Evaluation & Judging - In-Person Presentations
Students who present ten-minute papers (10-min) in the Student Competition for the President’s Prize will be evaluated in the following areas:
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Scientific Content (50%)
- Introduction and background with pertinent literature cited (5 points)
- Title appropriate for presentation content (5 points)
- Judges will score the title given at the start of the presentation, not what is listed in the program.
- Objectives clearly stated and concise (10 points)
- Materials & methods (study design) clear, concise, and appropriate to the problem (10 points)
- Results, analysis, & discussion clear, concise, and accurate (10 points)
- Significance of results to field of study (10 points)
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Presentation (50%)
- 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
- Appropriate volume and speed of speech (5 points)
- Eye contact with audience (5 points)
- Effective use of figures and/or tables (10 points)
- Scoring includes whether axis labels are legible
- Effective use of time (5 points)
- 8 minutes for the presentation; 2 minutes for questions
- Clear answers to questions (5 points)
- Organization