HOW TO GET BETTER GRADES ON DB’S
The Discussion Boards are intended to provoke somescholarlyexamination of the topic.
This means that you shouldread the text,seek out other information, perhaps on-line, and generallytell WHY yourresponse should be considered. Your responses shouldbe based onpublished facts, not personal stories. You shouldfind other sourceswhich support your argument.
You must cite them.However,verbatim quotes of sources DO NOT constitute an adequatepost -I am looking for YOUR analysis, backed up by accepted sources.Wikipedia is not an accepted source.Personal stories, while interesting, do not help toexplain the issueunless the underlying facts are presented.
The DB’s are intended to substitute for the exams,also, and youcannot do that without getting into the facts andtexts.Next, you should post a response frequently.
Singleposts that givea one sentence response to the topic, as if it werea short-answerexam question, get poor grades. The DB is intendedto be a groupin-depth discussion with all participating frequently
HOMEWORK:Why does Texas lead the Nation in executions? Shouldwe do anything about it?
