This guide is for NURS 764 Week 1 Discussion Board Forum 1, start to submission. A thread on the provided topic with 2 peer-reviewed journal articles, and a reply to one classmate with a different peer-reviewed article.
NURS 764 is Learning Theories and Teaching Methods for Nurse Educators, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's PhD in Nursing. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as NURS764; it is the same course.
| Course | NURS 764 Learning Theories and Teaching Methods for Nurse Educators |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 1 |
| Points | 100 points |
| Length | No required word count; graded on course-related knowledge, depth and breadth |
| Replies | 1 classmate's thread |
| Sources | 2 peer-reviewed journal articles in the thread; 1 different peer-reviewed article in the reply |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Canvas discussion thread; graduate-level writing in current APA |
What NURS 764 Week 1 Discussion Board Forum 1 asks for
Forum 1 is due in Module/Week 1 with Billings and Halstead chapters 1 and 13 and Bradshaw and Lowenstein chapter 1. You create a thread in response to the provided topic. There is no required word count, but the thread is graded on course-related knowledge, including depth and breadth. You reply to one classmate. Graduate-level writing in current APA is expected; each thread must reference 2 peer-reviewed journal articles, and each reply must include 1 different peer-reviewed journal article. Worth 100 points.
Where it fits in NURS 764
In the published schedule, Discussion Board Forum 1 is one of 8 graded written assignments in NURS 764. It is the first written assignment in the course; the next is Week 2 Project Topic, Bibliography and Objectives.
How NURS 764 Week 1 Discussion Board Forum 1 is graded
Liberty grades Discussion Board Forum 1 with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 100 points in the published guide. That is about 10% of the course's 1,010 points. Read the rubric first. Each row is a criterion, and the wording of the highest column is the closest thing you have to a model answer.
Course grades in NURS 764 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 940 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Each course module/week begins on Monday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Sunday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final module/week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The NURS 764 Week 1 method, step by step
Read the prompt against the week's material
Copy the Discussion Board Forum 1 prompt into your notes and number each question inside it. Then skim the Module/Week 1 reading for the pages that answer each number, so the thread is built from Learning Theories and Teaching Methods for Nurse Educators material rather than general opinion.
Take a position in the first two sentences
Graders read dozens of threads. State your answer to the main question at the top, then spend the rest of the thread earning it. A thread that warms up for a paragraph loses the reader before the course concepts arrive.
Build the body from course concepts
Each body paragraph should carry one idea from the Learning Theories and Teaching Methods for Nurse Educators reading, put to work on the prompt. Define it briefly, apply it, and say what it changes. Repeating the chapter back is the most common reason threads score in the middle of the rubric.
Place the sources where they do work
Meet the source rule (2 peer-reviewed journal articles in the thread; 1 different peer-reviewed article in the reply) inside the argument, not in a closing sentence. Cite the textbook where you define a concept and a peer-reviewed article where you make a claim that needs evidence.
Connect it to practice
Close the argument with application. Name the setting and what someone there would do differently because of your answer.
Write replies that add something
Replies are graded too (1 classmate's thread). Agree or disagree with a specific point, add a source or example the classmate did not use, and ask one real question. Praise alone does not meet the word count in substance.
A structure for NURS 764 Week 1 Discussion Board Forum 1
Word targets are planning numbers for about 450 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Opening | Answer the main question of the prompt directly and state your position. | ~70 words |
| Concept | Define the course concept from the week's reading that the prompt turns on. | ~120 words |
| Application | Apply the concept to the case, setting or question in the prompt. | ~130 words |
| Evidence | Bring in the required sources where they support a specific claim. | ~90 words |
| Close | Restate the answer and what it means for practice or the field. | ~30 words |
A topic angle that works
The opening chapters deal with the faculty role and learning theory. Choose one adult learning theory (Knowles's andragogy, Kolb's experiential learning, constructivism) and show what it changes about how you would teach one nursing concept.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
Knowles's andragogy rests on the idea that adults learn best when learning is problem-centered and tied to what they need to do now.1 For prelicensure students learning insulin administration, that argues against beginning with a lecture on insulin types and for beginning with a patient case in which a dose decision has to be made; studies of case-based learning in nursing report better application of knowledge than lecture alone.2 The theory changes the order of teaching, not just its style.3
- States the theory's principle.
- Applies it to a nursing topic.
- Supports it with a peer-reviewed study.
Mistakes that cost points on NURS 764 Week 1
- Fewer than 2 peer-reviewed journal articles in the thread.
- A reply that reuses the thread's sources.
- Defining theories without applying them.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: No required word count; graded on course-related knowledge, depth and breadth
- Sources: 2 peer-reviewed journal articles in the thread; 1 different peer-reviewed article in the reply
- Replies: 1 classmate's thread
- Every question in the prompt is answered, in order
- The thread is typed into the text box, not attached
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
How many replies does NURS 764 require?
One reply to a classmate's thread, with 1 different peer-reviewed journal article.
How many points is NURS 764 Week 1 Discussion Board Forum 1 worth?
100 points in Liberty's published course guide for NURS 764, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 10% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is NURS 764 Week 1 the same in every section of NURS 764?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for NURS 764. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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