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Cultural Space Presentation grading rubric

Travel Guide for the Culturally Sensitive Traveler

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Rubric Code: N7242B

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Subject: Communication

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Travel Guide
	Capstone 20 pts	Milestone 19 pts	Waystone 14 pts	Benchmark 6 pts
Knowledge: Cultural Self-Awareness	Capstone Articulates insights into own cultural rules and biases (e.g. seeking complexity; aware of how her/his experiences have shaped these rules, and how to recognize and respond to cultural biases, resulting in a shift in self-description.)	Milestone Recognizes new perspectives about own cultural rules and biases (e.g. not looking for sameness; comfortable with the complexities that new perspectives offer.)	Waystone Identifies own cultural rules and biases (e.g. with a strong preference for those rules shared with own cultural group and seeks the same in others.)	Benchmark Shows minimal awareness of own cultural rules and biases (even those shared with own cultural group(s)) (e.g. uncomfortable with identifying possible cultural differences with others.)
Knowledge: Knowledge of cultural wo	Capstone Demonstrates sophisticated understanding of the complexity of elements important to members of another culture in relation to its history, values, politics, communication styles, economy, or beliefs and practices.	Milestone Demonstrates adequate understanding of the complexity of elements important to members of another culture in relation to its history, values, politics, communication styles, economy, or beliefs and practices.	Waystone Demonstrates partial understanding of the complexity of elements important to members of another culture in relation to its history, values, politics, communication styles, economy, or beliefs and practices.	Benchmark Demonstrates surface understanding of the complexity of elements important to members of another culture in relation to its history, values, politics, communication styles, economy, or beliefs and practices.
Verbal and Nonverbal skills	Capstone You articulate a complex understanding of cultural differences in verbal and nonverbal communication (e.g., you demonstrate understanding of the degree to which people use physical contact while communicating in different cultures or use direct/indirect and explicit/implicit meanings).	Milestone You recognize cultural differences in verbal and nonverbal communication.	Waystone You identify some cultural differences in verbal and nonverbal communication and you appear aware that misunderstandings can occur based on those differences.	Benchmark You show a minimal level of understanding of cultural differences in verbal and nonverbal communication.
Attitudes: Curiosity	Capstone Asks complex questions about other cultures, seeks out and articulates answers to these questions that reflect multiple cultural perspectives.	Milestone Asks deeper questions about other cultures and seeks out answers to these questions.	Waystone Asks simple or surface questions about other cultures.	Benchmark States minimal interest in learning more about other cultures.
Attitudes: Openness	Capstone Suspends judgment in valuing her/his culturally different others.	Milestone Begins to suspend judgment in valuing culturally different others.	Waystone Has difficulty suspending any judgment of culturally different others, and is aware of own judgment and expresses a willingness to change.	Benchmark Has difficulty suspending any judgment of culturally different others, but is unaware of own judgment.

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Intercultural Communication

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Communication

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Rubric Code: N7242B