Please take a look at the format that will be required for ALL Homework Assessments. Please note that you ARE NOT required to turn in the assessment with your general markings/scores. You only need to turn in your analysis of your general markings/scores using the format in the attached example.
**Attachments are not accepted/allowed. You will submit your analysis through Canvas. Just type your written ANALYSIS of how you view your score in the text box and submit it.
Homework Assessment Sample (how to format Homework Assignments #1-12)
Homework Assessment #1 Example (CORRECT EXAMPLE)
This assessment was about interpersonal communication competence. It evaluated motivation, knowledge and skill of the communicator.
My overall score was 86 which means that I have high level of competency in communicating with others in an interpersonal setting. Motivation: 22 Knowledge: 26 Skill: 38
These results are not unusual for me because I like to interact with others and am generally a friendly person. I’ve also been told by others that I’m a good communicator because I am able to start and maintain a conversation while also listening to the other person.
For example, it is easy for me to talk to strangers and make friends with them. I also believe that in order to be successful that you need to be a good communicator. Earlier today when I was in class we were told to get into groups and I was able to get everyone in the group talking by sharing my work experience with them.
Use the same format for ALL Homework Assessments (they will all be assessing something different). But, you need to address the same four items:
1. This assessment was about …. 2. My overall score was … 3. These results are ……. 4. For example,……..
REMEMBER DO NOT INCLUDE THE ACTUAL ASSESSMENT!
Here is an INCORRECT SUBMISSION that will receive 0 points (submitting the assessment without analysis). All this person did was copy and paste the assessment without the analysis:
Spitzberg & Cupach’s
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE
Self-Assessment
Instructions: Answer each item honestly as it currently applies to you in typical conversations with others. Use the following scale:
1 2 3 4 5
strongly slightly unsure slightly strongly
disagree disagree agree agree
5 1. I want to adapt my communication behavior to meet others’ expectations.
3 2. I have enough knowledge and experiences to adapt to others’ expectations.
5 3. I use a wide range of behaviors, including self-disclosure and wit, to adapt to others.
5 4. I want to be involved in the conversations I have with other people.
5 5. I know how to respond because I am perceptive and attentive to others’ behaviors.
3 6. I show my involvement in conversation both nonverbally and verbally.
5
5 8. I know how to change topics and control the tone of my conversations.
5 9. It is easy for me to manage conversations the way I want them to proceed.
5 10. I want to understand other people’s viewpoints and emotions.
5 11. I know that empathy means to try to see it through their eyes and feel what they feel.
5 show my understanding of others by reflecting their thoughts and feelings to them.
3 13. I am motivated to obtain the conversational goals I set for myself.
3 14. Once I set an interpersonal goal for myself, I know the steps to take to achieve it.
3 15. I successfully achieve my interpersonal goals.
3 16. I want to communicate with others in an appropriate manner.
5 17. I am aware of the rules that guide social behavior.
5 18. I act in ways that meet situational demands for appropriateness.
48 Overall Total
Scoring
Possible “Overall Total” should range between 18-90.
Higher values indicate more communication competence.
Lower values indicate less communication competence.
STOP! DID YOU REVIEW MODULE 0 SO YOU KNOW NOT TO JUST SUBMIT THE RUBRIC AND THE SCORE TO ME?
PLEASE READ THE GUIDELINES IN THE SAMPLE EXAMPLE HOMEWORK ASSESSMENT FOR HOW AND WHAT TO SUBMIT FOR THE HOMEWORK ASSESSMENTS.
You must submit your 4 paragraph analysis and include at least 2-3 real life examples. DO NOT submit the assessment with your scores. ONLY submit your 4 paragraph analysis.
INCORRECT SUBMISSIONS THAT DON’T INCLUDE THE ANALYSIS WILL RECEIVE 0 POINTS.
Click on the assessment to open it:
Spitzberg & Cupach’s
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE
Self-Assessment
Instructions: Answer each item honestly as it currently applies to you in typical conversations with others. Use the following scale:
1 2 3 4 5
strongly slightly unsure slightly strongly
disagree disagree agree agree
1. I want to adapt my communication behavior to meet others’ expectations.
2. I have enough knowledge and experiences to adapt to others’ expectations.
3. I use a wide range of behaviors, including self-disclosure and wit, to adapt to others.
4. I want to be involved in the conversations I have with other people.
5. I know how to respond because I am perceptive and attentive to others’ behaviors.
6. I show my involvement in conversation both nonverbally and verbally.
7. I want to make my conversations with others go smoothly.
8. I know how to change topics and control the tone of my conversations.
9. It is easy for me to manage conversations the way I want them to proceed.
10. I want to understand other people’s viewpoints and emotions.
11. I know that empathy means to try to see it through their eyes and feel what they feel.
12. I show my understanding of others by reflecting their thoughts and feelings to them.
13. I am motivated to obtain the conversational goals I set for myself.
14. Once I set an interpersonal goal for myself, I know the steps to take to achieve it.
15. I successfully achieve my interpersonal goals.
16. I want to communicate with others in an appropriate manner.
17. I am aware of the rules that guide social behavior.
18. I act in ways that meet situational demands for appropriateness.
Overall Total
Scoring
Possible “Overall Total” should range between 18-90.
Higher values indicate more communication competence.
Lower values indicate less communication competence.
Spitzberg & Cupach’s
Model of Communication Competence
Motivation: add items 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, and 16 =
This is your desire to approach or avoid conversation and/or social situations. Your goals (what you want and with whom) motivate you to act. Your confidence or lack of confidence that you will be successful affects your motivation, as well.
Knowledge: add items 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, and 17 =
This involves knowing how to act. Once you decide to pursue a conversational goal, you construct plans to obtain it. Previous experience and/or observing others informs your knowledge of what constitutes a workable plan.
Skill: add items 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, and 18 = .
This involves the behaviors actually performed. You might be motivated and knowledgeable about how to act in the particular situation, but lack some basic skills.
Criteria to Evaluate Interpersonal Communication Competence
Adaptability: Examine your scores on items 1, 2, 3.
These scores reflect your ability to change behaviors and goals to meet the needs of the interaction, also known as “flexibility”.
Conversational Involvement: Examine your scores on items 4, 5, 6.
These scores reflect your ability to become cognitively involved in the conversation and demonstrate involvement through interaction behaviors like head nods, vocal cues, etc.
Conversation Management: Examine your scores on items 7, 8, 9.
These scores reflect your ability to regulate conversation through controlling the topic, adjusting to a change in topic, interrupting, and asking questions.
Empathy: Examine your scores on items 10, 11, 12.
These scores reflect your ability to show your conversational partner that you understand his/her situation or that you share his/her emotional reactions to the situation.
Effectiveness: Examine your scores on items 13, 14, 15.
These scores reflect your ability to achieve the objectives you have for conversations.
Appropriateness: Examine your scores on items 16, 17, 18.
These scores reflect your ability to uphold the expectations for a given situation by behaving in ways other people expect of you. Note: If you achieve your goals, but violate the expectations the other has for you and your relationship, then you are less than competent.
