In preparation for the day of judging, we have provided student abstracts for both the ORAL and POSTER Presentations on the El Día Website. Please review these abstracts to familiarize yourself with the presentations before El Día, giving you more one-on-one with students to ask questions. Rubrics for each student will be prepopulated with the student's information and printed out for you to use the day of El Día. You can find the rubric sheets below.
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- The event starts at 8:00 am. Click here for the day’s agenda.
- Orientation and judging process will take place in the ENR2 building Room S120B.
- Oral Judges are asked to arrive at the event at 9:00am for orientation and any final judging process.
- Poster Judges ae asked to arrive at the event at 10:30am for orientation and any final judging process.
- Please notify Erma Santander at ermasan@arizona.edu if you are unable to be at your schedule orientation so we can schedule an individual orientation on your arrival.
Please note these 3 important rules:
- The rubric is a checklist of criteria at different levels of performance for specific categories.
- Note: Students may hit criteria under a multitude of levels for one category, e.g. demonstrating criteria under both advanced and proficient levels for the category "Scientific Merit and Content of Presentation."
- Students should not be awarded a score of Less Than 1 on the rubric unless they are severely under-prepared or unprepared.
- You must assess a student’s performance based on where they are currently in their research. Research that is ongoing and has not yet been completed is NOT a reason to give a score of a 1 (which means Approaching).
- Students who are still in the process of completing their research have just as much potential to earn scores of 3 (Proficient) or 5 (Advanced) as students who have completed their research. Please see the rubric criteria to determine what is necessary for each level.
Once you have evaluated your assigned presentations and have provided your meaningful feedback on all sections of the rubrics, you will be asked to tally your scores on a final score sheet and return all evaluations back to room S120B to be collected for the award selection process. Room S120B is dedicated to the judges as a quiet and private space to discuss and finalize evaluations.
Rubics will be prepopulated with presenter's name, presentation title, degree program and degree level, and printed upon your arrival to El Día