ASC Grading
Explanation & Model
Reminder: All work submitted in this course
will be held in strictest confidence. As stated in the syllabus, I can use your
work, or parts of your work, as models. Any work used as models will be
anonymous and may be edited or changed so that the student cannot be identified
or personal information about him/her will not be compromised. There is nothing
personal about my choice of examples, it is so all can
learn for the next assignment(s). If your work is cited and there are parts you
wish to have removed or changed, let me know and I will do so.
In Part A of the assignment you were
to just list the score as directed.
In Part B of this ASC assignment,
you were to write, in your own words, the interpretation of the score for each
questionnaire. Below are two acceptable
and one unacceptable answer from the State Anxiety Inventory (Spielberg):
ACCEPTABLE:
“According
to the State Anxiety Inventory, scores range from 20 to 80. Considering my score is 38, it means that I
have an average level of anxiety. The
reason why I feel I am average when it comes to my anxiety levels is because everyone
has to have some sort of anxiety. Very
rarely will you ever find someone who has a score of 20-25. If someone did have a score that low, I would
consider them to either be lying or have a very boring life. Everybody at some point has anxiety that
occurs. To me, not all anxiety is
bad. Any unexpected event (whether good
or bad) can cause anxiety. For example,
if you are about to go on a first date with someone or another important event,
you may feel some symptoms that Spielberg put in his test that he considered
were anxiety signs. Symptoms
such as being overexcited, anxious, nervous, and even jittery. I feel all these signs even when I am happy,
content, and self-confident of myself.”
Score: 48 “The range of
scores for this test range from 20-80, representing the level of anxiety
at the present time. My score of 48 would indicate that I have a little above
average level of anxiety right now; that is I have some calming, secure
feelings and some tense feelings. Even though the score is right in the middle,
it is still a decent level of anxiety because the scale doesn’t even start
until a level of 20. “
UNACCEPTABLE:
“This
assessment is trying to interpret how you feel overall in day to day life. It
was trying to see if you experienced anything that could contribute to stress
in your life.”
In Part C of this assignment you
were to tell if you agreed with the outcome of each questionnaire by using
examples from your life. Some did not use specific examples to explain the
agreement or disagreement.
EXAMPLE:
This test was almost
completely accurate. The one place that it was wrong was when it said that I
avoid taking things personally, I kind of have a
problem with taking things personally and getting my feelings hurt. This is
something that I have had to deal with all my life,
and I have come to the conclusion that it is okay because it just shows how
much I care and love. I do on the other hand tend to bounce back from
situations good and bad and one of my most favorite lines is everything that
happens happens for a reason. I live by that
statement and look at everything as a blessing. For example
my parents getting a divorce. At first it was horrible but now that I
look at it, it was one of the best things that happened in my life. My parents
were happy again and I got 6 great siblings out of the whole deal and two more
wonderful parents.
Overall Grading Criteria
1. Grades are based on the
OVERALL quality of the assignment. In this regard, I read each assignment
twice, once for overall impression and once for specifics.
2. When appropriate, you
should have listed one or two (depending on the assignment) Stress
Management Assignment Objectives (SMAO) for the assignment. The SMAOs for the whole assignment should be listed at the top
of the assignment. This assures me that you are aware of the purpose of the
assignment. A link to the list of these objectives can be found under
"AA (Assignments Assistance)."
3. On
the Grade Post, for each assignment there will be recorded in two columns: (a) points earned; (b)
grading criteria for the assignment. The Grading Criteria will be a
code which you can find the general interpretation under the link "Grading
Criteria" on the page where the assignment is described. After one week
the "Grading Criteria" column will be removed.
ASC Specific
The most common specific
mistakes included the following:
4. Confusing Part B
(interpretation for assessment stated after taking test) with Part C (specific
examples from life). A couple of you seemed to include C in B. They
should have been separate. On the Grade Post this will be indicated by
"B=C?".
5. From Grading Criteria:
Ca (not detailed) and/or Cb (not specific lifestyle
examples): This is a matter of detail and varying degrees of correctness.
It is not an absolute. What is meant by this is that some of your
responses to each assessment were better for some assessments than for
others. It does not mean that you didn't have any life examples. It
also might mean that your life examples were general and not specific for some
of the assessments.
Below are examples and
explanations with my thoughts in (red):
Model 1 (A "2Bb &
2Ca" on the Grade Post for these parts of the assignment): (Enneagram Personality Type Indicator in which the high
score was 7 Type 1 (Reformer) & Type 3 (Motivator)
Part B: "I am very
surprised that I received a tie score in the Motivator and Reformer
category. However, I do consider myself
a motivator. Often my friends will come
to me for motivation so they can get through whatever they are dealing with at
the moment. I don’t consider myself a reformer. " (Not an interpretation
of the score given for the assessment. Did he not click the link
mentioned in the assignment?)
Part C: "I do not thinks that the test is accurate. I am surprised that
I received a 0 in the Helper category because I am always willing to help my
family and friends in any way that I can. (Why didn't
he address the highest scored category--Romantic?) (What is an example of
helping friends and/or family? Too general, not specific) I am
also surprised that I received a -1 in the peacemaker category because I don't
like to see people in conflict." (There is nothing wrong with stating which category you feel
is more descriptive of you, but address the highest scoring category first
(Romantic) with specific examples illustrating why this is not true for
you. THEN, state the categories you feel are more appropriate.)
(Keep in mind that on any
assessment YOU are the one answering the questions. What did the
assessment "pick up" in your answers that would allow the
interpretation to be what it is?)
Model 2 (An "ok"
on the Grade Post): (Enneagram Personality Type
Indicator in which the high score was 8 Type 4 (Romantic/Artist).
Part B: "The type 4 personality
is very deep and caring, but extremely insecure and needs a great deal of love,
understanding and support from the people in their lives. They are very emotional people who have a
desire to better understand themselves, but have difficulty attaining it. They have tendencies to over-dramatize
situations and take too many things personally, anything from what other people
do to the situations they put themselves in.
I would even go as far as calling them martyrs. "
Part C (Highly edited by
Dr. G. for personal reasons): "I had no idea I was a tragedy queen. Wait – yes I did. I read the description of this type and
thought, holy cow, this is so me. I
always thought of myself as the oddball.
I was singled out in school as one of the people that constantly get
picked on, and picked last for gym class.
I was always worried about whether people liked me or not, and if they
seemed like they liked me I thought that they really had another agenda, and
eventually they would use their gained position to humiliate me somehow. I (was) always worried about what other
people are thinking about me.... I feel very deeply. I am such the romantic.(specific
example) ... Even as a parent, I can see
that I could be all of those things IF I wasn’t so concerned about myself. I am in the death loop described in the cycle
section. I am trying desperately to get
out of it. My boyfriend got so tired of
my (specific example).... My parents got
(specific example) .... Prior to that I had (specific
example) ... I... (at
the time, had) always thought that I was jinxed, and would never succeed at
anything. Tragedy is something I ...
(thrived) on. When something (went)
horribly wrong I (accepted) it as my destiny to suffer. Talk about hitting the nail on the head. This evaluation proved to be amazingly
accurate."