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This is a peei-assessment assignment which means that once you submit youi woik,
you will then be askeu to assess the woik of a subset of youi peeis while they also
assess youi woik. You will then be able to see the comments anu giaues given by
youi peeis.

To make this piocess woik as well as possible it is impoitant that we all be cleai
about what I want you to uo. This iubiic spells out what I view as the main
components of youi composition, anu the aspects of it that I'u like you to think
about while wiiting youi own piece, anu while assessing the woik of youi peeis.

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know it has a geneial unueistanuing of the event, anu a goou unueistanuing
of any specific aspects of the event that aie ielevant to youi analysis.
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making suie you highlight any aspects of it ielevant to youi analysis.
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highlighting why you see this ieal woilu event as ieflecting this psychological
concept
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Foi example, if the event was tiagic, uoes the psychological concept suggest
any way it coulu have been aveiteu.
S. <" "==&5&"'%> That is, uo all of the things above using as many woius as you
have to, but no moie than that. Stiuctuie youi composition in a way that
allows you to flow fiom one point to anothei, anu only intiouuce infoimation
that is neeueu to explain things well.

When assessing each othei, I will ask you to iate anu comment on each of the above
by giving each a iating out of 4, anu pioviuing a comment to justify the iating. I will
also ask you to give the assignment an oveiall giaue. The oveiall giaue shoulu just
be the sum of the inuiviuual giaues, making the assignment out of 2u points.

The matiix on the next page shoulu help you when composing youi own piece anu
when assessing the woik of youi peeis.


















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Explanation was
very clear

Explanation was
pretty clear but
could have been
clearer

Explanation was
understandable but
could have been
presented much
more clearly


I did not
understand the
world event that
was being
explained

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Explanation was
very clear

Explanation was
pretty clear but
could have been
clearer

Explanation was
understandable but
could have been
presented much
more clearly

I did not
understand the
psychological
phenomenon that
was being
explained


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The relation
between the event
and the
phenomenon was
very well
described


The relation
between the event
and the
phenomenon was
pretty well
described

I saw the relation
between the event
and the
phenomenon but it
could have been
described better

Based on the
explanation, I
wasnt even sure
the event was
related to the
phenomenon

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The conclusion
was novel and very
interesting

The conclusion
was pretty
obvious, but
clearly relevant


The conclusion
was OK but not
very novel or
interesting

The conclusion
was neither novel,
relevant or at all
surprising

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The composition
was structured
well and contained
only what was
needed to make the
point that was
made


The composition
was well
structured and
relatively efficient,
but there is room
for improvement


Clearly some
attempt was made
to provide
structure and to not
include more
information than
needed, but there is
lots of room for
improvement


It was hard to
know where this
composition was
going and what the
main points of it
were. It lacked
structure and flow