URBS 4/581—Selected Topics: Growing Up in Cities

Assessment Form

Please review & provide feedback to your classmates on their final project. Your assessment will not be the final grade—your classmates will have the opportunity to edit/modify what was initially submitted. Your comments can provide very useful help to your classmates as they prepare the final version.

Whether the paper is a lesson plan or a position paper, please “score” it on a 10-point scale, using the guidelines below. In addition, please provide comments as appropriate.

Lesson Plans

Key components (3 pts.): How well are the 3 components of a lesson plan presented?

Ranges of approach (3 pts.): How well does the plan account for differences in student motivation, learning styles, and learning objectives?

Quality of plan (3 pts.): How interesting is the lesson (depth & breadth of coverage, salience of issue, creativity)?

Overall Impact of plan (1 pt.)

Position Paper

Key questions (4 pts.): How well are the 4 key questions addressed?

Analysis (2 pts.): How well does the paper cover existing research and analyze alternative solutions?

Quality of paper (3 pts.): How interesting is the paper (depth & breadth of coverage, salience of issue, creativity)?

Overall impact (1 pt.)

Please post your assessment of your classmates’ work as quickly as possible; your classmates must have their final revisions in to me by the date posted on the course calendar.

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