Evaluation Form – Oral Session 1
Directions for Judges
1. For each criteria, select a score.
2. You must provide brief feedback at the bottom.
Oral Presentation Judging Rubric
| Level of Achievement | Excellent (3) | Good (2) | Marginal (1) | Inadequate (0) |
| Organization | • Well thought out with logical progression • Use of proper language • Significance clearly stated • Abstract and bibliography are well constructed | • Talk easy to follow • Use of proper language • Significance clearly stated • Abstract and/or bibliography have some errors | • Talk somewhat disorganized • Shows some effort to use proper language • Significance somewhat unclear • Abstract and bibliography are not well constructed | • Talk difficult to follow • Unclear language • Does not understand significance of work • Abstract and bibliography lack proper content and construction |
| Understanding of Scientific Content | • Identifies the research question/research field • Has advanced understanding of the experimental approach and significance • Correctly and critically evaluates results, methodology and conclusions ibliography are well constructed | • Identifies the research question • Has basic understanding of the experimental approach and significance • Limited evaluation of correct results, methodology, conclusions | • Research question/research field somewhat unclear • Description of experimental approach somewhat confusing • Results and conclusions stated, but not correctly interpreted/not critically evaluated | • Does not understand research question/experimental approach • Does not have scientific results • Does not understand conclusions or implications for future work |
| Style/Delivery | • Uses time wisely • Speaks with good pacing and enthusiasm • Makes eye contact and does not read information • Uses engaging tone and appropriate vocabulary | • Speaks well, but often repeats comments • Exhibits few disfluencies(“ahs”, “uhms”, etc.) • Makes eye contact • Uses good vocabulary and tone | • Presentation poorly timed • Some hesitation and uncertainty are apparent • Exhibits many disfluencies • Makes little eye contact and looks at notes • Monotone and non-engaging delivery | • Presentation poorly timed • Makes no eye contact and reads from notes • Hesitation and uncertainty are very apparent • Speaks too quietly or quickly for audience to hear and understand |
| Use of Visual Aids | • Tables/graphs summarize data and/or conclusions • Size and labels are clear • Very little text • Figures and images explained and described well • Presentation has no misspellings or grammatical errors | • Text appropriately sized • Very little text • Most figures and images explained and described well • Presentation has an occasional misspelling or grammatical error | • Labels and legends somewhat unclear • Text size somewhat small • Too much detail on slides • Blocks of text on slides • Figures are explained • Presentation has multiple misspellings and/or grammatical errors | • Labeling is not clear • Size is too small to see • No logical placement of information • Mostly text and very few images • Figures are not explained • Presentation has numerous misspellings and/or grammatical errors |
| Ability to Answer Questions | • Anticipates audience questions • Understands audience questions • Can integrate knowledge to answer questions • Thoroughly responds to questions | • Does not anticipate audience questions • Understands audience questions • Can integrate knowledge to answer questions • Thoroughly responds to most questions | • Does not anticipate audience questions • Makes an effort to address question • Can address some questions • Often responds poorly to questions | • Either makes no effort to respond to questions or does so poorly |