Debate Rubric Edu T&L 884 G 23, Graduate - 2 credits MSaT Clinical Seminar Winter 2004 - Fridays 11:45 am – 1:00 pm

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Respect for Other Team	All statements, body language, and responses were respectful and were in appropriate language.	Statements and responses were respectful and used appropriate language, but once or twice body language was not.	Most statements and responses were respectful and in appropriate language, but there was one sarcastic remark.	Statements, responses and/or body language were consistently not respectful.
Information	All information presented in the debate was clear, thorough, and well supported with several relevant facts, statistics and/or examples.	Most information presented in the debate was clear, thorough, and was adequately supported with relevant facts, statistics and/or examples.	Most information presented in the debate was clear, was not usually thorough, and was supported with facts, statistics and/or examples, but the relevance of some was questionable.	Information had several inaccuracies, every point was not supported, OR was usually not clear.
Rebuttal	All counter-arguments were accurate, relevant and strong.	Most counter-arguments were accurate, relevant, and strong.	Most counter-arguments were accurate and relevant, but several were weak.	Counter-arguments were not accurate and/or relevant
Presentation	Use of presentation software is attractive (fonts, colors, and use of graphics) and effectively communicates the theme/content of the presentation.	Use of presentation software is generally attractive (A few fonts, colors, and use of graphics are not attractive) but it effectively communicates the theme/content of the presentation.	Use of presentation software is attractive (fonts, colors, and use of graphics) but a few slides do not seem to effectively communicate the theme/content of the presentation.	Use of presentation software contains several unattractive slides AND does not effectively communicate the theme/content of the presentation.
Delivery Style	Team consistently used gestures, eye contact, tone of voice and a level of enthusiasm in a way that kept the attention of the audience.	Team usually used gestures, eye contact, tone of voice and a level of enthusiasm in a way that kept the attention of the audience.	Team sometimes used gestures, eye contact, tone of voice and a level of enthusiasm in a way that kept the attention of the audience.	One or more members of the team had a presentation style that did not keep the attention of the audience.
Organization	All arguments were clearly tied to an idea (premise) and organized in a tight, logical fashion.	Most arguments were clearly tied to an idea (premise) and organized in a tight, logical fashion.	All arguments were clearly tied to an idea (premise) but the organization was sometimes not clear or logical.	Arguments were not clearly tied to an idea (premise).
Understanding of Topic	The team clearly understood the topic in-depth and presented their information forcefully and convincingly.	The team clearly understood the topic in-depth and presented their information with ease.	The team seemed to understand the main points of the topic and presented those with ease.	The team did not show an adequate understanding of the topic.