1 Discussion Forum Guide
For the Discussion Forums you will Post a Question and Responses as instructed.
Think – Reflect before posting your Discussion Question
Your question must be based on the assigned readings as specified for each topic
Your Discussion Question must inspire critical thinking and stimulate enriched reponses
Think of a question which does NOT have one correct or Yes/No answer
Provide a brief context for your question- why you are raising the issue; add your own thoughts about it and thenask the question.
Ask ONE question with one theme or one issue. You may add related questions to elaborate on it, but do not ask multiple questions with different themes.
Your one question theme must integrate all the readings; e.g., if there are two readings assigned for a DQ, you must integrate contents of both readings.
A scholarly question includes additional reference citation from peer reviewed research article
(e.g., Psyc Abstracts) and provide the APA style reference at the end of the question.
No file attachments or URL
Word Limit: Minimum 150 and Maximum 200.
Good Discussion Questions
- Raises One Question (One Issue, One Theme)
(If multiple questions are added they are simply detailing the same issue) - Inspires others to respond with critical reflections
- Integrates contents from all the assigned articles
- Provides a context- some details why this issue is being raised
- Is limited to 200 words
- Is scholarly, research based, logical
- Provides APA style reference citation and a list
Bad Discussion Questions
- Is anecdotal (e.g., “It happened to me…” or “I saw once ..”
- Too short- 2-3 sentences (no context provided why the question is raised)
- Does not link the question to the articles assigned
- Is an opinion rather than a logical, evidence-based issue
- Commonsensical – nothing new or scholarly
- Does not apply to all individuals, so it limits who can respond to it (e.g., As an immigrant, what is your…?)
- Adds website address and asks others to do more homework !! (e.g.,“read this article…” )
