Lesson 8 Project Presentation and/or Exam
A. Overall Lesson Objective
•To exhibit basic learning competencies in a project presentation or an exam.
B. Learning Competencies
For Projects:
•Successfully select important course subject matter for a project presentation
•As a team and a team member, present supporting materials that clearly illustrate key points and conclusions to the audience
•As a team, successfully present the project to the audience
•Provide thoughtful responses to surprise questions or challenges from teachers or judges
For Exam:
•Exhibit mastery of important course subject matter by successfully answering questions. There are 50 questions (multiple choice) and two questions requiring written paragraphs for answers.
C. Grading Criteria for Projects
Guidelines, rules, and constraints must be fully met. A check list will have been provided by the teachers or judges when the project was first assigned. It should be signed off by team members and checked by the teachers or judges before the presentation begins. The data sheet from each team will also show the responsibilities of each of the team members (identifying what part each member played). Setup time for each presentation will not exceed 5 minutes, and that time is started by the teacher/judge. Pictures of each team and project set up will be taken at the 5-minute mark. Time for the actual presentation begins and the timer starts when the teacher/judge says, ‘begin.’ Presentation time for all projects is 20 minutes maximum.
NOTE: THIS SESSION WILL BE A SPECIAL CLASS AND TAKE ADDITIONAL TIME. Teachers: count on a total of 30 minutes per team that includes changing time from one team presentation to the next.
Suggested percentages with respect to key judging criteria are as follows:
•25% maximum: important course subject matter is selected and presented
•25% maximum: supporting materials (posters, props, signs, and videos are easily understood, well organized, present key points, and are visually effective to highlight key subject matter
•25% maximum: team presentation shows effective coordination, division of duties or parts among all members, and is convincing
•25% maximum: responses to surprise questions and challenges from judges or teachers are thoughtful and convincing
•Any time over the allotted time for the presentation will be recorded and will result in a penalty to the final tally of grades.
Each teacher or judge will submit a grading sheet. They will be added together to arrive at a final score. The final score will be adjusted by any penalty for excess time used over 20 minute time limit for presentation (up to 20 sec: -5%, 20-40 sec: -10%; 40-60 sec: -15%; 1-3 minutes: 20%; over 3 minutes: disqualified from competitive evaluation but gradable for content minus 30%).
Project Note:
Rationale for grading criteria and excess time penalties are firm for the following reasons: (1) Any of the projects can easily take well over a half hour to present. The process of team thinking to get the presentation and the supporting material down to 20 minutes, including supporting material, demands decisions about what is most important. Teachers and judges want to see the results of this process in the presentations. (2) In real life meetings in company or government work, decision makers rarely have as much as a half hour to hear key arguments, review supporting material, ask final questions, and make final decisions for initiatives. They will often dismiss or stop presentations that take too long because they simply do not have time. In practical terms, presentations for five teams will take nearly three hours, including time to take down or set up material.