Evaluation & Judging
Students who present in-person ten-minute oral papers in the Student Competition will be evaluated in the following areas:
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Content (Scientific, Outreach, Extension, and/or Education) - 60%
- Abstract
- Abstract is informative, well written (5 points)
- Presentation correlates to abstract (5 points)
- Content
- Introduction and background with pertinent literature cited (10 points)
- Objectives clearly stated and concise/*course design or project clearly stated (10 points)
- Materials and methods (study/*course design) clear and concise (10 points)
- Results and discussion clear, concise and accurate/*addresses needs of the target audience (10 points)
- Significance of results to field of study (10 points)
- Abstract
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Presentation - 40 %
- Organization
- Logical order, minimum redundancy (5 points)
- Smooth transitions between presentation sections (5 points)
- Slides
- Legible with large fonts, color contrast, no conflicting backgrounds (5 points)
- Text with no grammatical errors; not excessively wordy (5 points)
- Delivery
- Clear and audible speech (5 points)
- Eye contact with the audience (5 points)
- Effective use of figures and/or tables (5 points)
- Effective use of time (5 points)
- Organization
Note: * indicates consideration for extension, outreach, and education presentations