Reflective Journal Marking Rubric (40%)

Criteria High Distinction (80-100) Distinction (70-79) Credit (60-69) Pass (50-59) Fail (<50)
Depth of reflection and Reflection demonstrates a Reflection demonstrates a Reflection demonstrates Reflection demonstrates Superficial connections
application of key unit sophisticated degree of substantial degree of some degree of critical limited critical thinking in are made with key unit
concepts critical thinking in applying critical thinking in applying thinking in applying applying and/or analysing concepts and theories.
(30%) and analysing key unit and analysing key unit and/or analysing key unit key unit concepts. Examples drawn from l
concepts and theories. concepts. Accurate and concepts. Accurate Somewhat accurate experience are irrelevant
Accurate and relevant relevant connections made connections made connections made and/or incomplete to
connections made through through contextual through explanations, through explanations, support the connections
contextual explanations, explanations, inferences, inferences, and/or inferences, and/or mentioned.
inferences, and examples and examples which goes examples. examples.
which goes beyond beyond minimum
minimum requirements. requirements.

Personal development Reflection conveys strong Reflection conveys good Conveys evidence of Conveys limited evidence Conveys inadequate
(30%) evidence on self- evidence on self- reflection on self- of reflection on self- evidence of reflection on
development with a development with a development with a development in response self-development in
substantial personal substantial personal personal response to self- to self-assessment and response to self-
response to self- response to self- assessment and feedback feedback received. assessment and feedback
assessment and feedback assessment and feedback received. Demonstrates Demonstrates less than received. Personal growth
received. Demonstrates received. Demonstrates satisfactory personal adequate personal and awareness are not
significant awareness of significant awareness of growth and awareness growth and awareness evident and/or
areas of personal growth, areas of personal growth, through some inferences through few or simplistic demonstrates a neutral
developed insights, and developed insights, and made and examples inferences made, and experience with
substantial depth in substantial depth in presented. examples presented. negligible personal
perceptions. perceptions. impact.
Action and implication Demonstrates a conscious Demonstrates a thoughtful Demonstrates a basic Demonstrates a limited Demonstrates little or no
for future learning and thorough understanding of the understanding of the understanding of the understanding of the
(25%) understanding of the learning to be gained from learning to be gained learning to be gained learning to be gained
learning to be gained from experience. from experience. from experience. from experience.
experience. Provides well - reasoned Provides reasoned Provides some Provides little or no
Provides highly articulate suggestions for future suggestions for future suggestions for future suggestions for future
and well-reasoned improvements. improvements. improvement. improvements.
suggestions for future
improvements.

Communication Excellent grammar and Very good grammar and Sound grammar, spelling, Adequate grammar, Poor grammar and
(15%) spelling with superior spelling with very good and structure but in need spelling, and structure, spelling and illogical and
sentence, paragraph, and sentence, paragraph, and of some improvement. but in need of significant incoherent structure.
overall structure. overall structure. Uses basic but improvement. Uses language that is
Uses language that is Uses language that is appropriate language, Uses language that is unsuitable for the
precise and engaging, with fluent and original, with with a basic sense of vague or imprecise for purpose.
notable sense of voice, and evident sense of voice, and voice, some awareness of the purpose, with little Demonstrates little or no
awareness of purpose. awareness of purpose. purpose. sense of voice. control of the
Demonstrates control of Demonstrates control of Demonstrates partial Demonstrates limited conventions, making
the conventions with the conventions, exhibiting control of the control of the comprehension almost
essentially no errors, even occasional errors only conventions, exhibiting conventions, exhibiting impossible.
with sophisticated when using sophisticated occasional errors that do frequent errors that make
language. language. not hinder comprehension difficult.
comprehension.