Self-Assessment Worksheet

First-Year Writing | City College of New York

What is Self-Assessment & Why are We Doing it? 

• Self-Assessment is a form of reflection, and reflection is one of the best tools we have for learning. Reflection helps us to reinforce our knowledge because our awareness of what we know grows and fortifies when we consciously build a vocabulary for naming and discussing what we know. 
• Reflecting on what we’ve done and what we know allows us to self-assess our learning. And self-assessment is a skill offering us far more benefits than simply interpreting someone else’s assessment of our work. A major goal of this composition course, then, is for you to reflect on your learning and writing practices, name and discuss what you’ve learned, and then self-assess that learning. 
• This self-assessment will also prepare you to write our final essay, the Final Reflection Essay.  
• In the worksheet that follows you will
  1. Paraphrase (aka “re-write in your own words”) each of the Learning Goals for our course.
  2. Score your current level of learning each Learning Goal, using the following key:

0 – No learning/practicing

1 – Very little learning /practicing

2 – Some learning /practicing

3 – Good/average amount of learning/practicing

4 – Great amount of learning/practicing

5 – Outstanding learning/practicing

3. Provide examples of any learning you experienced that connects to the Learning Goal. Explanations work as do hyperlinks to any documents you have online. Skip providing explanations for any Learning Goals that you have not yet worked on. 
   

Self-Assessment– Course Learning Outcomes

#	Learning Goal Write below (verbatim) all course learning outcomes listed in the syllabus.	Your Paraphrase Rewrite each course learning outcome in your own words.	Score 0-5 Rate your learning (see score key above)	Evidence of Learning  Briefly describe an example (or provide a hyperlink to your work) to demonstrate your level of learning.
1	Examine how attitudes towards linguistic standards empower and oppress language users.	Explore how views on language standards can affect speakers positively and negatively	5	The rhetorical situation worksheets helped me to get the perspectives of different linguistic journeys and how they overcame them to become famous and influential individuals.
2	Explore and analyze, in writing and reading, a variety of genres and rhetorical situations.	Be able to read and write about different genres and scenarios.	5	My rhetorical situation worksheets made me write about different linguistic journeys, whether it be Amy Tan coming to terms with her mother’s dialect or other individuals questioning why Black English is seen as less legitimate than other forms of English.
3	Develop strategies for reading, drafting, collaborating, revising, and editing.	Building ways to read, draft, collaborate, revise and edit.	5	Doing peer reviews allowed me to find different errors not only in the work of others, but also in my work as well.
4	Recognize and practice key rhetorical terms and strategies when engaged in writing situations.	Recognize and practice different important terms and strategies while strengthening your writing abilities in different situations.	5	I was able to find a strong structure when writing papers for this class that, for the most part, allowed me to get my point across.
5	Understand and use print and digital technologies to address a range of audiences.	To be able to know how to print and use digital technologies to translate stories into formats for different audiences.	5	The translation assignments made me think of different formats to share my work. Whether it be through a traditional presentation or a poster, it made me think about how I can use my work to address different audiences.
6	Locate research sources (including academic journal articles, magazine and newspaper articles) in the library’s databases or archives and on the Internet and evaluate them for credibility, accuracy, timeliness, and bias.	To be able to cite academic sources, magazine and newspaper articles and evaluate their credibility, accuracy, relevance and bias.	5	I am able to cite different sources in my papers and evaluate their accuracy, credibility and bias. I can analyze language and word choice that may convey biases and tell me whether or not they would be appropriate for my assignment.
7	Compose texts that integrate a stance with appropriate sources, using strategies such as summary, analysis, synthesis, and argumentation.	To be able to write texts that incorporate relevant stances and use strategies like summarizing, analyzing, synthesizing and changing things around to better support your point.	4	In my revised synthesis essay, I was able to cite different sources to support my points for each paragraph, however in my original assignment, I had skipped that step completely.
8	Practice systematic application of citation conventions.	To be able to appropriately cite different sources.	3	I attempt to cite sources through a traditional “Work Cited” page, but I have trouble following correct formatting.