{"id":273,"date":"2014-08-27T16:06:50","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T16:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greenhow.educ.msu.edu\/cep956fs21\/?page_id=273"},"modified":"2021-09-01T16:46:07","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T20:46:07","slug":"discussion-questions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/greenhow.educ.msu.edu\/cep956fs21\/about\/discussion-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussion Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each asynchronous online week you will be asked to respond to questions about the readings. For each question, each reading response is worth 20 points, broken down as follows:<\/h4>\n

Initial reading responses<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0will be scored 1 to 10, with 1 being \u201cresponses are very vague and not at all well developed\u201d and 10 being \u201cvery thoughtful and reflective.\u201d Thus, scores depend on the cogency of your arguments, the degree to which you avoid simplistic over-generalizations and personal anecdotes, and the degree to which you incorporate course material. Reading responses should be a minimum of 125 words long and not exceed 300 words<\/strong>, and they are due by midnight (EST) Thursday<\/strong> of the week assigned, with 1 point being deducted for each day the response is late.<\/p>\n

Responses to at least TWO classmates\u2019 reading responses per question<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0are also worth 10 points (5 points per response). Scores of 10 will (a) address a specific part of classmates\u2019 responses, (b) incorporate course readings and terminology, and (c) introduce new ideas or questions. Thus, \u201cgood\u201d responses are specific and reflect higher-order thinking (e.g., \u201cYour point about X made me think more about Y and the way it relates to Z…\u201d Or, \u201cYour summary of X surprised me, as I interpreted that to mean Y… \u201d). Bad responses, in contrast, are overly general\u2013e.g., \u201cNice post. Interesting ideas. Never thought of that.\u201d There is no \u201cminimum\u201d length for responses to classmates\u2019 responses, but they should not exceed 200\u00a0words.<\/strong> Responses to classmates\u2019 reading responses are due by midnight (EST) Saturday<\/strong> of the week after the initial response was due. Late responses to classmates\u2019 posts will not receive any points.<\/p>\n

Here are two practical tips on how to make the most of asynchronous online discussions.<\/p>\n

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  1. Use the subject line<\/strong>\n
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    • Rather than simply hitting \u201creply,\u201d adding subject line titles like \u201cTeapots are beautiful?\u201d helps to foster interest. More importantly, subject line titles also inform readers of the main idea of your response, and so doing emphasize that you are adding something new to the discussion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Read EVERYTHING from your instructors!<\/strong>\n
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      • Be sure to read EVERYTHING from your instructor\/teaching assistant, whether they reply directly to you or to someone else. The reading response forums are our primary source of interaction during asynchronous weeks and, as such, an important part of the way we can provide feedback, clarify an important point, expand on a given issue, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Each asynchronous online week you will be asked to respond to questions about the readings. For each question, each reading response is worth 20 points, broken down as follows: <\/p>\n

        Initial reading responses\u00a0will be scored 1 to 10, with 1 being \u201cresponses are very vague and not at all well developed\u201d and 10 being \u201cvery thoughtful […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":160,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenhow.educ.msu.edu\/cep956fs21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/273"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenhow.educ.msu.edu\/cep956fs21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenhow.educ.msu.edu\/cep956fs21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenhow.educ.msu.edu\/cep956fs21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenhow.educ.msu.edu\/cep956fs21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/greenhow.educ.msu.edu\/cep956fs21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15378,"href":"https:\/\/greenhow.educ.msu.edu\/cep956fs21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/273\/revisions\/15378"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenhow.educ.msu.edu\/cep956fs21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenhow.educ.msu.edu\/cep956fs21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}