{"id":135,"date":"2022-02-25T11:51:04","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T16:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/psyc4700psychculture\/?post_type=chapter&p=135"},"modified":"2022-02-25T11:51:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T16:51:26","slug":"discussion-forum-guide","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/psyc4700psychculture\/chapter\/discussion-forum-guide\/","title":{"raw":"Discussion Forum Guide","rendered":"Discussion Forum Guide"},"content":{"raw":"For the Discussion Forums you will Post a Question and Responses as instructed.\r\n\r\nThink - Reflect before posting your Discussion Question<\/strong>\r\n\r\nYour question must be based on the assigned readings as specified for each topic\r\n\r\nYour Discussion Question must inspire critical thinking and stimulate enriched reponses\r\n\r\nThink of a question which does NOT have one correct or Yes\/No answer<\/strong>\r\n\r\nProvide a brief context for your question- why<\/strong> you are raising the issue; add<\/strong> your own thoughts about it and then<\/strong>ask the question.\r\n\r\nAsk ONE question<\/strong> with one theme<\/strong> or one issue<\/strong>. You may add related questions to elaborate on it, but do not ask multiple questions<\/strong> with different themes.\r\n\r\nYour 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.\r\n\r\nA scholarly question includes additional reference citation from peer reviewed research article\r\n(e.g., Psyc Abstracts<\/em>) and provide the APA style reference at the end of the question.\r\n\r\nNo file attachments or URL <\/strong>\r\n\r\nWord Limit: Minimum 150 and Maximum 200.\r\n

Good Discussion Questions<\/h2>\r\n
    \r\n \t
  • Raises One Question (One Issue, One Theme)\r\n(If multiple questions are added they are simply detailing the same issue)<\/li>\r\n \t
  • Inspires others to respond with critical reflections<\/li>\r\n \t
  • Integrates contents from all the assigned articles<\/li>\r\n \t
  • Provides a context- some details why this issue is being raised<\/li>\r\n \t
  • Is limited to 200 words<\/li>\r\n \t
  • Is scholarly, research based, logical<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t
  • Provides APA style reference citation and a list<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n

    Bad Discussion Questions<\/h2>\r\n
      \r\n \t
    • Is anecdotal (e.g., \u201cIt happened to me<\/em>\u2026\u201d or \u201cI saw once<\/em> ..\u201d<\/li>\r\n \t
    • Too short- 2-3 sentences (no context provided why the question is raised)<\/li>\r\n \t
    • Does not link the question to the articles assigned<\/li>\r\n \t
    • Is an opinion rather than a logical, evidence-based issue<\/li>\r\n \t
    • Commonsensical \u2013 nothing new or scholarly<\/li>\r\n \t
    • Does not apply to all individuals, so it limits who can respond to it (e.g., As an immigrant, what is your\u2026<\/em>?)<\/li>\r\n \t
    • Adds website address and asks others to do more homework !!\u00a0 (e.g.,\u201c<\/span>read this article\u2026\u201d<\/em> )<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"

      For the Discussion Forums you will Post a Question and Responses as instructed.<\/p>\n

      Think – Reflect before posting your Discussion Question<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Your question must be based on the assigned readings as specified for each topic<\/p>\n

      Your Discussion Question must inspire critical thinking and stimulate enriched reponses<\/p>\n

      Think of a question which does NOT have one correct or Yes\/No answer<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Provide a brief context for your question- why<\/strong> you are raising the issue; add<\/strong> your own thoughts about it and then<\/strong>ask the question.<\/p>\n

      Ask ONE question<\/strong> with one theme<\/strong> or one issue<\/strong>. You may add related questions to elaborate on it, but do not ask multiple questions<\/strong> with different themes.<\/p>\n

      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.<\/p>\n

      A scholarly question includes additional reference citation from peer reviewed research article
      \n(e.g., Psyc Abstracts<\/em>) and provide the APA style reference at the end of the question.<\/p>\n

      No file attachments or URL <\/strong><\/p>\n

      Word Limit: Minimum 150 and Maximum 200.<\/p>\n

      Good Discussion Questions<\/h2>\n
        \n
      • Raises One Question (One Issue, One Theme)
        \n(If multiple questions are added they are simply detailing the same issue)<\/li>\n
      • Inspires others to respond with critical reflections<\/li>\n
      • Integrates contents from all the assigned articles<\/li>\n
      • Provides a context- some details why this issue is being raised<\/li>\n
      • Is limited to 200 words<\/li>\n
      • Is scholarly, research based, logical<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • Provides APA style reference citation and a list<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Bad Discussion Questions<\/h2>\n
          \n
        • Is anecdotal (e.g., \u201cIt happened to me<\/em>\u2026\u201d or \u201cI saw once<\/em> ..\u201d<\/li>\n
        • Too short- 2-3 sentences (no context provided why the question is raised)<\/li>\n
        • Does not link the question to the articles assigned<\/li>\n
        • Is an opinion rather than a logical, evidence-based issue<\/li>\n
        • Commonsensical \u2013 nothing new or scholarly<\/li>\n
        • Does not apply to all individuals, so it limits who can respond to it (e.g., As an immigrant, what is your\u2026<\/em>?)<\/li>\n
        • Adds website address and asks others to do more homework !!\u00a0 (e.g.,\u201c<\/span>read this article\u2026\u201d<\/em> )<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-135","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":133,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/psyc4700psychculture\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/psyc4700psychculture\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/psyc4700psychculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/psyc4700psychculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/psyc4700psychculture\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/psyc4700psychculture\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/135\/revisions\/137"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/psyc4700psychculture\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/133"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/psyc4700psychculture\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/135\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/psyc4700psychculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/psyc4700psychculture\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=135"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/psyc4700psychculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=135"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/psyc4700psychculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}