12889Students are expected to address the initial discussion question by Wednesday of each week. Participation in the discussion forum requires a minimum of three (3) substantive postings (this includes your initial post and posting to two peers) on three (3) different days. Substantive means that you add something new to the discussion supported with citation(s) and reference(s), you are not just agreeing. This is also a time to ask questions or offer information surrounding the topic addressed by your peers. Personal experience is appropriate for a substantive discussion, however should be correlated to the literature.
All discussion boards will be evaluated utilizing rubric criterion inclusive of content, analysis, collaboration, writing and APA. If you fail to post an initial discussion or initial discussion is late, you will not receive points for content and analysis, you may however post to your peers for partial credit following the guidelines above.
Peer Response
Instructions:
Please respond to at least two of your fellow classmates postings as well and challenge each other to go beyond just the surface.
Share your thoughts on how you support or disagree with their diagnosis and explain why.
Present new references that support your opinions.
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.
Estimated time to complete: 1 hour