LTCY 444

LTCY 444/G and LTCY 421/G
GRADUATE LEVEL

Discussion Boards (180 points)

To facilitate students’ ability to become reflective educators, decision makers, and to construct meaning for an understanding of the interrelationships and application of educational theory into classroom practices students will respond to prompts on the Discussion Board in Blackboard.

Points for this assignment will be scored as follows:

Criteria	Poor - Fair	Good	Excellent
Discussion Boards 20 x 1 = 20 points (prompt) 10.66 x 15 = 160 points _________________ 180 possible Points	Missed entries on discussion board OR comments that are not on topic. Clearly no effort has been made to add to the "grand conversation."	Vague comments that do not add to "grand conversation." Instructor unable to discern if student has read assigned chapter (based on comments made in discussion board posting). You are not expected to "quote" the text, but to include ideas from the text in your responses.	Specific, thoughtful comments that add to the "grand conversation." Easy to discern that student has read the text and synthesized the information. Comments are based on information provided in the text and on real life experiences the student has had.
Inclusion of references to Research and/or Researchers	Included no or very few references to research or researchers during prompt or responses to the discussion board.	Included a few references or few high quality references to research or researchers during prompt or responses to the discussion board.	Included many very high quality references to research or researchers during prompt or responses to the discussion board.