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To receive an evaluation in a Hampshire course, you turn in a self-evaluation, and the faculty member reads that before writing her or his evaluation for your file. A self evaluation should remind the evaluator of everything the student has done, some exceptional happenings, trends and growth, specific progress on certain projects, etc.

A mid-semester portfolio gives you and your faculty a chance to review and assess your progress so far and and to point out what you need to be doing between now and the end of the term.

The following guidelines are intended to help you prepare a portfolio. Organize it in a way that will best demonstrate your progress in each kind of work (put all case reports together in order, all article reviews in order, all drafts of your final paper, etc.)

1. Include the following items in a portfolio:

all written assignments returned to you (preferably copies that have our comments)
research reports you prepared for your team
weekly article summaries with with peer editing comments and revisions
case reports
your final paper (at the end)
anything else you feel will help someone understand what skills and information you gained this semester
a reflective self evaluation (see explanation that follows)

2. Re-read Learning Goals for Division I In evaluating your work for Division I, we will look for examples of your work that show you have made progress in each of these areas:

Learn to read and interpret intellectual or artistic works
Write critically and analytically
Understand quantitative methods of analysis
Effectively present ideas orally.
Conceive and complete project-based work
Understand multiple cultural perspectives on intellectual subjects (if your project addresses such perspectives)

3. Read through the portfolio and write a retrospective (reflective evaluation) of what you feel you accomplished in the course: what skills you improved, what topics you learned most about, comments on any parts of the course that were particularly important to you (cases, use of primary literature, other readings, use of computers, discussions, team problem solving, giving presentations, etc.).
This reflective paper will be your self-evaluation.

For your mid-semester portfolio include what you feel you need to be working on for the rest of the semester. If you have ideas about how we could help you or questions for us, feel free to include those in your reflections.

Your narrative self-evaluation should focus on your performance (you’ll get a chance to evaluate us and the course later in other ways).

ALSO SUBMIT A COPY OF YOUR REFLECTIVE SELF EVALUATION ONTO THEHUB.
YOU CAN JUST CUT AND PASTE IT FROM A COMPUTER FILE.

4. Follow your narrative evaluation with an indication of how much progress you feel you’ve made on achieving each of the Division I goals.

5. Organize the portfolio nicely and put the whole packet together in a light binder or three ring notebook (with dividers between sections) and put your name and box number on the front (so we can return it all to you). If you need to have it returned to an off-campus address, put it in a stamped, self-addressed, mailing envelope (not necessary for the mid-semester portfolio).

6. Turn in your portfolio with the self-evaluation by the date on the assignment sheet.

The evaluation we write will include a short description of the course and what kinds of topics and skills were taught. That paragraph will be followed with our assessment of your performance in the course and your progress in reaching Division I goals. We will rely heavily on your portfolio to make that assessment.

At the end of the semester, your self evaluation and the evaluation of your work will be filed on TheHub.

Don't forget to put your self evaluation on TheHub before we finalize our evaluation.

To receive an evaluation in a Hampshire course, you turn in a self-evaluation, and the faculty member reads that before writing her or his evaluation for your file. A self evaluation should remind the evaluator of everything the student has done, some exceptional happenings, trends and growth, specific progress on certain projects, etc. A mid-semester portfolio gives you and your faculty a chance to review and assess your progress so far and and to point out what you need to be doing between now and the end of the term. The following guidelines are intended to help you prepare a portfolio. Organize it in a way that will best demonstrate your progress in each kind of work (put all case reports together in order, all article reviews in order, all drafts of your final paper, etc.)
1. Include the following items in a portfolio:
	all written assignments returned to you (preferably copies that have our comments) research reports you prepared for your team weekly article summaries with with peer editing comments and revisions case reports your final paper (at the end) anything else you feel will help someone understand what skills and information you gained this semester a reflective self evaluation (see explanation that follows)
2. Re-read Learning Goals for Division I In evaluating your work for Division I, we will look for examples of your work that show you have made progress in each of these areas:
	Learn to read and interpret intellectual or artistic works Write critically and analytically Understand quantitative methods of analysis Effectively present ideas orally. Conceive and complete project-based work Understand multiple cultural perspectives on intellectual subjects (if your project addresses such perspectives)
3. Read through the portfolio and write a retrospective (reflective evaluation) of what you feel you accomplished in the course: what skills you improved, what topics you learned most about, comments on any parts of the course that were particularly important to you (cases, use of primary literature, other readings, use of computers, discussions, team problem solving, giving presentations, etc.). This reflective paper will be your self-evaluation. For your mid-semester portfolio include what you feel you need to be working on for the rest of the semester. If you have ideas about how we could help you or questions for us, feel free to include those in your reflections. Your narrative self-evaluation should focus on your performance (you’ll get a chance to evaluate us and the course later in other ways). ALSO SUBMIT A COPY OF YOUR REFLECTIVE SELF EVALUATION ONTO THEHUB. YOU CAN JUST CUT AND PASTE IT FROM A COMPUTER FILE.
4. Follow your narrative evaluation with an indication of how much progress you feel you’ve made on achieving each of the Division I goals.
5. Organize the portfolio nicely and put the whole packet together in a light binder or three ring notebook (with dividers between sections) and put your name and box number on the front (so we can return it all to you). If you need to have it returned to an off-campus address, put it in a stamped, self-addressed, mailing envelope (not necessary for the mid-semester portfolio).
6. Turn in your portfolio with the self-evaluation by the date on the assignment sheet. The evaluation we write will include a short description of the course and what kinds of topics and skills were taught. That paragraph will be followed with our assessment of your performance in the course and your progress in reaching Division I goals. We will rely heavily on your portfolio to make that assessment. At the end of the semester, your self evaluation and the evaluation of your work will be filed on TheHub. Don't forget to put your self evaluation on TheHub before we finalize our evaluation.