During this week, there will be no prompt created by the instructor. Instead, this will be a student initiated threaded discussion. What this means is that each student will create his or her own discussion thread question based on the reading materials in Chapters 2 and 3. For the development of your prompt, be sure to design a question or questions that provoke critical thinking. It is important to focus on developing open ended questions. Closed Questions limit expression, often are answered by repeating information found in a textbook, and constrain students to think in terms of right and wrong answers. Open Questions allow for expression, multiple answers or solutions and for the exploration of the unknow n. As you develop the question, focus on the content for the week, the learning objectives of the class, and the experience of your classmates. When you create your prompt, be sure to state what course learning objective(s) you are meeting with your question. Note that you can find all learning objectives for the class in the syllabus. Keep in mind that you will need to meet the minimum number of words for the initial post.
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