11/5/22, 8:06 PMRubric Assessment - SOCY 325 7380 The Sociology of Gender (2228) - UMGC Learning Management System Page 1 of 2https://learn.umgc.edu/d2l/lms/competencies/rubric/rubrics_assess…0063&groupId=0&d2l_body_type=5&closeButton=1&showRubricHeadings=0 Part One: My Gendered Story Course: SOCY 325 7380 The Sociology of Gender (2228) Criteria Excellent: Points Possible 20 points Good: Points Possible 17 points Satisfactory: Points Possible 15 points Barely Satisfactory: Points Possible 13 points Unsatisfactory: Points Possible 10 points Criterion Score Overall Writing and Formatting / 20 Concepts of Doing Gender / 20 Examples of Doing Gender, Gendered Institutions, and Gendered Decisions / 20 Concept of Gender Socialization / 20 Student provides a well-written and grammatically correct paper with little to no spelling, citation, or grammatical errors. Student follows length and formatting guidelines. Student provides a well-written paper with fewer than 4 spelling, citation, and grammatical errors. Student follows length and formatting guidelines. Student provides a paper with many spelling, citation, and grammatical mistakes, though paper is still comprehensible. Paper is too short OR does not follow formatting guidelines. Student provides paper that is not proofread and that contains multiple spelling, citation, and grammatical errors, some making the paper difficult to follow in places. Student does not follow length or formatting guidelines. Student provides paper that is difficult to read throughout and that does not follow length or formatting guidelines. Student displays a clear understanding of key terms from the text by providing definitions and critically thinking about these terms. Student displays a clear understanding of key terms from the text by providing definitions from the text. Student defines key terms from the text but has a limited understanding of the terms. Student does not define all key terms required and has a limited understanding of the terms. Student does not define or understand key terms. Student provides at least three relevant examples related to his or her everyday life. Student provides one or two relevant examples related to his or her everyday life. Student provides examples that may not be completely relevant to key concepts or to his or her everyday life. Student provides examples that are irrelevant and that show a lack of understanding of terms. Student provides no examples. Student displays a clear understanding of gender socialization. Student understands that gender is learned and offers his or her own critical insight into gendered Student displays a clear understanding of gender socialization, and expresses that understanding in her/his own words in the paper. This section includes two or Student displays a basic understanding of g.

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Part One: My Gendered Story
Course: SOCY 325 7380 The Sociology of Gender (2228)
Criteria
Excellent: Points
Possible
20 points
Good: Points
Possible
17 points
Satisfactory: Points
Possible
15 points
Barely Satisfactory:
Points Possible
13 points
Unsatisfactory:
Points Possible
10 points

2. Criterion Score
Overall Writing
and Formatting
/ 20
Concepts of
Doing Gender
/ 20
Examples of
Doing Gender,
Gendered
Institutions, and
Gendered
Decisions
/ 20
Concept of
Gender
Socialization
/ 20

3. Student provides a
well-written and
grammatically
correct paper with
little to no
spelling, citation,
or grammatical
errors. Student
follows length and
formatting
guidelines.
Student provides a
well-written paper
with fewer than 4
spelling, citation,
and grammatical
errors. Student
follows length and

4. formatting
guidelines.
Student provides a
paper with many
spelling, citation,
and grammatical
mistakes, though
paper is still
comprehensible.
Paper is too short
OR does not
follow formatting
guidelines.
Student provides
paper that is not
proofread and that
contains multiple
spelling, citation,

5. and grammatical
errors, some
making the paper
difficult to follow
in places. Student
does not follow
length or
formatting
guidelines.
Student provides
paper that is
difficult to read
throughout and
that does not
follow length or
formatting
guidelines.
Student displays a

6. clear
understanding of
key terms from
the text by
providing
definitions and
critically thinking
about these terms.
Student displays a
clear
understanding of
key terms from
the text by
providing
definitions from
the text.
Student defines
key terms from

7. the text but has a
limited
understanding of
the terms.
Student does not
define all key
terms required
and has a limited
understanding of
the terms.
Student does not
define or
understand key
terms.
Student provides
at least
three relevant
examples related

8. to his or her
everyday life.
Student provides
one or
two relevant
examples related
to his or her
everyday life.
Student provides
examples that may
not be completely
relevant to key
concepts or to his
or her everyday
life.
Student provides
examples that are
irrelevant and that

