Adapting Anti-Prejudice Tenets for Enhancing Discussion Board Assessments in Domestic Violence Courses

Abstract

This resource, overall, adapts anti-prejudice tenets to enhance discussion board assessments. Step-by-step, the resource mimics Gordon Allport's contact hypothesis tenets to develop an interactive, problem-solving approach to discussion board-based assessments. A summary of the approach, in addition to an example assignment and prompts, is provided.  

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Details

Subject Area(s):

Applied Sociology/Evaluation Research, Criminology/Delinquency

Resource Type(s):

Assignment, Class Activity, Essay

Class Level(s):

College 300, College 400

Class Size(s):

Medium, Small

Usage Notes

A version of this assignment, as well as its broader adapted approach, was originally developed for a “Patterns of Domestic Violence in Society” course that was taught in Summer 2023 at the University of Central Florida. Its purpose was to bring to life the sometimes-monotonous discussion-board assignment. While this particular prompt is most...

Learning Goals and Assessments

Learning Goal(s):

1. Solve a life crisis by drawing from relevant agency resources.
2. Contextualize providing resources in a broader community by retrieving relevant statistical indicators.
3. Collaborate with peers by expounding on brainstorming ideas.

Goal Assessment(s):

1. To solve a life crisis by drawing from relevant agency resources, students will describe critical issues in a domestic violence scenario, using their professional judgement to develop solutions to the scenario.
2. To contextualize providing resources in a broader community by retrieving relevant statistical indicators, students will place a domestic violence scenario in the context of a county of choice, describing its demographic/social attributes and resources, as well as how these attributes and resources impact solutions to scenario.
3. To collaborate with peers by expounding on brainstorming ideas, students will respond to two of their classmates' initial posts, crafting strategy that builds on, or fills in details for, their classmate’s strategies for solving the domestic violence scenario.