This week we focused on applying research. Engage in a conversation with your course community about one of the following:

• For the article you found in Week 2, identify whether it is an empirical article with a method section or a standalone literature review.
  • If it is an empirical study, do the authors identify the specific method and design of the study in their method section? Or, if it is a standalone literature review, what conclusions do they make?
  • How would you apply these criteria to the program you chose? How would you be able to assess the program and its goals in terms of merit, worth, and values?
• Your course readings discuss the values, merit, and worth of a program. Discuss those aspects of evaluation.
  • How would you apply these criteria to the program you chose? How would you be able to assess the program and its goals in terms of merit, worth, and values?

As always, if you are relying on someone else's ideas when presenting yours, you should reference their paper, article, etc. This includes sharing references to your fellow students' ideas!

Response Guidelines

• Your Participation: This discussion is an opportunity for you to review the work of other learners to inform your own learning. Your interactions and anything you share should be courteous, succinct, professional, well-written, and organized. Communicating clearly with proper grammar and punctuation will foster more and better interactions with your classmates.
• Your Post: Create a post responding to one of the discussion prompts. Do not create your post as a reply to another post.
• Responding to Peers: As you respond to one of your classmates, please make sure your response is substantive by sharing your professional experiences and helpful thoughts and feedback about ideas they have shared. Try to comment on those where you feel you have the most useful information to share and consider the following:
  • How have your experiences resonated with their ideas?
  • What can you add to their ideas, building upon the connections you have made to the material so far? Supplement course resources and extend consideration of the topic by including new information or findings from current journal articles, discussing more in-depth critical thinking questions, or providing constructive or corrective feedback or an alternative viewpoint supported by empirical evidence.