Assessing the Mathematics Major
at South Dakota State University

Donna Flint and Daniel Kemp
South Dakota State University

Appendix C     Assessment Tool- Major Presentation

Student: ____________________________      Faculty Reviewer: _____________________________

Start Time:  _________  End Time: _________        Presentation grade: __________

You are assessing a 20 to 25 minute presentation based on the student’s research paper.  Please assess the presentation based on the following criteria, using the scale as described in the attached memo.  Learning objectives are listed in brackets.  Please comment where appropriate or add additional comments on the back of this sheet.

Delivery

1.       How well did the student explain the pupose of the project?     [5]

1            2            3            4            5            6            7  

2.       How well did the student organize the material?     [5]

1            2            3            4            5            6            7

3.       How well did the student’s presentation make use of overheads, PowerPoint, and/or other technology?     [2]

1            2            3            4            5            6            7

4.       How would you judge the student’s presence? (voice, delivery, etc.)?     [5]

1            2            3            4            5            6            7

5.       How well did the student answer/respond to questions and comments?     [5]

1            2            3            4            5            6            7

Content

6.       How well did the student communicate his/her understanding of the mathematics?     [1,3,5]

1            2            3            4            5            6            7

7.       How well was the mathematics developed through logical presentation, justification of assumptions and examples?     [3,5]

1            2            3            4            5            6            7

Overall

8. How well did the student demonstrate that he/she understands the mathematics/statistics?

   1            2            3            4            5            6            7

Criteria for Student presentation assessment:

7 - Excellent - ready for presentation at a conference

6 - Very Good - needs refinement before presenting at a conference

5 - Good - needs 1-2 minor changes before presenting at a conference

4 - Satisfactory - needs 3-5 minor changes before presenting at a conference

3 - Poor-needs 1-2 major changes before presenting at a conference

2 - Very Poor - needs 3-5 major changes before presenting at a conference

1 – Unsatisfactory - presentation has little or no merit