Presentations

CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING GROUP PRESENTATIONS IN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

	C	B to B+	A- to A	A to A+
	Poor	Conventional	Shows Quality	Striking
Creativity / Originality		-conventional	-originality -creativity	-striking originality -striking creativity -pushing the envelope
Fluency	-one idea or resource	-a couple of ideas or resources	-adequate ideas or resources and they do cohere	-numerous ideas or resources which cohere
Flexibility	rigid/stilted	conventional	breaks with conventions	unconventional
Constructivism	quoting	reiterating	translating	building something unique
Bloom's Taxonomy	low levels	low levels	high levels-analysis, or evaluation, or synthesis	high levels-analysis, evaluation, & synthesis
Humour	nil	weak	evident, and responded to by audience	well integrated with the message
Creative Sound Effects / Music	nil	distracts	supports the presentation	sound track musical accompaniment
Content	true to the text sparse disjointed	true to the text logical and linear knowledgeable (with assists)	coherent logical and linear knowledgeable (extemporaneous)	coherent logical and linear knowledgeable (mastery evident)
Communication	nil	weak	good	has a naturalness to it
Aware of audience needs	nil	at times	usually	really in tune with the audience=s attention span and interest
Audience involvement	nil	spectators	some	actively involved
Audience Learning	very little	some learning- even if from mistakes -10% of content	learning is happening- maybe 50% of the content	substantial learning- 80% of the key information points
Visual aids	nil	cue cards, overhead, chalkboards...	PowerPoint, puppets, children, animals, toys,	collage, student created characters from various media,
Audio Aids	nil	some	Good use of audio (Music, WAV files, voice-over, theme songs...	Creative audio- compose and play a song, burn a CD, mime, simulate a radio show,
Pacing	poor	varied-seems okay at times	good pacing for the most part	flawless
Sequencing	material is out of sequence	some material is out of sequence	logical and orderly	logical, orderly, and creative (e.g., use of rewind, playback, parallelism,...
Transitions	major problem	minor problem but distracting	okay, but room for improvement	professional quality
Getting Attention	minimal	evidence of a strategy to hook interest	good attention-getting technique	great attention-getting technique
Holding Attention	they are lost from the start	attention falters mid way through	attention is held until the end...	The audience is riveted.
Summarizing	nil	not necessary but would help	good summary/review	good summary- dramatic, visual, handouts, bizarre, humorous, use of mnemonic...
Adaptable when necessary	rigid	attempts to adapt fail	good adaptations when necessary	any adaptations necessary seem natural and confidently handled
Enthusiasm	no affect	attempts at affect	good affect	almost professional (e.g., drama majors, radio broadcasters, motivational speakers)

Length of Presentation	over 10 minutes	close to 10 minutes but doesn't need to be so long	5-10 minutes-and it's a reasonable amount of time for content	timing seems just right at every point of the presentation
Video quality	Poor	A few problems but not watchable	Good	Looks Professional

Editing--Video Transitions	Disjointed	Broken, Sluggish, Large Gaps	Smooth, just minor glitches	Appears Professional
Video Lighting	Didn’t learn from others mistakes	Didn’t learn from others mistakes	Good	Appears Professional
Video Tripod	Unsteady	Unsteady but watchable	Steady	Appears Professional
Audio Quality	Static and volume problems	Static or volume problems	Good quality	Audio Editing
Voice	Not clear	Minor Problems	Good	Excellent (Quality, affect, editing,…)
Voice Overlay	None	Attempted	Makes sense	Appears professional in terms of form and content...
Group # Identified	Poor	Clear on either recording or container	Clear on both recording & container	Clear on both recording & container, with a touch of drama, or creativity, or professional packaging.
Group Members Identified	Poor	Clear on either recording or container	Clear on both recording & container	Clear on both recording & container, with a touch of drama, or creativity, or professional packaging.
Handouts	nil	offered	handouts are valuable but not likely to be read	Logical, concise, appealing ...
Debriefing / Commentary	absent but needed	attempted but lacks clarity	clear and logical	clear and logical and dramatic (acted, colour, loud, visual, handout, etc.)
PowerPoint	basic, but not clear or reader friendly	content okay but flaws distract from content	form and content make a good communicative fit	into advanced functions (WAV files, video, split screen, etc.)