Rubric for Reflection Essay
on your Implicit Association Test
in DVRS 1101
Twenty-five percent of your grade in DVRS
1101 will be based on your reflection
and analysis essay on a Harvard University Implicit Association Test, available
online at:
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/selectatest.html
An implicit association test measures your
implicit (not-necessarily-conscious) association of negative and positive
attributes of people who may be similar or different from you in attitudes,
experiences or life situations. The idea
behind an implicit association test is that there may be a difference between
our conscious and our unconscious beliefs about instances, examples or
representations of diversity. Your
assignment is to take ONE implicit
association test from the following categories on the Harvard IAT above:
Arab-Muslim, Age, Religion, Gender-Career,
Race, Sexuality, Disability, Skin Tone, Gender-Science, Asian American, Native
American
Then, after taking the test you will write
in class a typed, double-spaced reflection essay of 500-750 words, based on the
question below for this
assignment. The essay is used to assess
the achievement of the learning outcome that “Students will be able to describe the role of social diversity in
shaping their own attitudes or values regarding appreciation, tolerance or
equality of others.”
First, print out the IAT Test resuts and
attach to your essay.
Question (This must appear in the
Syllabus).:
Please explain, a.) what the implicit
association test claimed were the implicit preferences of the student on the
topic selected, between the subtopics within the assessment. (For example, the
Religion test evaluated the test-taker’s relative views of Christianity,
Hinduism, Judaism and Islam; the essay here would show what order the IAT
indicated were the test-takers’ preference between these four). And, b) assume, just for the purposes of
completing the essay (and pretend if you need to), that the results do in fact reflect real
conditioning in the form of cultural, social, personal and generational events
that have a cause and effect relationship with your test scores. To achieve the
best grade your answer will explain what these events might be if the test results are or were accurate. This exercise
does not assume that you agree with the test results, or that you agree that
the results of implicit association are correct in your case. Whether you agree
or not, you are asked to explain what forms of conditioning would cause a
person to have those results if they were in fact conditioned in a social,
cultural or generational way by them.
The grade that will result from this assignment will be used
in two different ways. Since the assessment is out of 5 points, the raw 1-5
grade will be used to assess the course.
But the grade will also be converted to a 100-point scale and count
toward your grade, with each point worth 20 points, so that a 5-point score is
“worth” 100 points, a 4-point score is worth 80 points, and so on. This grade out of 100 points is part of your
grade in the course and it is “worth” 25% of your course grade.
The grade will not be based on your
opinion but on the degree to which you answer all parts of the question, are
clear in your answer and fulfill the requirements of the rubric.
Requirements
of the Rubric:
5 Points:
To earn 5 points (100%), the student must answer
both a) and b) in the question clearly and logically. The essay will be at
least 500 words, and all sentences will
be complete. If there are any grammatical errors they will not interfere with
the meaning of the sentences.
4 points:
To earn 4 points (80%), the student must
answer both a) and b) in the question clearly and logically. The essay will be
at least 500 words, and most sentences will be complete. There may be a few
grammatical errors but no more than one such error will interfere with the
meaning of the sentences.
3 points:
To earn 3 points (60%), the student will
answer a) OR b) in the question clearly and logically, but not both. The essay
will be 500 or almost 500 words, and most sentences will be complete. There may
be more than a few grammatical errors
but no more than two such errors will interfere with the meaning of the
sentences.
2 points (40%):
To earn 2 points, the student will answe
neitherr a) OR b) in the question clearly and logically, but some good
information will be provided. The essay be only 250-300 words or lessThere may
be many grammatical errors and an egregious lack of proofreading.
1 point (20%):
An essay with some redeeming information
but which omits most of what was expected.
A 1 essay will be unclear most of the time, vague and ungrammatical most
of the time, and full of irrelevant comments indicating that little or nothing was
learned from the assignment. There will be some, but very, very little evidence
from the composition of the essay that
the test was actually taken. There will
be little or no evidence of reflection.
0 point:
An essay that contains nothing relevant and
provides no indication that the test was taken or its nature understood in any
way. A plagiarized essay will also receive a 0. An essay with some correct
information will not receive a 0 unless it is plagiarized.
Performance Target:
85% or more of students will score at
least a 4 on the assessment.
