Module Eight Activity Guidelines and Rubric.html
Overview
Before you can decide which strategies will help you improve your emotional intelligence, you need to know more about the current emotional intelligence skills you possess. In this assignment, you will take a short emotional intelligence test to learn more about your strengths and weaknesses. Then, you will outline some strategies to develop and improve on these skills.
Prompt
Take the
Emotional Intelligence test and reflect on the results. Then, write a short paper to discuss the results and describe an action plan to improve your emotional intelligence.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Summarize the results of the test:
Explain whether you agree with it and why.
Describe what you’ve learned from it, such as your strengths and weaknesses.
Write at least two specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound (SMART) goals to improve your emotional intelligence skills.
Describe the strategies you will use to reach these goals.
Guidelines for Submission
Write and submit a short paper of about 500 to 750 words that describes an action plan to improve your emotional intelligence skills. Include all citations for resources you reference in APA format.
Module Eight Activity Rubric
Criteria
Exemplary (100%)
Proficient (85%)
Needs Improvement (55%)
Not Evident (0%)
Value
Explain the Results of the Test
Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner
Summarizes test results, provides well-thought out arguments to support or refute whole or part of the results, uses test results and self-reflection to identify strengths and weaknesses related to emotional intelligence
Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include vague or generic explanation with minimal self-reflection and insight
Does not attempt criterion
20
Create Goals to Improve Emotional Intelligence
Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner
Describes at least two specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound (SMART) goals to improve emotional intelligence skills
Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include missing, incomplete, or vague goals
Does not attempt criterion
30
Describe Strategies to Improve Emotional Intelligence
Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner
Describes at least one relevant strategy each to reach the identified goals
Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include missing or vague details about proposed strategies, missing details about how they will help reach a specific goal
Does not attempt criterion
30
Articulation of Response
Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner
Clearly conveys meaning with correct grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, demonstrating an understanding of audience and purpose
Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, negatively impacting readability
Submission has critical errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, preventing understanding of ideas
15
Citations and Attributions
Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with few or no minor errors
Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with consistent minor errors
Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with major errors
Does not use citations for ideas requiring attribution
5
Total:
100%