PRESENTATION
marksheet for Supervisors of

Individual Study 2 -- Level 4/M
(2009/10)

Name and ID Number of Student

Preamble

The Supervisor should return a signed, printed, filled out version of this form to the Module Coordinator, containing justifications of the marks assigned that refer to the criteria expressed below. Forms without justifications are liable to rejection.

As with the report mark, the overall mark for the presentation is a Content mark modified (in the way indicated below) by a consideration of Style.

The requirements in this marksheet concerning presentation Content are a proper subset of those for report Content, given the limited amount of time available in the presentation and the somewhat different functions of the two instruments.

(Change note compared to previous years: The previous paragraph is a new feature. Also the quality of the student's question-answering has now been absorbed into the Content component, and there are modified criteria for Style.)

Caution concerning differences from Individual Study 1

Please note carefully that the marking criteria differ in places from those for Individual Study 1 presentations. Most notably, there are greater requirements on originality. The places in the text where there are differences are underlined.

Relationship to the Report

Although the presentation should be understandable by someone who has not read the report, the student may refer to details in the report rather than including them in the presentation. The presentation should steer a middle course between being too detailed and exhaustive and not being detailed or exhaustive enough to meet the criteria below.

PRESENTATION CONTENT

Please give a mark for content according to the following guidelines.
Like-numbered items in the different mark ranges are about the same issues.
Upper case shows deviations from higher mark ranges.

I: 70% and above

In this mark range the student should effectively convey (to the extent that time permits) that (s)he has deep understanding of the chosen topic.
The student should effectively convey (to the extent that time permits) that (s)he appreciates what the current open problems and research questions are.
The student should make suggestions/proposals for future work in the field (e.g., on tackling those problems) and effectively convey what original thinking is involved in them.
A mark of 85% or more may be merited if the student conveys an exceptional degree of originality.

II(1): 60-69%

Same as for I.
(The student should effectively convey, to the extent that time permits, that (s)he has deep understanding of the chosen topic.)
Same as for I.
(The student should effectively convey, to the extent that time permits, that (s)he appreciates what the current open problems and research questions are.)
The student should, to a MODERATE degree, make suggestions/proposals for future work in the field (e.g., on tackling those problems) and effectively convey what original thinking is involved in them.

II(2): 50-59%

In this range the student should effectively convey, to the extent that time permits, that (s)he has a REASONABLE degree of understanding of the chosen topic, without fundamental confusions.
The student should effectively convey that (s)he has SOME appreciation of what the current open problems and research questions are.
Suggestions about future work in the field are NOT REQUIRED.

III: 40-49%

In this range the presentation should show that the student has SOME understanding of the topic.
However, this may contain FUNDAMENTAL CONFUSIONS.
Evidence of appreciation of open problems is NOT EXPECTED.
Same as for II(2).
(Suggestions about future work in the field are not required.)

(Note: the above differs from Individual Study 1 in that in range II(1) it requires some original thinking.)

MARK FOR PRESENTATION CONTENT: ........ %

JUSTIFICATIONS OF THAT MARK
(please refer to the particular issues in the above scheme):

PRESENTATION STYLE

Consider the extent to which

the student's utterances were clearly audible
the audiovisuals used (if any) were clear and effective
the student was energetic and forthright (as opposed to, say, speaking in a dull monotone)

and then make

COMMENTS ON THE STYLE, SUPPORTING THE ADJUSTMENT BELOW
(please make specific points about the style, not just blanket statements):

AND THEN ...

OVERALL MARK FOR PRESENTATION

Please adjust the Content mark you gave above up or down by taking into account the quality of the presentation style, under the following constraints:

Change the mark by at most 5.
Do not cross the boundary from F up into III under any circumstances.
Do not cross the boundary from II(1) up into I under any circumstances.
Do not cross the boundary from III down into F unless the style is extremely bad.

NB: The above constraints do allow a I to be reduced into II(1) because of poor style.

OVERALL PRESENTATION MARK: .... %

Supervisor's Signature:

Date:

Module Coordinator's signature after his/her moderation of the above marking: