Assignment Details
Unit 10 – Discussion Board (75 points)
Due: Thu, Apr 23 |
Description
Primary Response is due by Thursday (11:59:59pm Central), Peer Responses are due by Saturday (11:59:59pm Central).
Primary Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 500700 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
For this Discussion Board, please complete the following:
Summative Discussion Board
Based on the knowledge that you have gained from this course, review and reflect on the following:
- What were the most compelling topics that you learned in this course?
- How did participating in discussions help your understanding of the subject matter? Is anything still unclear that could be clarified?
- What approaches could have yielded additional valuable information?
Responses to Other Students:
Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a 200-word reply about their Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the following questions:
- How would you justify a different perspective from your classmates on the topic?
- How, additionally, would you defend your classmates position?
- What critique do you offer your classmate in regard to clarity and thoroughness of their post?
- Please address all prompts. When offering counterargument or justification, consider practice, theory, and examples from your own experience, reading, or current events in presenting your position.
For assistance with your assignment, please use your textbook, all course resources, and any external research and resources you have gathered.
Discussion Board Rubric
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Expectation |
Points Possible |
Points Earned |
Comments |
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Application of Learning Material Content: Initial post demonstrates understanding of Learning Material content. |
25 |
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Application of Course Knowledge: Initial post contributes unique perspectives or insights gleaned from text/learning resources, or specified by assignment. |
25 |
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DB Responses: Responds substantively to two posts. Responses encourage interaction in the Discussion Board and classroom community. |
10 |
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Academic Writing: Initial post presents information logically and is clearly relevant to discussion topic. Posts contain accurate grammar, spelling, and/or punctuation with few or no errors. All resources should be cited in current APA format. |
15 |
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Total Points |
75 |
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Total Points Earned |
Assignment Details
Unit 10 – Individual Project (125 points)
Due: Sun, Apr 26 |
Description
Assignment Details:
Throughout this class, you have learned about several current research topics in databases. You should certainly become familiar with some of the problems that are still waiting for a better solution in the database area.
Now, assume that you will write a research paper on a database-related subject. Present your paper’s outline, including the following items:
- Title
- Motivation
- Problem statement
- Hypothesis statement (only if performing quantitative research)
- Research question
- Professional significance statement
Be advised that the problem statement needs to contain both the problem definition and the root cause of the problem, and if performing quantitative research, the hypothesis statement needs to propose a solution that can address the root cause of the problem stated in the problem statement. The professional significance statement needs to specify what will be the new contribution made by your proposed solution to the body of knowledge. Also, each of these three statements should be no more than 1 sentence. You need to use one sentence to present each statement to ensure that you have made your thoughts on each statement as accurate as possible.
Hopefully, this assignment will lay down a solid foundation for your next research paper aiming to be published in a peer-reviewed conference or journal.
Individual Project Rubric
The Individual Project (IP) Grading Rubric is a scoring tool that represents the performance expectations for the IP. This Individual Project Grading Rubric is divided into components that provide a clear description of what should be included within each component of the IP. Its the roadmap that can help you in the development of your IP.
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Expectation |
Points Possible |
Points Earned |
Comments |
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Student outline contains all required components. |
30 |
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Problem statement and hypothesis statements contain the required components. |
30 |
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Professional significance statement specifies the new contribution made by the proposed solution. |
30 |
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Paper contains at least 5 references. |
10 |
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Professional Language: Assignment contains accurate grammar, spelling, and/or punctuation with few or no errors. (APA formatting is required or style specified in assignment). |
25 |
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Total Points |
125 |
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Total Points Earned |
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