points) Demonstrates little or no control of academic writing and formatting conventions, exhibiting frequent errors that make comprehension difficult. (<6 points) Adapted from NCTE, 2006.
