Motivation and emotion/Assessment/Topic/Feedback
Topic development - General feedback
This page summarises common feedback for the topic development exercise.
Title and sub-title
edit- Title and sub-title should match the exact wording and casing listed in the book table of contents
- Don't display user name – authorship is as per the page's editing history (likely to have multiple authors)
Headings
edit- 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
- The best structures exhibited close alignment between the sub-title question(s), focus questions, and top-level headings
- Stronger topic development proposals tended to use more descriptives headings, however weren't complicated (e.g., a reader shouldn't have to vertically scroll on a desktop/laptop computer to read the table of contents)
- Headings should use sentence casing (i.e., lower-case except for the first letter and proper nouns)
Overview
edit- The best topic developments started with a scenario and a figure in a feature box image, then provided key overview points about the topic, and finished with well-honed focus questions in a feature box
Key points
edit- The best submissions provided key points with citations that covered key psychological theory and research
- Some topic development proposals had limited or missing development of key points, indicating little understanding of the topic
- The Conclusion (the most important section) was often underdeveloped
- When a section has sub-sections, provide an introductory paragraph before the first sub-heading
Figure
edit- Almost all topic developments included a relevant image
- Many figure captions could be improved by expanding to a make clearer connection to key points in the main text
- Cite each figure at least once
Learning feature
edit- The best topic developments used at least one learning feature out of:
- embedded interwiki links (all chapters should do this)
- examples/case studies (often more examples would improve the chapter)
- images
- quiz questions (avoid putting these in a stand-alone section – instead, embed each question(s) within the relevant section
References
edit- Use full APA style 7th ed. The most common issues were:
- Incorrect capitalisation
- Incorrect italicisation
- doi formatting should provide active hyperlinks
Resources
edit- See also
- 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)
- External links
- Include source and possibly additional information in brackets after the link - e.g., (YouTube, 12 mins)
- Should be relevant to an international audience
User page
edit- Generally created and used effectively, including a self-introduction and link to book chapter
- Consider cross-linking with your professional online profile(s)
Social contribution
edit- Only links to direct evidence of the contributions are counted for marking purposes
- For a Wikiversity edit, 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 for listing on your user page. For more info, see the book chapter author guidelines