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Project IMPLICIT Self-Assessments Response

General Instructions

 Visit Project Implicit on Harvard’s website:

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/demo/selectatest.html

 Take self-assessments for four of the following: race, religion, gender, age, sexuality,

and disability.

 Write up a brief 1-page response to your experience including your results and your

reaction/response to this experience.

CACREP Standards Addressed: 2F.2.d and 2F.2.g

Scoring Guidelines

Points available: 100.

Components Unacceptable Revisions Required Target

Introduction Establishes historical

background and defensible

thesis that supports a logical

line of reasoning (CACREP

2F.2.d, 2F.2.g)

Underdeveloped introduction; reason for

culture selection is unclear or missing;

historical background is inaccurate or missing (0

points)

Coherent introduction that includes a reason for culture selection;

historical background is accurate but limited (5

points)

Engaging, well developed introduction that includes a detailed

reason for culture selection; historical

background is accurate and thorough (10 points)

Focus & Purpose Developed thesis and

attentive focus on topic

(CACREP 2F.2.d, 2F.2.g)

Missing thesis; confusion about or

misunderstanding of topic; no sense of purpose (0 points)

Simplistic and unfocused ideas; limited sense of

purpose (10 points)

Developed thesis; represents sound

understanding of the assigned topic; focused

(20 points)

Ideas, Support & Development

Supports ideas and reflections using specific and relevant examples of

evidence/experiences

(CACREP 2F.2.d, 2F.2.g)

No or limited evidence/experiences

are provided to support ideas and reflections;

evidence is incomplete, incorrect, oversimplified, or disconnected from the

context (0 points)

Provides necessary evidence/experiences to

support ideas and reflections; the

importance/relevance of all pieces of

evidence/experiences is unclear or under

developed but does support the ideas and reflections presented and is placed properly

Relies on compelling and detailed

evidence/experiences to support ideas and

reflections; the importance/relevance of

all pieces of evidence/experiences is clearly stated; considers alternate interpretations of evidence/experiences

to enhance

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Components Unacceptable Revisions Required Target

within the context (10 points)

demonstration of cultural intelligence (20 points)

Conclusion Establishes clear conclusion

based upon

evidence/experiences

(CACREP 2F.2.d, 2F.2.g)

Missing or no connection of evidence and analysis to the reflections; fails to summarize the argument

coherently (0 points)

Limited connection between evidence and analysis to reflections;

summarizes some ideas and thoughts but repeats

ideas to support reflections (5 points)

Engaging, strongly connects evidence and analysis to reflections; summarizes the main

topics without repeating previous ideas (10

points)

Structure & Organization

Text has unity and coherence to accomplish the

focused purpose

No paragraph structure; or single, rambling

paragraph; or series of isolated paragraphs (0

points)

Organization is confusing or disjointed;

weak paragraph structure; transitions are missing or inappropriate

(5 points)

Clear organizational structure; easily followed;

includes transitions; structured format (10

points)

Sentence Structure Demonstrates varied

sentence structures to enhance meaning

Contains multiple and serious errors of

sentence structure: i.e. fragments, run-ons;

unable to write simple sentences (0 points)

Formulaic sentence patterns or overuse of

simple sentences; errors in sentence structure (5

points)

Effective and varied sentences; errors (if

present) due to lack of careful proofreading (10

points)

Mechanics The text has few

grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors.

Frequent errors in agreement, verb tense,

spelling, and capitalization; intrusive

and/or inaccurate punctuation;

communication is hindered (0 points)

Contains several errors in agreement, verb

tense, spelling, capitalization, and

punctuation (up to 6); errors interfere with meaning (5 points)

Virtually free of errors in agreement, verb tense, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation (no

more than 3); errors do not interfere with

meaning (10 points)

Vocabulary & Word Usage

Uses extended and appropriate vocabulary

Vocabulary is unsophisticated; or

subject specific vocabulary or

sophisticated vocabulary used incorrectly (0

points)

Proper, but simple vocabulary used; subject specific vocabulary used

infrequently (5 points)

Vocabulary is varied, specific and appropriate;

uses subject specific vocabulary correctly (10

points)