Qualitative and quantitative methods

RUBRIC: DISCUSSION BOARD (30 pts)

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NOTE: No direct quotes are allowed in the discussion board posts.

*Peer-reviewed references include professional journals (i.e. Education Perspectives, Journal of Professional , etc. – see library tab on how to access these from
database searches), professional organizations (NLN, CDC, AACN, ADA, etc.) applicable to population and practice area, along with clinical practice guidelines (ECRI Institute –
https://guidelines.ecri.org). All references must be no older than five years (unless making a specific point using a seminal piece of information) References not acceptable (not
inclusive) are UpToDate, Epocrates, Medscape, WebMD, hospital organizations, insurance recommendations, & secondary clinical databases.

**Since it is difficult to edit the APA reference in the Blackboard discussion area, you can copy and paste APA references from your Word document to the Blackboard discussion area
and points will not be deducted because of format changes in spacing.

Criteria

Levels of Achievement
Meets Expectations Needs Improvement Unsatisfactory

Characteristics
of initial post

10 to 10 Points
• Provided response with rationale.
• The post is substantive and reflects careful

consideration of the literature.
• Examples from the student’s practice/experience are

provided to illustrate the discussion concepts.
• Addressed all required elements of the discussion

prompt.
• Well organized and easy to read.

3 to 9 Points
• Provided response missing either

substantive rationale, consideration of the
literature, or examples from the student’s
practice/experience to illustrate the
discussion concepts.

• Addresses all or most of required elements.
• Somewhat organized, but may be difficult to

follow.

0 to 2 Points
• Provided response with minimal

rationale.
• Does not demonstrate thought

and provides no supporting
details or examples.

• Provides a general summary of
required elements.

Support for
initial post

5 to 5 Points
• Cited minimum of two references: at least one (1)

from required course materials to support rationale
AND one (1) from peer-reviewed* references from
supplemental materials or independent study on the
topic to support responses.

• The initial post is a minimum of 200 words excluding
references.

2 to 4 Points
• Missing one (1) required course reference

AND/OR one (1) peer-reviewed reference to
validate response.

• Post has at least 200 words.

0 to 1 Points
• Missing 1 or more of the correct

type (course or peer-reviewed)
or number of references to
support response.

• Post is less than 200 words or
there’s no post.

Responses to
Peers

10 to 10 Points
• Responses to colleagues demonstrated insight and

critical review of the colleagues’ posts and stimulate
further discussion

• Responded to a minimum of two (2) peers and
included a minimum of one (1) peer-reviewed* or
course materials reference per response.

• Responses are a minimum of 100 words and are
posted on different days of the discussion period by
the due date.

4 to 9 Points
• Responses to colleagues are cursory, do not

stimulate further discussion and paragraph
could have been more substantial.

• Responses missing one of the following:
o insight/critical review of colleague’s

post,
o OR respond to at least two peers,
o OR a peer reviewed*or course materials

reference per response
• Responses are a minimum or less than

100 words and posts were on the same
date as initial post.

0 to 3 Points
• Responses to colleagues lack

critical, in depth thought and
do not add value to the
discussion.

• Responses are missing two or
more of the following:
o insight/critical review of

colleagues’ post
o AND/OR response to at least

two peers
o AND/OR a peer reviewed*

reference per response.
• Responses are less than 100

words, posted same day as
initial post.

APA format*;
Spelling/
Grammar/
Punctuation

5 to 5 Points
• APA format** is used for in-text citations and

reference list.
• Posts contain grammatically correct sentences

without any spelling errors.

2 to 4 Points
• APA format is missing either in-text or at

end of the reference list.
• Posts contain some grammatically correct

sentences with few spelling errors.

0 to 1 Points
• Not APA formatted OR APA

format of references has errors
both in-text and at end of
reference list.

• Post is grammatically incorrect.

https://guidelines.ecri.org/