Order Description
For the participants:

Those who are not assigned to present this week should review at least two presentations and participate in the discussion. Here are some guidelines for participation:
•Prepare for the discussion by reading the presenter’s submission.
•Keep your participation at the level of critical thinking—analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluation. Make connections between what you are learning in this course and what you already know.
•Make comparisons, note contrasts, and challenge points of view. Interact with both the presenters and other students.
•Add to the experience what you might have read about the topic or experienced personally.
•Be prepared to substantiate your points of view.
•At the end of the week, be prepared to summarize or draw conclusions from the presentation experience.

Assignment 1 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points

When You Are a Participant:
Participated in at least two discussions by adding points, citing related research with which you are familiar, and proposing alternate points of view.
10

Responded to questions posed by the presenter.
8

Accurately analyzed the information in terms of making connections between what you are learning in the course and what you already knew.
8

Appropriately evaluated, critiqued, and challenged the point of view of others and substantiated your own points of view.
8

Accurately synthesized the information presented by summarizing and drawing conclusions.
8

Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
8