MindfulnesReportGradingCriteria
The mindfulness meditation report represents your personal journey into developing your own mindfulness meditation practice. You are expected to practice a total of at least 8 hours throughout the entire semester. You are then expected to submit a 12-page, double spaced report (inclusive of references and title page), outlining a) the nature, duration, and pacing of how you practiced during the 8+ hours throughout the semester; b) what you noticed during notable meditative sessions, and what you noticed throughout and after the completion of the assignment; c) how your experiences (as outlined in b) relate to relevant literature or course material on mindfulness meditation; d) obstacles, revelations, and opportunities/plans to overcome said obstacles in the future to build a better meditation practice (or whether this is a practice that fits with you at all). Whatever your position regarding mindfulness meditation at the end of the course, you should discuss how or why you arrived at that position. Your report is expected to be wellstructured (with headings and subheadings as appropriate), and may include graphs/figures etc. (as you see fit)
Student:
Mindfulness Meditation Report
Grading Criteria Comment/Feedback Grade
1. Adherence to APA style
– Report prepared in accordance with APA style (6th
or 7th manual)
– /15
2. Style, Structure, and Organization
– Appropriate flow, logic, and organization of report,
use of graphical and visual aids where appropriate.
– Writing style clear and succinct
– Use of appropriate heading and subheadings to
structure report
– /25
3. Content and Synthesis of Information
– Quality, clarity, and richness of description of
meditative techniques, their nature, duration,
dosage, etc.
– Quality and depth of coverage of notable
meditation-related “checkpoints” and personal
growth.
– Quality and thoughtfulness of synthesis of research
findings with personal meditative practice,
including use of peer-reviewed sources to support
arguments and logic
– Quality of critical thinking regarding what was
learned throughout the project; difficulties or
limitations encountered, and how the behaviour
could be changed, or obstacles overcome in future
practice.
– Ability to frame growth or obstacles in context of
key course content and concepts discussed
throughout the semester
– /60
Total – /100