Final self-evaluation

 

Please click here to download and use this SE Form for completing your final course SE

 

 

This form should be downloaded, filled in, and then posted as an attachment to an email message in our FirstClass classroom. Please post the SE to the folder titled "self evaluations," with a little padlock icon.

 

The following materials should be posted to the SE folder on the final class day. Each item should be listed separately, should be in the order listed here, and numbered. It should be very legible, and it should be done neatly. You will need to keep records of everything related to the course during the whole quarter, because this is all to be very exact - no estimates. These materials will be a large determinant in my assigning your final grade. Give a short summary at the end of each item.

 

section 1: An accurate estimate of the amount of time you spent online per week.

section 2: An exact record of all book-reading assignments and the dates due.

a. Did you do the assignment? What percent of it?
b. Did you do it on time?

Section 3: An exact record of online lectures that have been assigned so far and the dates due.

a. Did you do the assignment? What percent of it?
b. Did you do it on time?

section 4: A record of any extra reading you did and whether or not you took notes on that reading, or discussed it at any length with others.

section 5: An exact record of all study question assignments and dates due.

a. Did you do the assignment?
b. Did you do it on time?

section 6: An accurate record of your completion of online discussion assignments. Did you participate early in the week so that others could respond to your comments?

section 7: Reading other people's postings.

a. Did you read everyone else's postings in the classroom? Approximately what percentage of them did you read?

b. Did you read everyone else's postings in the study questions folder? Approximately what percentage of them did you read?

c. Did you read everyone else's postings in the research projects folder? Approximately what percentage of them did you read?

section 8: Did you do other related writing this quarter? Journals? Short papers? Personal reflections? Philosophical emails or letters to friends/family?

section 9: Did you do your Research Report? On time? (Don't forget to complete a detailed self-evaluation of your project. See the page for project SE guidelines.)

section 10: Tests and exams. Show me a record of how you did on each exam & quiz.

section 11: Did you do any other "extras" that were related to this course?

section 12: Did you take good notes, or marginal notes, on your readings?

section 13: Now here's where you do a self-evaluation in two parts:

a. What criteria do you think should be used to assess the progress and work of a student in a philosophy course such as this one, especially one done online? Include all criteria you think are important. And then

b. How did you do on each of those criteria? A good way to do this is to have two vertical columns (if your computer allows you to do this); in the left column list the criteria, and in the right column write how you did against each criterion. (Or any other arrangement that works for you.) Be pretty complete on this one.

section 14: Now given all this, what grade do you think you deserve for this course, and why? (Please figure your grade on the 4.0 scale.)

section 15: Are there any additional comments you'd like to make about this course?

Due Date: The above 14 points are due on the last class day of the quarter.