AAE Research Symposium Series

Criteria for Presentation Evaluation

Presenter: _____________________________________

Presentation of Technical Content (35%):

____ / 10 Motivation – 10%

• Why should the audience learn about this research?
• What motivates the work?

____ / 10 Explanation of quality of research methods – 15%

• The audience should be given sufficient information about how research was carried out to accept results and conclusions.
• Thoroughness – evaluating and addressing contingencies, stating assumptions
• Validation of results against a known standard

____ / 10 Significance of the research – 10%

• What contribution does this research work make to the field of interest?
• What impact does the work have?

Presentation Style (65%):

____ / 10 Visual Communication – 20%

• Effective and innovative use of media
• Font size large enough to be read from back of the room
• Any movies, external links, or demos work

____ / 10 Oral Communication – 15%

• Confidence in speaking (loud enough, not too fast)
• Not monotone, avoiding ‘fillers’ (ummm), etc.

____ / 10 Use of the presentation as a teaching tool – 25%

• Logically organized to give the audience a clear understanding of the research
• Difficult material clearly explained to a broad, multi-disciplinary, technical audience

____ / 10 Effectiveness in answering questions from the audience – 5%

• Speaker took the time to correctly understand the question
• Speaker gave concise, logical answers to the question asked

____/ -5 – 1 point for each minute over the presentation time (excludes question time)

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