Prompt: First, review the OAA legislation detailed in Chapters 2 and 3 of your text, The Aging Networks: A Guide to Programs and Services. Next, in the small group workshop, address the following: What are the strengths of the OAA legislation? What opportunities does the OAA provide to older Americans? What are some of the weaknesses of the OAA? Does the OAA pose any potential threats to the well-being of older Americans? Do the benefits of the OAA outweigh the challenges it faces, including any challenges the legislation is meant to address? Explain your thinking. Identify any areas where the OAA can be improved.
CHE 329 Module Two Small Group Workshop Guidelines and Rubric
Overview: For this small group workshop in Module Two, you will work with your classmates in a small group to identify and discuss the costs and benefits of the
Older Americans Act (OAA). This will serve as practice for the policy evaluation and analysis you will conduct for your policy topic selection for Milestone Two in
Module Three.
Prompt: First, review the OAA legislation detailed in Chapters 2 and 3 of your text, The Aging Networks: A Guide to Programs and Services. Next, in the small
group workshop, address the following:
What are the strengths of the OAA legislation? What opportunities does the OAA provide to older Americans?
What are some of the weaknesses of the OAA? Does the OAA pose any potential threats to the well-being of older Americans?
Do the benefits of the OAA outweigh the challenges it faces, including any challenges the legislation is meant to address? Explain your thinking.
Identify any areas where the OAA can be improved.
Cite from the text readings to support your answers.
Respond to at least two of your peers in the workshop. What strengths and challenges of the OAA did they discuss that you may not have considered?
Your active participation in the workshop forums is essential to your overall success this term. Workshop questions are designed to help you make meaningful
connections between the course content and the larger concepts and goals of the course. These workshops offer you the opportunity to express your own
thoughts, ask questions for clarification, and gain insight from your group members’ responses and instructor’s guidance.
When responding to the workshop questions, please use terms, concepts, and theories from your readings, lectures, videos, and other course materials. Please do
the same when commenting on your group members’ responses. To help internalize the course content and to become more comfortable with it, it is important
to have meaningful conversations with your peers and instructor. This does not mean that you simply give your opinion when responding to the workshop
questions. You should provide thoughtful responses using the course content to support your statements.
Students are required to post one initial post and to follow up with at least two response posts for this workshop assignment.
For your initial post (1), you must do the following:
Compose a post of one to two paragraphs.
Complete the initial post by Thursday at 11:59 p.m. of your local time zone.
Take into consideration material such as course content and discussion boards from the current module and previous modules, when appropriate.
For your response posts (2), you must do the following:
Reply to at least two different classmates outside of your own initial post thread.
Complete the two response posts by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. of your local time zone.
Demonstrate more depth and thought than simply stating “I agree” or “You are wrong.” Guidance is provided for you in each discussion prompt.
Rubric
Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (70%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Comprehension Develops an initial post with an
organized, clear point of view or
idea using rich and significant
detail
Develops an initial post with a
point of view or idea using
appropriate detail
Develops an initial post with a
point of view or idea but with
some gaps in organization and
detail
Does not develop an initial post
with an organized point of view
or idea
20
Timeliness Submits initial post on time Submits initial post one day late Submits initial post two days
late
Submits initial post three days
late
10
Engagement Provides relevant and
meaningful response posts with
clarifying explanation and detail
Provides relevant response
posts with some explanation
and detail
Provides somewhat relevant
response posts with some
explanation and detail
Provides response posts that
are generic with little
explanation or detail
20
Critical Thinking Draws insightful conclusions
that are thoroughly defended
with evidence and examples
Draws informed conclusions
that are justified with evidence
Draws logical conclusions Does not draw logical
conclusions
30
Writing (Mechanics) Initial post and responses are
easily understood, clear, and
concise using proper citation
methods where applicable, with
no errors in citations
Initial post and responses are
easily understood using proper
citation methods where
applicable, with few errors in
citations
Initial post and responses are
understandable using proper
citation methods where
applicable, with a number of
errors in citations
Initial post and responses are
not understandable and do not
use proper citation methods
where applicable
20
Total 100%
- CHE 329 Module Two Small Group Workshop Guidelines and Rubric
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