As a result of this unit and assignment, students will be able to:
Assignment Description:
Students will present on a text related to their discipline. The text can be: 1) a paper written by the student, i.e. an essay or research paper from another course, a research proposal, published work, etc., or 2) a paper selected by the student from a text in their field, i.e. a journal article, a chapter from a book, etc. This type of topic is beneficial to students because the majority of conference presentations are based on papers and because it will demonstrate to students the parallels between American style academic writing and American style academic presentations.
Students will be required to present for 5-7 minutes on their topic with the support of a visual aid, such as PowerPoint, which will specifically be addressed in this unit. Skills from all units will be incorporated in the assessment of this assignment, including outlining, summarizing, avoiding plagiarism, and presenting.
Workshop theme: One of the important themes of this unit to maintain is its workshop-style. Workshop time should be allocated for each module so that students have the opportunity to immediately implement what you have taught and get feedback from you and their peers during class.
Homework tip: One problem that you may encounter as a result of the workshop style of this unit is that if students don't do the homework, they will not be able to participate appropriately during the workshop. If you anticipate this problem, one thing you can do is reassign 5% of the total 15% allotted for this major assignment within the final grade distribution as a homework grade for preparing for each class period. Then check the homework by walking around and looking at the start of each class.
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Sample Assignments:
Student Sample #1
- Clearly organize their ideas into a presentation in appropriate academic style
- Deliver their ideas in an effective and interesting manner
- Understand and apply the use of a visual aid as support so that it adds and does not detract from the presenter’s message
Assignment Description:
Students will present on a text related to their discipline. The text can be: 1) a paper written by the student, i.e. an essay or research paper from another course, a research proposal, published work, etc., or 2) a paper selected by the student from a text in their field, i.e. a journal article, a chapter from a book, etc. This type of topic is beneficial to students because the majority of conference presentations are based on papers and because it will demonstrate to students the parallels between American style academic writing and American style academic presentations.
Students will be required to present for 5-7 minutes on their topic with the support of a visual aid, such as PowerPoint, which will specifically be addressed in this unit. Skills from all units will be incorporated in the assessment of this assignment, including outlining, summarizing, avoiding plagiarism, and presenting.
Workshop theme: One of the important themes of this unit to maintain is its workshop-style. Workshop time should be allocated for each module so that students have the opportunity to immediately implement what you have taught and get feedback from you and their peers during class.
Homework tip: One problem that you may encounter as a result of the workshop style of this unit is that if students don't do the homework, they will not be able to participate appropriately during the workshop. If you anticipate this problem, one thing you can do is reassign 5% of the total 15% allotted for this major assignment within the final grade distribution as a homework grade for preparing for each class period. Then check the homework by walking around and looking at the start of each class.
Click to view the: Assignment Prompt & Grading Rubric
Sample Assignments:
Student Sample #1
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