Project description:
Your course journal should be completed already, because it was assigned as part of each lesson. Before you prepare the file and turn in your journal, read through it and make sure its presented in a way that will be easily understood by your instructor. Remember, the emphasis is on its content (your thought processes and ideas, rather than structure and con- ventions), but it still must be understandable.
Review the Course Journal Evaluation Chart, which will be used to grade your exam. Because the journal counts as 33 percent of your final grade, its important to make sure you include all 15 entries in the required format and with the necessary content.
The journal assignments require you to think on paper rather than demonstrate polished writing. Each entry is rated for the completeness of the assigned task, as well as the depth and breadth of thought. Your goal is to demonstrate quality of thinking, rather than to produce a certain quantity of words (never write words just to have words). Consider your journal the place where you interact with yourself in an animated, thought-provoking written conversation (on which the instructor then eavesdrops).
Six Levels of Intellectual Thinking:
To become familiar with the kinds of thinking that show learning, study the types of thinking below. Theyre based on Blooms revised taxonomy, which defines six levels of intellectual thinking. The levels begin with the lowest or easiest type of thinking and move to the highest or most complex level. Your assignments will concentrate on the higher levels of thinking.
Remembering. Recall or recognize relevant information. Understanding. Explain the meaning of what youve learned. Applying. Use what youve learned in a different context.Analyzing. Break what youve learned into parts, and relate each part to the others and to an overall purpose.
Evaluating. Justify your decision or choice according to certain criteria (either your own or some specified set).
Creating. Develop something original; put together what youve learned in a new way.
Essays must be typed, using a standard 12-point font and left justification. Use 1-inch margins at the top and bottom and 1.25-inch margins for the left and right sides of the document. Single- space your journal entries, using double-spacing only between entries. (See page 9 of your study guide for more instructions.) Each page must have a properly formatted header containing your name, student number, exam number, page number, mailing address, and e-mail address (see page 6 for an example).
Name each document using your student number first, then the six-digit lesson number, and finally your last name (for example, 23456789_050177 Doe). Save each as File
Type: Rich Text Format, regardless of your word-processing program.