Paper evaluation

SASCP CONGRESS

EVALUATION OF PAPER PRESENTATIONS

Evaluate presentation in the following categories:
Board floating trophy: Best paper presented at the congressDaan F Retief trophy: Best paper presented by a person younger than 40 yearsRovic-Leers prize: Best paper presented in the field of conservation agricultureSyngenta prize: Best paper presented in the field of crop protectionStudent

Session

Candidate

Title of paper

Marks allocated
Poor = 1Fair = 1,1 – 2Average = 2,1 – 3 Good = 3,1 – 4 Excellent = 4,1 – 5

PowerPoint presentation: Style and general layout

1.1 Colour combination of text and back ground

1.2 Font type and consistent use of font (on different slides)

1.3 Slide components (lines, bullets, photos)

1.4 Use of tables, graphs and photos

1.5 Spelling and grammar

1.6 Appropriate number of slides (too much/not enough)

1.7 Traffic on slides

Presentation and communication skills

2.1 Logical layout of presentation, sequence of slides

2.2 Voice tone and volume

Knowledge of subject

3.1 Clear about the topic and content

3.2 Clear introduction, motivation, hypothesis, and objectives (If it’s a research work)

3.3 Interpretation of results and conclusions

3.4 Application value and impact of the study

3.5 Scientific approach and design (treatments, layout, size of trial, repetitions, data collection, statistics)

Answering of question

4.1 Able to answer all questions

4.2 Correctness of answers

4.3 Deflect difficult or irrelevant questions

4.4 Respond confidently

General

5.1 Presentation in time

5.2 Nervousness of presenter

5.3 Overall impression of presentation and presenter

5.4 Initiate or stimulate discussions

Comments

Name of evaluator