Homework
Recap:
All quarter long you have been working with a partner engaging in the "Did You Read?" Homework. While you were doing this, I asked that you engage in a series of reflection prompts (copied below).
1. How am I feeling when I say "yes" or "no" to the question asking if I read the assigned chapter?
2. Is my inclination to avoid the question, make an excuse if I didn't read, be too hard on myself if I didn't read, feel embarrassed to say that I read with confidence, something else?
3. How am I feeling when the other person responds "yes" or "no" to the question asking if they read the assigned chapter?
4. How did I response to their answer? Is my inclination to avoid a direct response?
5. What happens next when someone in the pair said they did not read? How does that interaction shape possible patterns of interaction that might come next?
6. What happens when someone in the pair said they did read? How does that interaction impact their motivation going forward?
Final Homework for 20%
Now that you have completed your last meeting with your partner, submit to this homework dropbox a final essay for 10% of your final grade that describes what you have learned about mutual accountability throughout the quarter. Answer the questions:
1. What did you learn about yourself during the interactions with your partner?
2. What factors, including the specific statements or actions of your partner, increased your motivation to read the chapter each week? Provide specific examples and their effects on you.
3. What factors, including the specific statements or actions of your partner, decreased or left unchanged your motivation to read the chapter each week? Provide specific examples and their effects on you.
4. And finally, what norms, or accepted and expected patterns of behavior, emerged between you and your partner and what impact did they have on the accountability you felt to yourself and to you partner to read each week?
Alternative Homework
If you were not able to meet with your partner this quarter due to technical or scheduling difficulties, you may complete the following alternative homework:
1. What were the circumstances that resulted in you not meeting with you partner on this homework this quarter?
2. What is meant by the term mutual accountability?
3. What specific factors increase mutual accountability in organizational work teams?
4. Do you anticipate that regular meetings with a classmate, as was asked in the homework, would have increased your motivation? Why or why not?
5. What specific factors, including the statements or actions of your classmate, do you imagine would have had the greatest positive impact on your motivation to read the chapter each week?
6. What specific factors, including the statements or actions of your classmate, do you imagine would have had the greatest negative impact on your motivation to read the chapter each week?
Requirements
Essays should answer all questions asked and be written in formal language (meaning, please have clear paragraphs and write in an organized fashion with transitions between paragraphs rather than writing how you would speak to another person, which is informal and often has stream of conscious flow). There is no need to have an introduction or conclusion paragraph. Essays should be no more than three pages in length, double spaced.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
1. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.