"Many of the issues covered in the reading are relevant to us in our everyday life
because of how diverse America is." -- Shane M., Nazarene Bible College student
Grading rubric for writing and submitting weekly reading reports
Does the reflection meet minimum length?
Was it posted on time (by Wednesday night)?
Is there a sense that ALL of the materials assigned to be read this week were read?
Does the reflection show understanding of and interaction with the assigned readings (as
opposed to being loosely associated comments which could have been written even if the
material had not been read)?
Does the submission move beyond basic summarizing to demonstrating critical-thinking
skills (conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating)
Is the submission acceptable for college-level reflective writing?.
Is there an end-of-the-chapter question from the textbook stated along with a substantive
answer to that question?:
Is the submission relatively free of proof-reading, grammatical, and syntax errors?
In terms of achieving assignment goals, is this reading reflection exceptional, excellent,
good, acceptable, minimal, or inadequate?
Note: The course web pages on the official NBC site will contain expanded written
instructions for the weekly reading reports
"This is a great coarse that opened my eyes to the struggles Christians face around
the globe. It gave me an understanding of the real need for missionaries around the world. It's
still hard to fathom that there are over two billion people who have not heard about Jesus.+ --
student on course evaluation
What kind of online student are you? Do others think
of you as Busy or Wordy or Disconnected Dan? Do you sometimes come off to others as
Oblivious or Trite-ly or even End-times Edith? . . [ more
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