Assessment 1
Written essay: 15% Word count: 1200 words
Due date: Sunday of Week 6
This assessment requires analysis on three foundational areas of learning -
To be successful in this assessment you must address all three areas. You are required to clearly demonstrate your understanding of what addiction is, in terms of your what you have learnt, how the cycle of addiction impacts as well as giving a very clear understanding of one evidence-based model.
This assessment serves as a preparatory guide to the learning that students are expected to acquire and develops the research and analysis skills required to complete subsequent assessments.
Your assessment must be submitted through Turnitin and must adhere to the College’s academic integrity and authorship requirements.
The questions and instructions contained in the file will be available three weeks before the due date.
Note
Research literature
Your essay must be based on a review of the literature and should include at least five primary academic references, ie peer-reviewed (scholarly) journal articles or book chapters.
Do not rely upon non-academic and other web-based secondary references as these do not constitute academic references for the purpose of your assignment, which if relied upon for theoretical support, may mean you have NOT met the requirements of the assessment. Do
not use course slides or other course materials as references – these are secondary references.
Referencing
You must use APA 7 referencing.
Table of references: You must include a Table of references section in your essay and acknowledge any sources that you use, including all web-based sources.
Structure of essay
As the assignment conveniently provides the three foundational areas to be addressed, there is a lot of sense to use them as headings, as they form the basis of assessment criteria.
If there are identifiable questions or sub-issues within each heading, then it may be a good strategy to also include these as sub-headings under each heading.
Assessment Criteria
| Criteria | Mark |
| Understanding addiction | 4 |
| Cycle of addiction | 4 |
| Understanding evidence based model | 4 |
| Format, structure and literacy | 3 |
| Total | 15% |
Rubric
| Criteria | % | HD (80-100%) | D (70-79%) | C (60-69%) | P (50-59%) | NN (0-50%) |
| Understanding addiction | 30 | Demonstrates an excellent understanding of the concept and responds to all issues with significant detail. | Demonstrates a good understanding of the concept and responds to most issues in detail. | Demonstrates an adequate understanding of the concept. Minor details are omitted. | Demonstrates a basic understanding of the concept. Important details omitted. | Demonstrates little or no understanding of the concept. Omitted most detail. |
| Cycle of addiction | 30 | Demonstrates an excellent understanding of the concept and responds to all issues with significant detail. | Demonstrates a good understanding of the concept and responds to most issues in detail. | Demonstrates an adequate understanding of the concept. Minor details are omitted. | Demonstrates a basic understanding of the concept. Important details omitted. | Demonstrates little or no understanding of the concept. Omitted most detail. |
| Understanding evidence based model | 30 | Demonstrates an excellent understanding of the concept and responds to all issues with significant detail. | Demonstrates a good understanding of the concept and responds to most issues in detail. | Demonstrates an adequate understanding of the concept. Minor details are omitted. | Demonstrates a basic understanding of the concept. Important details omitted. | Demonstrates little or no understanding of the concept. Omitted most detail |
| Format, structure and literacy | 10 | Writing was clear, had excellent organised paragraphs and well written sentences, met formatting requirements. | Writing was clear, had well organised paragraphs and well written sentences, met formatting requirements. | Writing was mostly clear, had some organised paragraphs and sentences, met some formatting requirements. | Writing was fairly clear, had poorly organised paragraphs and sentences, did not meet formatting requirements. | Writing was unclear, poorly organised paragraphs, poorly written sentences, did not meet formatting requirements. |
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