Biostats Project

IHP 525 Journal Guidelines and Rubric Overview: The j ournal activities in this course are an ongoing , private conversation between you and the instructor. In each journal assignment, you will draft responses to sections of Final Project Part I: Article Review . While a certain level of informality is permitted, proper grammar, spelling, and APA citations are required. Your journal post s should reflect academic rigor. A course journal in Blackboard is generally made up of many individual entries. In this course, each entry will be graded individually, but they will all be polished and used to create one final document to be submitted in Module Eight as your Final Project Part I: Article Review. Review this tutorial for information on creating a Blackboard journal entry. Prompt: For each journal entry, the following critical elements must be met: ● Fulfill all requirements in the individual prompt . ● Provide relevant application of course concepts . ● Support ideas and observations with examples from your own personal or professional situation . Guidelines for Submission: Each journal entry should be 1 to 2 paragraphs in length, submitted through the Blackboard journal tool. Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center. For more in formation, review these instructions . Critical Elements Exemplary (100% ) Proficient (90% ) Needs Improvement (70% ) Not Evident (0% ) Value Prompt Meets ”Proficient” criteria and references course materials Meets all elements outlined in the prompt Meets only some of the elements in the prompt Does not meet the elements in the prompt 40 Course Concepts Meets “Proficient” criteria and supports response with course materials Clearly relates course concepts to the applic able journal prompt Relates course concepts to the applicable journal prompt, but response lacks clarity Does not relate course concepts to the applicable journal prompt 30 Personal or Professional Situation Meets “Proficient” criteria and further relates personal or professional circumstances to scholarly research Logically supports ideas and observations with examples from personal or professional circumstances or experiences Supports ideas and observations with examples from personal or professio nal circumstances or experiences, but response lacks logic Does not support ideas and observations with examples from personal or professional circumstances or experiences 25 Articulation of Response Journal entry is free of errors in organization and gra mmar and all sources correctly cited using APA Journal entry is mostly free of errors of organization and grammar , which are marginal and rarely interrupt the flow , and most sources are correctly cited using APA Journal entry contain s errors of organization and grammar , but they are limited enough so that entry can be understood and APA usage is consistently incorrect Journal entry contains errors of organization and grammar making the journal difficult to understand and does not use APA 5 Total 100%