Discussion Boards are a major part of the course as well as a big part of your overall grade in the course. <\/strong>Interaction is the key to learning! For this course, interaction is based on discussion board posts.<\/p>\n

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• Each student must post their own response to the discussion board question (called an original thread) along with posting a response to at least two other student postings (called a peer response).<\/i><\/strong><\/li>\n
• When you respond to a peer posting, you don’t always have to agree with them. Use your critical thinking skills and analyze their response, give more details or challenge their assumptions. Being a good student means using critical thinking!<\/li>\n
• You will want to create discussion board assignments that are meaningful and interesting to you personally and to your colleagues in the class.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  Textbook References<\/strong>: Clear references to the textbook are required<\/i><\/strong> in both the original thread post and both peer responses for all course DBs.<\/p>\n

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  • Textbook references should come from the chapter(s) specified in the assignment prompt and be clearly connected to your post and the assignment topic.<\/li>\n
  • Be sure and include the chapter and page number from the textbook in your posts, for example (chapter 2, 59), just as you would do for any research paper\/post!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    DBs:<\/strong> You can earn a total of 15 points per discussion board<\/i><\/strong>: 10 points maximum for your original thread posting and 5 points maximum for your response to 2 or more<\/i><\/strong> other student’s postings:<\/p>\n

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    • Original posts<\/i><\/strong> should be at least 500-600 words<\/i><\/strong> total and have a least 1 textbook reference<\/i><\/strong> from each<\/i><\/strong> specified chapter. You will have 2 references per original DB post.<\/li>\n
    • Each of the two peer responses<\/i><\/strong> should be at least 150 words each<\/i><\/strong> in length and have a least 1 textbook reference<\/i><\/strong> from the specified chapter. You will have a textbook reference in each of your peer response posts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/header>\n

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      Chapter 11: <\/strong>Watch Dr. Gottman describe The Four Horseman (9:59)<\/p>\n

      Making Relationships Work | Part 2 | Dr. John Gottman (Links to an external site.)<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n