Never, ever EVER attack someone in a discussion. If you have a problem with their post, address the ~issue~ and not the person. This is my general rubric for grading discussions: Criteria Unsatisfactory (0-3 pts) Satisfactory (3.75 pts) Exemplary (5 pts) Submits one initial Does not submit at least response early in the Submits at least one one initial response session, and two or more initial response early in early in the session thoughtful peer the session, and at least Quality and timeliness and/or does not submit responses early in the two peer responses at least two peer session, and more than closer to the end of the responses closer to the two peer responses session. end of the session closer to the end of the session Does not submit posts that are in complete Submits posts that have sentences. Or two or Submits that contain one or more more of the complete grammatically correct Spelling and Mechanics grammatically incorrect sentences are sentences without any sentences and two grammatically incorrect spelling errors. spelling errors. and have greater than 2 spelling errors. Post(s) and responses show evidence of Post(s) and responses Post(s) and responses knowledge and Demonstrates show little evidence of show evidence of understanding of course knowledge and knowledge and knowledge and content and applicability understanding of content understanding of course understanding of course to professional practice, and applicability to content and applicability content and applicability and include other professional practice to professional practice to professional practice. resources that extend the learning of the community. Posts do not attempt to Posts attempt to elicit elicit responses and elicit responses and responses and reflections from other reflections from other reflections from other learners and responses Generates learning learners and/or learners and responses build upon and integrate within the community responses do not build build upon the ideas of multiple views from upon the ideas of other other learners to take the other learners to take the learners to take the discussion deeper discussion deeper. discussion deeper. Scholarly Article Assignment: In this assignment you must find a scholarly article that extends a theory of your choice, and then summarize the article in a paragraph. More information about this assignment can be found on Reggienet. Application Assignments: You will complete three application assignments, which are variations on the same idea: being able to identify or a theory outside of your text (an of it). “use” “application”
Never, ever EVER attack someone in a discussion. If you have a problem with their post, address the ~issue~ and not the person. This is my general rubric for grading discussions: Criteria Unsatisfactory (0-3 pts) Satisfactory (3.75 pts) Exemplary (5 pts) Quality and timeliness Does not submit at least one initial response early in the session and/or does not submit at least two peer responses closer to the end of the session Submits at least one initial response early in the session, and at least two peer responses closer to the end of the session. Submits one initial response early in the session, and two or more thoughtful peer responses early in the session, and more than two peer responses closer to the end of the session Spelling and Mechanics Does not submit posts that are in complete sentences. Or two or more of the complete sentences are grammatically incorrect and have greater than 2 spelling errors. Submits posts that have one or more grammatically incorrect sentences and two spelling errors. Submits that contain grammatically correct sentences without any spelling errors. Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of content and applicability to professional practice Post(s) and responses show little evidence of knowledge and understanding of course content and applicability to professional practice Post(s) and responses show evidence of knowledge and understanding of course content and applicability to professional practice. Post(s) and responses show evidence of knowledge and understanding of course content and applicability to professional practice, and include other resources that extend the learning of the community. Generates learning within the community Posts do not attempt to elicit responses and reflections from other learners and/or responses do not build upon the ideas of other learners to take the discussion deeper. Posts attempt to elicit responses and reflections from other learners and responses build upon the ideas of other learners to take the discussion deeper elicit responses and reflections from other learners and responses build upon and integrate multiple views from other learners to take the discussion deeper. Scholarly Article Assignment: In this assignment you must find a scholarly article that extends a theory of your choice, and then summarize the article in a paragraph. More information about this assignment can be found on Reggienet. Application Assignments: You will complete three application assignments, which are variations on the same idea: being able to identify or “use” a theory outside of your text (an “application” of it).
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