THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
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Reflective Essay
5=excellent; 4=very good; 3=good; 2=weak; 1=poor; 0=no credit
HIGH MIDDLE LOW TOTAL
5
4 3
2
1 0
A. Content: Does the student provide …
1. Details on the content they contributed to the project? . . . . _____
2. Details on the specific technology/applications used? . . . . . _____
3. Details on how they learned the technology/applications? . ._____
4. References to class readings/viewings? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
5. Details on challenges? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
6. Details on successes? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
7. Suggestions for improving the process? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
8. Suggestions for sustaining the project? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
9. Content on the impact of the class? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
10. Other relevant content? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
11. A bibliography? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
12. Is content sufficiently detailed? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
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B. Quality of Presentation:
13. Originality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______
14. Effort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______
C. Writing Style
15 Spelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
16. Punctuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
17. Grammar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
18. Word choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
19. Word usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
20. Clarity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
21. Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
22. Does one idea logically follow another ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
23. Sentence variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
24. Are contractions spelled out? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
25. Does the student avoid “etc."? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
26. Does the student avoid weak connectives like “however”? _____
27. Cliches (not desirable) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
28. Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
29. Neatness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
30. Are pages numbered except for the cover sheet?. . . . . . . . _____
31. Are section headings used?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
32. Does the student avoid using “which”
when “that” is more appropriate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
33. Is the text left justified only? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
34. Is the print dark enough to read? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
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GRADE: Check the course policies.