9. show a lack of
understanding of
terms.
Student provides
no examples.
Student displays a
clear
understanding of
gender
socialization.
Student
understands that
gender is learned
and offers his or
her own critical
insight into
gendered
Student displays a

10. clear
understanding of
gender
socialization, and
expresses that
understanding in
her/his own words
in the paper.
This section
includes two or
Student displays a
basic
understanding of
gender
socialization.
This section
includes only
one directly

11. quoted, cited
reference to the
course materials,
Student does not
display an
understanding of
gender
socialization.
References to
course materials
are only
mentioned in
passing, or are not
applicable to the
Student does not
discuss gender
socialization.
No course

12. materials are
referenced.
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Total / 100
Overall Score
Examples of
Gender
Socialization
/ 20
socialization.
This section
includes two or
more directly

13. quoted, cited
references to the
course materials,
well-incorporated
into the essay
through
discussion or
analysis.
more directly
quoted, cited
references to the
course materials,
but they are not
well-incorporated
into the essay
through
discussion or
analysis. Or, only

14. one well-
incorporated
reference is
included.
and it is not well-
incorporated into
the essay through
discussion or
analysis. Or,
references are not
directly quoted or
are not cited.
topic at that point
in the essay.
Student
provides three or
more relevant
examples of

15. gender
socialization from
three or
more social
institutions.
Student provides
at least two
relevant examples
of gender
socialization from
at least two social
institutions.
Student only
discusses one
social institution
and provides one
or two examples
from this

16. institution.
Student does not
discuss social
institutions OR
does not provide
examples.
Student does not
discuss social
institutions AND
does not provide
examples.
A
90 points minimum
B
80 points minimum
C
70 points minimum
D
60 points minimum
F
0 points minimum

17. Instructions
Part One of Applied Final Project,
Playing with Gender: Understanding Our Gendered
Selves: "My Gendered Story" (20% of course grade; due end of
Week Three)
3 pages (750-1000 words)
All parts of this project should be formatted in APA style
(follow for both essay and citation styles):
https://libguides.umgc.edu/c.php?g=1003870
Purpose: Understanding the Basic Terms and Theories of
Gender
In this part of the project, you will demonstrate that you
understand the basic concepts of the sociological study of
gender and the social construction of gender. You will turn in a
three-page (750-1000 words) paper discussing your gendered
story; in other words, describe how you currently "do gender"
every day, and explain how this came to be.
Part One, "My Gendered Story," should have two main sections
of about equal length:
Section 1 (about 1.5 pages (400-500 words)):
·
·
Begin with who you are now, how you "do gender" from
morning until bedtime (and maybe even throughout the night if
you have small children), and how you exist as a gendered being
in society.
· Provide detailed examples of your gendered routine. Consider
what you wear, the products you use, how you interact with
friends, family members, and coworkers, and so forth. Describe

18. how you interact with different people and institutions in
society as a gendered being and how the institutions themselves
are gendered.
· Use what you have learned in the course materials about
different institutions in society, such as the media, the
workplace, the family, medicine, religion, the criminal justice
system, the educational system, the government, laws, and
politics. Explain how gender informs the largest and the
smallest decisions in your everyday life (your lifestyle,
relationships, career, etc.). You do not need to cover all of these
categories; they are listed here as an aid to thinking about how
you perform gender throughout your daily life.
· For full credit, include at least three (3) examples as described
above.
·
Define
gender,
gender role,
gendered institution,
doing gender, and the
social construction ofgender as part of your paper.
These definitions can appear in a separate paragraph,
or each term can be defined when you first use it in the paper.
Section 2 (about 1.5 pages (400-500 words)):
·
·
Once you have discussed who you are now, explain how
you got here.
· How were you socialized into the particular gendered being
that you are now? Where did you learn your gender? What
institutions and social groups shaped who you are today?
· Be very specific and provide examples for each institution and
social group (e.g., My mother always dressed me in pink and
taught me to cook and clean; At religious school I was
told/expected to ...; My role in the family was. . ., My teachers

19. told me. . ., I was encouraged to participate in. . ., My father
taught me to shave, etc.).
· For full credit, include at least three (3) examples from three
different institutions as described above.
· The discussion in Section 2 should clearly relate to the
examples of how you "do gender" presented in Section 1. For
example, if you talk about wearing makeup or a tie in Section 1,
you could discuss how you learned to do so and to feel
comfortable with it in Section 2.
· Refer to the learning resources directly as needed in this
section (at least twice) to support your claims about gender
and/or to connect your personal experience to the larger context
of sociological scholarship.