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Criteria

Levels of Achievement

Novice

Competent

Proficient

Original Posting*

Due: Wednesday @ Midnight

Response to other’s posting**

Due: Friday@ Midnight

Quality of Posting

No points

Postings are not relevant to the questions posted

25 points

Postings reflect the reading and some outside source material but outside source material not cited.

50 points

Postings reflect the readings and outside information with proper outside source material citation.

Understanding of reading and outside source material

No points

Responds to the question posted but does not mention materials from the readings.

10 points

Responds to the question posted and makes reference to readings.

25 points

Responds to question posted and demonstrates understanding of material and outside source material and properly cites information.

Quality of reply

No points

Response not relevant to original posting.

10 points

Response relevant to posting but fails to support position.

25 points

Response relevant to posting and supports position with factual information/citations.

100 points

Initial Post:

*4 point deduction for <150 words and/or late posts

*4 point deduction for lack of APA Format with reference page Mechanics (Grammar, Sentence Construction, spelling, etc.)

*5 point deduction for lack of American peer reviewed, scholarly, journal reference

Response Post:

** 4 point deduction for <100 words and/or late posts

**4 point deduction for lack of APA Format with reference page Mechanics (Grammar, Sentence Construction, spelling, etc.)

*5 point deduction for lack of American peer reviewed, scholarly, journal reference