Motivation and emotion/Assessment/Topic/Feedback

Topic development - General feedback

This page summarises common feedback for the topic development exercise.

Title and sub-title

1. Title and sub-title should match the exact wording and casing listed in the book table of contents; any changes should be negotiated
2. Don't display user name – authorship is as per the page's editing history (there are likely multiple contributors)

Headings

1. The best structures were typically 2-levels with 3 to 6 main body top-level headings between the Overview and Conclusion and, for longer sections, 3 to 6 sub-headings
2. The best structures exhibited close alignment between the sub-title question(s), focus questions, and top-level headings
3. Stronger topic development proposals tended to use more descriptives headings, however weren't overly complicated (e.g., a reader shouldn't have to vertically scroll on a desktop/laptop computer to read the table of contents)
4. Headings should use sentence casing (i.e., lower-case except for the first letter and proper nouns)

Overview

1. The best topic developments started with a scenario and a figure in a feature box, then briefly described the problem/phenomenon from a psychological point of view, and finished with well-honed focus questions that unpack the sub-title in a feature box

Key points

1. The best submissions provided key points with citations that covered key psychological theory and research
2. Some topic development proposals had limited or missing development of key points, indicating little understanding of the topic
3. A plan for the Conclusion (the most important section) was often missing or underdeveloped
4. When a section has sub-sections, provide an introductory paragraph before the first sub-heading
5. Use of genAI content needs to be acknowledged in edit summaries, otherwise it violates academic integrity

Figure

1. Almost all topic developments included a relevant image
2. Most figure captions could be improved by expanding to a make clearer connection to key points in the main text
3. Cite each figure at least once using APA style (e.g., see Figure 1)

Learning feature

1. The best topic developments used at least one learning feature out of:
   1. embedded interwiki links for the first mention of key words
   2. examples/case studies (often more examples would improve the chapter)
   3. images
   4. quiz questions (avoid putting these in a stand-alone section – instead, embed each question(s) within the relevant section)

References

1. Use APA style (7th ed.). The most common issues were:
   1. Incorrect capitalisation
   2. Incorrect italicisation
   3. provide active doi hyperlinks
2. Not many submissions identified relevant systematic reviews or meta-analyses

Resources

1. See also
   1. The best topic developments provided interwiki links to at least one Wikipedia and at least one Wikiversity page, using bullet points, with additional information in brackets after the source - e.g., (Wikipedia) or (Book chapter, 2022)
2. External links
   1. Include source and possibly additional information in brackets after the link - e.g., (YouTube, 12 mins)
   2. Should be relevant to an international audience

User page

1. Generally created and used effectively, including a self-introduction and link to book chapter
2. Consider linking with your professional online profile(s)

Social contribution

1. Sometimes three of the same type of contributions were made rather than demonstrating an ability to make three different types of contribution:
   1. Direct edit to improve a past or present chapter
   2. Comment on the talk page of a past or present chapter
   3. Post to an external discussion platform about the topic or unit (e.g., UCLearn discussion of #emot24 on X)
2. Only direct links to evidence were counted for marking purposes. To create a direct link to Wikiversity edits, view the page history, select the version of the page before and after your contributions, click "compare selected revisions", and then use this website address as a direct link to evidence on your user page. For more info, see the book chapter author guidelines