Discussion Thread

Criteria

Levels of Achievement

Content

Advanced

Proficient

Developing

Below Expectations

Not present

Content

81 to 88 Points

Student meets the basic assignment requirements mentioned in the “Proficient” column but does so with exceptional clarity, detail, and insight.

73 to 80 Points

Student adequately addresses each element of the discussion question, providing doctoral level analysis and evaluation, and broad support from the class sources which indicates a sufficient grasp of course content.

67 to 72 Points

Points made by the student show some limits in understanding of material.

1 to 66 Points

Requirements listed in the “proficient” column are significantly lacking at the doctoral level.

0 points

Not Present

Replies

23 to 25 Points

Student meets the criteria for “proficient” performance but does so in a way that demonstrates exceptional insight and understanding of the content.

Student demonstrates clear understanding of classmates’ points of view including possible omissions or weaknesses in arguments and adds insight as appropriate.

Student provides broad support for arguments in response to other student’s post.

21 to 22 Points

Student follows the professor’s direction for replies to students found in the discussion instructions and offers meaningful points, adds related ideas, critiques other students’ comments, disagrees appropriately, or asks probing questions

19 to 20 Points

Student primarily “agrees” with other students in a way that adds little to the discussion or challenges thought.

Student demonstrates only a perfunctory understanding of other students’ posts.

1 to 18 Points

Student’s responses to classmates are missing key requirements.

0 points

Not Present

Structure

Advanced

Proficient

Developing

Below Expectations

Not present

Writing, Formatting, and Citations

12 Points

Student writing is exceptionally clear, persuasive and error free.

Ideas are fully supported and correctly cited

in current APA format.

11 Points

Ideas are adequately presented; sentences are correctly constructed, and paragraphs organized are consistent with doctoral level writing.

Writing is largely free of grammar, punctuation, and other writing errors.

Contains any appropriate citations and references and correctly cited

in current APA format.

10 Points

Student’s writing deviates from the requirements in the “proficient” column in several ways.

1 to 9 Points

Student’s writing deviates from the requirements in the “proficient” column in numerous ways.

0 points

Not Present