Form 04
Oral Presentation Rubric
Research in Psychology
Oral Presentation Rubric
0-2—Needs Improvement 3-4—Fair 5-6—Good 7-10—Excellent Score
Holds no eye contact with Displays minimal eye contact with Consistent use of direct eye Holds attention of entire audience with
audience, as entire report is read audience, while reading mostly contact with audience, but still the use of direct eye contact, seldom
from notes. from the notes. returns to notes. looking at notes.
Delivery
Speaks in low volume and/ or Speaks in uneven volume with Speaks with satisfactory Speaks with fluctuation in volume and
monotonous tone, which causes little or no inflection. variation of volume and inflection to maintain audience interest
audience to disengage. inflection. and emphasize key points.
Does not have grasp of Is uncomfortable with information Is at ease with expected answers Demonstrates full knowledge by
information and cannot answer and is able to answer only to all questions, without answering all questions with
questions about subject. rudimentary questions. elaboration. explanations and elaboration.
Does not clearly define subject and Attempts to define purpose and Has somewhat clear purpose Provides clear purpose and subject;
Content/ purpose; provides weak or no subject; provides and subject; some examples, pertinent examples, facts, and/or
Organization support of subject; gives weak examples, facts, and/ or facts, and/or statistics that statistics; supports conclusions/ideas
insufficient support for ideas or statistics, which do not support the subject; includes with evidence.
conclusions. adequately support the subject; some data or evidence that
includes very thin data or supports conclusions.
evidence.
Shows no interest in research topic Shows little or mixed feelings Shows some enthusiastic Demonstrates strong enthusiasm about
presented. about the research topic being feelings about research topic. research topic during entire
presented. presentation
Enthusiasm/
Audience
Fails to increase audience Raises audience understanding Raises audience understanding Significantly increases audience
Awareness understanding of knowledge of and knowledge of some points. and awareness of most points. understanding and knowledge of topic;
topic. convinces an audience to recognize the
validity and importance of the subject.
TOTAL /60
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Form 04
Oral Presentation Rubric
Research in Psychology
Comments
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