Reflective Exercise #1 Analysis of Presentations Harrison STEM Capstone

Introduction

At the end of this semester, you will be developing a trifold of your research for this semester to present during the
Senior STEMposium. You have developed at least 3 such trifolds over your high school career but now it is time for you
to be the evaluator. The purpose of this exercise is to have you reflect on what you have done, the feedback you have
received, the perspective of an observer/evaluator, and the prospect of improving your performance in the future.

Procedure

You are assigned a specific project to evaluate. Refer to CTLS for your assigned project.

Part I: Create your Poster rubric from the template provided below. Note: Your entries should appear and remain RED!

A) Using the rubric below, review the 13 criteria listed. Determine how much weight you will assign to each one.
Some items should be worth considerably more than others, but which ones is up to you; the only “rule” you
must follow is that that the entire rubric should total 100 points in the end.
B) After assigning a weight to each criterion you must justify your reasoning.

Science Fair Display Board

Project ID:

Criteria Points Possible Justification

Problem Statement/Purpose: Typed

10/10
and stated clearly in 3rd person

Hypothesis: Typed and stated clearly in

10/10
3rd person

Materials list: Typed and stated clearly

5/5
in 3rd person

Procedure: Typed and stated

15/15
specifically in numbered steps

Data Tables: Appropriate tables are

10/10
posted to show results

Graphs: Appropriate graphs are posted

10/10
to support conclusions

Pictures: Pictures with captions so

5/5
judges get a feel for the experiment

Analysis: Typed and stated clearly in 3rd

10/10
person

Conclusion: Typed and stated clearly in

10/10
3rd person
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Organization: Layout of board follows a
5/5
logical pattern

Readable: Can be easily read and

5/5
understood.

Neatness/Eye Appeal: Board is neat

5/5
and appealing

Color/Backing: Use of coordinating

colors and backings behind posted 5/5
information

Part I: Analysis Questions:

1. Why did you assign the criteria with the most points the heaviest weight? In science fair, the procedure makes
up most of what you’re telling the judges. It takes up the majority of your time putting your project together,
and you spend the most time telling the judges about your procedure.
2. For what reason did you assign the least number of points to any criteria? The lowest points were distributed
among the aesthetic of the board when the content is the most important part.
3. Why do you consider criteria with the same weight equally important? If you did not have any criterion with
equal weights, why did you think no criteria is of equal importance? The ones worth 5 points were all because
they were the visual aspects of the board, and they were all worth the same because they only make up the
aesthetic of the board and they don’t add much to the project you put together.

Part II: Evaluation

A) Copy your rubric in the space below. Add an additional column called “Points Earned” to the right of the “Points
Possible” column. Then, delete your Part I justifications in the duplicated tables.
B) Using your rubric, evaluate the trifold for project you have been assigned in the data table above.
C) For each criterion, provide a justification for the score you assigned.

Paste Rubric HERE:

Science Fair Display Board

Project ID: 9.14 Remote-Control Paper Scroller

Criteria Points Possible Justification

It is clear that the invention’s purpose is to decrease

Problem Statement/Purpose: Typed
10/10 neck and eye strain when trying to transfer paper
and stated clearly in 3rd person
documents to online ones. 3rd person is maintained.

Hypothesis: Typed and stated clearly in Objectives are listed and are maintained in the 3rd
10/10
3rd person person.

Materials list: Typed and stated clearly

5/5 Materials are listed and maintained in the 3rd person.
in 3rd person
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Procedure: Typed and stated
15/15 Methodology is typed and numbered.
specifically in numbered steps

Data Tables: Appropriate tables are

10/10 Table shows appropriate data and results.
posted to show results

Graphs: Appropriate graphs are posted

10/10 Graph shows appropriate data and results.
to support conclusions

Pictures: Pictures with captions so Pictures are captioned by figure. Judges prefer pictures
4/5
judges get a feel for the experiment captioning what the image is about.

Analysis: Typed and stated clearly in 3rd

10/10 Analysis is thorough and clearly stated in 3rd person.
person

Conclusion: Typed and stated clearly in The conclusion is thorough and clearly stated in 3rd
10/10
3rd person person.

Organization: Layout of board follows a

5/5 The layout of the board follows a logical pattern.
logical pattern

Readable: Can be easily read and

5/5 The board can be easily read and understood.
understood.

Neatness/Eye Appeal: Board is neat

5/5 The board is neat and appealing.
and appealing

Color/Backing: Use of coordinating

colors and backings behind posted 5/5 The colors and backings are coordinated.
information

Points Earned 99/100

Part III: Analysis Questions:

1. Looking at the criteria that holds the most weight, provide feedback about a) what was done well and b) why
AND c) what could be improved and d) provide a suggestion as to how to improve it. A) The methodology was
correctly numbered and labelled in chronological order. B&C) The methodology was vague, and it should be
more thorough because the goal, when typing it up, is for it to be recreated by someone else like a recipe.
Your device was much more than five steps, and the rest of the steps should be defined. D) To improve this
section, you could use more specific verbs. For example, instead of using “construct the prototype with use of
hot glue” you could mention which parts of the prototype to glue and which sections to glue it to.
2. Which criteria did you give the most weight? Explain why you think it is the most important part of a well-made
tri-fold presentation. I gave “Procedure” the most weight. It is the most important part because that’s where
the most content is put into. Most of your science fair project, is putting your project together, making up
most of your hard work.
3. Which criteria did you give the least weight? Explain why it is important enough to put on the rubric but carries
the least amount of evaluative value. I gave the visual categories the least weight because not as much time
goes into the visual appeal of the board as much as the actual content. However, it is important to have on
the rubric because it is the aesthetic of the board is the first thing a judge sees and it sets them up for how
they want to evaluate you.
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4. Looking at the criteria that holds the most weight, provide feedback about a) what was done well and b) why
AND c) what could be improved and d) provide a suggestion as to how to improve it. A) The introduction,
graphs, tables, analysis, and conclusion were all especially well done. B&C) Under “Objectives”, the
independent and dependent variables don’t need to be defined in an engineering project. D) I suggest to just
leave out those variables.

Part IV: Assignment Analysis Questions:

1. Reflect on your past performances in science fair and answer the following questions:
a. What did you do well? I labelled my pictures correctly and had a well-outlined procedure.
b. What did you do poorly? I could have explained my results better and made my conclusion more
cohesive.
2. What challenges did you experience as a project evaluator? I didn’t know how many points to take off for an
error. And if I didn’t like something, I wasn’t sure to take off points because it met the criteria.
3. How will you use this exercise to plan and prepare for your presentation at the Senior STEMposium this
semester? This exercise will help me understand how my presentation will be evaluated, and I’ll keep that
knowledge in mind when I’m working on my tri-fold board.