HCS 430: Capstone Reflection Paper Rubric and Guidelines

Posted: January 20th, 2023

HCS 430: Capstone Reflection Paper Rubric and Guidelines
1. Thinking about the 5 Franciscan Core Values and the university’s motto, “To Learn, To Love, To Serve”, explain in a few
paragraphs how your educational journey at Alvernia has influenced your core beliefs. Assess your attainment of the
university’s outcomes for all graduates in ethical self-awareness, reflection, curricular and co-curricular connections and
vocation using this rubric. Elaborate on the achievement of those outcomes in the first portion of your Capstone Reflection
paper.
2. Describe an ethical issue in Healthcare Science and analyze how the application of ethical concepts and multiple
perspectives promotes understanding of that issue. (Second part of Capstone Reflection paper)
3. Grammarly.com will be used to evaluate the writing for a total of 10 points.
Criteria Capstone
(9)
Milestone
(7)
Milestone
(5)
Benchmark
(3)
Foundation
(1)
Ethical SelfAwareness
Student analyzes both core
beliefs and the origins of the
core beliefs and discussion
has depth and clarity.
Student discusses
in detail or analyzes
both core beliefs
and the origins of
the core beliefs.
Student states both
core beliefs and the
origins of the core
beliefs.
Student states either
their core beliefs or
articulates the origins
of the core beliefs but
not both.
Below
benchmark
standards.
Reflection
Reviews prior learning (past
experiences inside and
outside the classroom) in
depth to reveal significantly
developed and perhaps
changed perspectives about
educational and life
experiences, which provide
foundation for expanded
knowledge, growth and
maturity over time.
Reviews prior
learning (past
experiences inside
and outside the
classroom) in depth,
indicating broader
perspectives about
educational or life
events.
Reviews prior
learning (past
experiences inside
and outside the
classroom) with
some depth,
indicating somewhat
broader perspectives
about educational or
life events.
Reviews prior
learning (past
experiences inside
and outside the
classroom) at a
surface level with little
indication of broader
perspectives about
educational or life
events.
Below
benchmark
standards.
Curricular
and CoCurricular
Connections
Meaningfully synthesizes
connections among
experiences outside of the
formal classroom (including
life experiences, clubs,
Effectively selects
and develops
examples of life
experiences drawn
from a variety of
Compares life
experiences and
academic knowledge
to infer differences as
well as similarities
Identifies connections
between life
experiences and
academic knowledge
perceived as similar
Below
benchmark
standards.
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Criteria Capstone
(9)
Milestone
(7)
Milestone
(5)
Benchmark
(3)
Foundation
(1)
leadership roles, internships
and study abroad) to
deepen understanding of
fields of study and to
broaden points of view.
contexts to
illuminate concepts,
theories, or
frameworks of fields
of study.
and acknowledge
perspectives other
than own.
or related to own
interests.
Vocation
Envisions a future self that
builds upon identified gifts
and past experiences in
multiple contexts to discern
vocation and engage with
the world.
Evaluates changes
in own learning in
past experiences in
multiple contexts to
discern and affirm
vocation and
engage with the
world.
Articulates strengths
and challenges in
past experiences
with some sense of
discerning vocation.
Describes own
performances with
general descriptors of
success and failure.
Below
benchmark
standards.