	Points Features present in the reflective writing product	3 Meets criteria fully	2 Meets most of the criteria	1 Minimally meets the criteria	0 Does not meet the criteria
1	A fluent piece of work in the student’s own words	Thoughts flow in a mostly logical manner, self-talk is present to monitor thinking	Thoughts flow in an associative manner, shows some self-talk	The student is not thinking about their own thoughts but is mostly paraphrases of material presented in the textbook or your lectures	The piece is a summary; it is essay writing, directly copied from a text book
2	Student explains key concepts in his or her own words	Student has constructed his/her own understanding of the concepts and has used his/her own reasoning to make sense of the concepts	Students has used his/her own reasoning to make sense of the concepts, but some key concepts are missing	Concept written in a manner that is largely a rewrite of “textbook” version. Illustrates selection of a concepts with little consideration of its meaning	Rewrite of a textbook definition
3	Student relates recently introduced key concepts to previously studied concepts within the course	Sets out clear understanding of how the concept follows from or is related to concepts previously studied in the course. Student is able to use the same principle to explain various phenomena.	Partial understanding of how the concept follows from or is related to concepts previously studied in the course	Mention of previously studied concepts without any explanation of how they relate to concepts under study in current sections	No relationships to previously studied concepts are given.
4	Student relates key concepts to his/her own life experiences	Shows clear understanding of how the concepts occur in everyday situations	Shows partial understanding of how the concepts occur in everyday situations	Mention of everyday situations without any explanation of how they relate to concepts under study in current sections	No relationships to his/her own life experiences are given
5	Student identifies that the ideas/facts/data (if applicable) presented in the textbook are in conflict with the students’ own ideas	Clearly sets out how the student’s own ideas about concepts differ from the versions found in the textbooks	Sees that there is a conflict between the students’ own ideas and versions found in textbooks without clearly setting out the difference	Notes a difference between the students’ own ideas and the versions found in the textbooks without any explanation	No conflicts identified Student’s reflective writing product contains some conflicts that students has not realized and addressed.
6	If there is any conflict identified, student discusses the conflict between the ideas/facts/data	Student sets out a discussion of the difference between the students’ own ideas and the versions found in the textbooks trying to fully understand the difference	Student attempts to discuss the difference between the students’ own ideas and the versions found in the textbooks	Student notes the difference between the students’ own ideas and the versions found in the textbooks without any discussion	No discussion
7	In addition to identifying a conflict, Student formulates his/her own question(s).	Student realizes that there are concepts in the textbook that s/he does not understand and elaborates a clear question.	Student sets out a question that is not clearly formulated	The question formulated does not address the conflict between the students’ own ideas and the versions found in the textbooks.	No questions given