(Form to be completed by judges)
Criteria for Judging Competitive Oral Papers (Students).
1. The oral presentations must fit under which Symposium Topic Area:
* Food Safety, Human Nutrition and Health
* Renewable Resources and Environmental Stewardship
* Small Scale Agriculture and Rural Development
* Emerging Technologies
* Human Sciences
Author(s)_____________________________________________________________________________
Title_________________________________________________________________________________
Institution ____________________________________________________________________________
Grand Total _________
Awards will be presented for 1st and 2nd place presenters in each of the topic areas above in both the graduate and undergraduate student categories. The decision of the judges is final.
I. Quality of Research Presented (70%)
1. ______ (30) Introduction, statement of purpose (Does the introduction give sufficient background to educate the audience and does it justify the need for the work; are objectives/hypothesis clearly defined?)
2. ______ (20) Materials and Methods (Is methodology appropriate, reliable, thorough)
3. ______ (40) Results and Discussion (Are results made clear? Are tables/charts/figures/photos clear summaries of the work? Does the Discussion adequately explain to the audience what the results mean in terms of addressing the research objectives/hypothesis)
4. ______ (30) Conclusion (are conclusions aligned with and effectively explain the results? Does the conclusion lead the reader to recognize the importance of the work?)
5. ______ (20) Is the work unique and interesting?
______ (140) ˇˇˇPresentation Content Subtotal
II. Oral Presentation (30%)
Delivery
____(10)ˇˇˇˇEffective use of time
____(10)ˇˇˇˇClarity and intonation
____(20)ˇˇˇˇUse and quality of visual aids
____(20)ˇˇˇˇConfidence and knowledge of subject matter
____ 60) ˇˇ Presentation Subtotal
ˇ ˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇ ___(200) ˇˇˇˇ Competitive Oral Paper Grand Total
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