Team Article Presentation

ARTICLE ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION

Information coming from Syllabus:

Team Article Presentation Details

a. During the first week, you will be required to form teams of 2-3 students. You can do this by self-selecting yourself into Groups (left menu bar of Blackboard) along with fellow students you wish to work with. The groups are automatically capped at 3 and will not permit additional enrolment. This team will stay constant throughout the course and will work on the Article Presentation as well as the Term Paper.

b. Each team will be randomly assigned a specific article from the empirical readings in your course pack, or another current event/article to be announced by the instructor. These readings are usually either an analytical or empirical research paper that tests the theories in the earlier part of your course pack. Each of them requires you to read them carefully, understand the topic of the research paper, understand the methodology used to study the specific topic and then evaluate the findings of the author(s).

c. The team will then prepare a power point presentation on the article that provides a complete summary of the research/analysis, including your own critique or stance on the problem being studied.

d. Finally, the team will make a brief presentation to the class on the specific assigned date. All team members must participate in the presentation. Prepare the presentation as if you are teaching that article to the class.

Team Article Presentation

The Instructor will assign a specific article from the custom text which your team will present to the class including a thorough analysis of the article. The articles in the reading are essentially analytical or empirical research studies and will require some effort to understand, synthesize, and present to the class. Prepare to make this presentation as if you are teaching that article to the class. You will need to make a Power Point presentation that should be uploaded to Blackboard by the end of the sixth week. The grading rubric for this presentation is as follows.

Team Presentation Rubric (Online Format)

Presentation Component	Unacceptable 0 Points	Acceptable 1 Point	Good 2 Points	Excellent 3 Points
Coverage of article	Very incomplete, significant gaps, or biased summary of article	Complete but cursory presentation of the articles, does not necessarily identify the big picture	Generally thorough and balanced but awkward, needs better sequencing and identification of the big picture	Thorough coverage of article, identifies key issues and balanced treatment of perspectives
Understanding and Critique	little or no reasoning, explanation, or evidence provided	Reasoning and evidence presented but not well organized or poor sources	Good logical reasoning and evidence, but not integrated	Logical reasoning integrated with authoritative references on key points
Graphics and Visuals	Poor quality graphics and presentation of material is illegible and inconsistent, no intro, overview or agenda	Graphics quality acceptable but does too much or too little especially on key points, poor intro sketchy agenda, background	Well done graphics, fluid introduction and agenda, but could emphasize key points better and summarize better, could be more polished and complete	Well-designed and attractive graphics that simplify or summarize key ideas; original graphics, clear intro and agenda

  *Maximum points team can earn is 9.