Welcome to the PSY 457 blog! You will post group essays and comments here throughout the fall term.
Group Essays
Group essay assignments will be posted (along with their grading rubric and writing tips) on this blog on alternating Thursdays at 5 PM, and will be due by 5 PM the following Thursday. The strict length limit is 250 words. Each group will post a single essay. When you post a group essay, make sure to place it in the correct category (e.g. “Group Essay 1”) and add the tag for your group (e.g. “Group 1”).
Do not wait until the last minute to post! Allow a time buffer for technical difficulties.
Group essays will be graded on a 1-5 scale on two dimensions:
- Content: Ideas/Insight/Integration of Literature/Innovative/Thought-Provoking
- Execution: Writing clarity/Organization/Accuracy /Formatting of Cites
Blog 1 will receive feedback but no grade: the first group project is always a bit stressful, so the focus for this first blog is on developing a sensible group process.
Comments
After the group essays are published, every student is responsible for reading all the essays. All students are responsible for making at least one substantive comment on one of the other essays by 10 AM Sunday.
Comments should advance the conversation about the case being discussed. Specific connections back to the readings, thoughtful questions, and critical/constructive/specific feedback are all helpful. Vague comments with no specifics (“Nice job” or “What Suzy said”) will receive 0-1 credit. After 10 AM Sunday, the comment feature will be closed.