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Assessment Details

Course Code:

LSS 1103

Course Name:

Life and Future Skills

Course Teacher:

Task Title:

Assessment 4- Future story

Task Description:

Working on your own you will create a future story describing a character’s life in the future if a trend continues. In the story you need to:

1. Explain the development of a trend

2. What negative impacts did the trend create

3. How did society respond to these negative impacts

4. What was the final result of these responses

Special Instructions:

In your story you need to show that you are familiar with concepts covered on the course, such as, STEEP categories, drivers, trends, events, patterns, Causal Layered Analysis, futures wheels tool, Probability Impact Matrix. You need to apply these concepts to describing your character’s life story. Use the template provided to make sure you cover the relevant parts.

Weighting:

10%

Duration/Word Limit:

300- 400 words

Due Date:

End of week 12

Grading/Marking Criteria:

Your grade will be determined using the relevant criteria from the attached rubric.

Late Penalty:

Unless special circumstances are agreed with the course teacher regarding late submission, work submitted 1 working day late will be deducted 10%, 2 days late 20%, 3 days late 30% and any work submitted more than 3 days late will get a zero mark.

Academic Honesty:

Breaches of Academic Honesty will be treated with the utmost seriousness. You are reminded the penalties for cheating or plagiarism include dismissal from the HCT.

(for more information please refer to Academic and Student Regulations, HCT Academic Honesty Policy, Student Handbook)

HCT Graduate Outcomes Addressed

1.

Communication and Information Literacy

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2.

Critical and Creative Thinking

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3.

Global Awareness and Citizenship

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4.

Technological Literacy

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5.

Self-Management and Independent Learning

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6.

Teamwork and Leadership

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7.

Vocational Competencies

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8.

Mathematical Literacy

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Course Assessment/Student Details

Course Code:

LSS 1003

Course Name:

Life and Future Skills

Course Teacher:

Task Title:

Assessment 4- Future Story

Student Name:

Student ID:

Final Grade/Mark

General Comments

Course Name:

Life and Future Skills

Course Code:

LSS 1003

Instructor Name:

Task Title:

Assessment 4- Future story

Due Date:

End of week 12

Date Submitted:

Student Name:

Student ID:

Section:

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B

B+

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Achievement that does not meet requirements

Achievement that minimally meets the course requirements

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Achievement that satisfactorily meets the course requirementsBottom of Form

Achievement that is significantly above the course requirements

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Achievement that is outstanding relative to the course requirementsBottom of Form

Significantly below course requirements

Below course requirements

Explanation, description, and/or justification

Logical reasoning, supported back up and critical thinking: compare and contrast

0%

It is difficult to understand what I am saying. I do not support my main ideas with any explanations or examples.

50%

It is difficult to understand what I am saying. I do not support my main ideas with any explanations or examples.

16%

Some of my explanation and reasoning are clear, but it isn’t clear or logical all the time. I do not support my main ideas with explanations or examples.

65%

68%

72%

My explanations are clear and most are logical. I explain some of my main points with evidence and examples to show what I mean.

75%

78%

82%

Most of my explanations are complete and logical. I explain most of my main points and have evidence and examples to show what I mean.

85%

88%

100%

All my explanations are complete and logical. I explain all my main points and have evidence and examples to show what I mean at all times.

Grading/Marking Comments:

Subject knowledge
Understanding and application of subject knowledge and underlying principles

0%

I am unable to describe basic ideas from the course. Very little of what I say is related to the course content.

50%

I show a limited understanding of subject and most of the time I do not discuss ideas from the course. A lot of my information does not relate to the course content but is common everyday knowledge.

16%

I show some understanding of the main ideas from the course.

65%

68%

72%

I can usually show accurate understanding of the main ideas from the course. At times, however, the ideas that I present are not related to the main idea, or are inaccurate.

75%

78%

82%

I am beginning to identify how some ideas from the course are connected to each other.

85%

88%

100%

I can identify how different ideas from the course are connected to each other. This allows me to present ideas which are more insightful.

Grading/Marking Comments:

Analysis

Examination and interpretation of information and/or resources

0%

I incorrectly name or describe different ideas from the course.

50%

I incorrectly name or describe different ideas from the course.

16%

I have difficulty describing what the ideas mean.

65%

68%

72%

I can describe what the ideas mean, however, I do not show what I think about the ideas.

75%

78%

82%

I am starting to develop my own ideas on the content. At times I can show the importance of different ideas to my context, or whether or not they are positive or negative.

85%

88%

100%

I have developed my own ideas/ perspectives on the content, which includes the importance of different ideas, or whether or not they are positive or negative. I can use the ideas from the course and connect these clearly to my own context.

Grading/Marking Comments: