HOLMES INSTITUTE
FACULTY OF
HIGHER EDUCATION
Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines
Trimester T1 2020
Unit Code HI5017
Unit Title Managerial Accounting
Assessment Type Assignment
Assessment Title Individual Reflective Journal
Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping) The purpose of this assessment is to ensure each student is able to document a critical reflection of their personal learning process, as experienced during this unit (ULO 1).
Weight 10% of the total assessments
Total Marks 10
Word limit 1,000 words. Please use “word count” and include in assignment.
Due Date Week 11 Friday at 11.59 p.m.
Submission Guidelines • Students should complete the reflective journal individually.
• All work must be submitted on Blackboard by the due date along with a completed Assignment Cover Page.
• The assignment must be in MS Word format, no spacing, 12-pt Arial font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings and page numbers.
• Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using Harvard referencing style.
• It is the responsibility of the student who is submitting the work, to ensure that the work is in fact her/his own work. Incorporating another’s work or ideas into one’s own work without appropriate acknowledgement is an academic offence. Students should submit all assignments for plagiarism checking on Blackboard before final submission in the subject. For further details, please refer to the Unit Outline and Student Handbook.
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Individual Reflective Journal Specifications Purpose:
The Individual Reflective Journal is to ensure each student is able to contribute to document a critical reflection of their personal learning process, as experienced during this unit. A significant aspect of the reflective journal will be your reflections on what you learnt and experienced from your individual assignment.
Assignment Task:
1. Reflections on the selected peer reviewed journal article based on the assignment topic. What went well, what did not go to plan, how did you addressed any difficulties, and what had you learnt from it.
2. Reflections on the research experience. What was enjoyable, what was difficult, what insights had you gained, and any issues, challenges you experienced.
3. Reflections on what you had learned from the individual assignment, including the relevance of budgeting as a management technique to businesses today. What insights had you gained and what had you learnt from it.
Marking criteria:
Marking criteria Weighting
1. Reflections on the selected peer reviewed journal articles based on the assignment topics. 3%
2. Reflections on the research experience 3%
3. Reflections on what were learned from the individual assignment 4%
TOTAL Weight 10%
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Marking Rubric
Excellent Very Good Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory
1. Reflections on the selected peer reviewed journal article based on the assignment topics.
(3 marks) Excellent reflections on the selected peer reviewed journal article based on the assignment topics.
3 marks Very good reflections on the selected peer reviewed journal article based on the assignment topics.
2.5 marks Good reflections on the selected peer reviewed journal article based on the assignment topics.
2 marks
Reasonable reflections on the selected peer reviewed journal article based on the assignment topics.
1.5 marks Unable to present a proper reflection on the selected peer reviewed journal article based on the assignment topics.
1 mark
2.Reflections on the research experience
(3 marks) Excellent reflections on the research experience.
3 marks Very good reflections on the research experience.
2.5 marks Good reflections on the research experience.
2 marks
Reasonable reflections on the research experience.
1.5 marks Unable to present a proper reflection on the research experience.
1 mark
3. Reflections on what were learned from the
individual
assignment
(4 marks) Excellent reflections on the insights gained from the individual assignment.
3 marks Very good reflections on the insights gained from the individual assignment.
2.5 marks Good reflections on the insights gained from the individual assignment.
2 marks
Reasonable reflections on the insights gained from the individual assignment.
1.5 marks Unable to present a proper reflection on the insights gained from the individual assignment.
1 mark
Total Marks (10)