Rubric for Journal Club Oral presentation Category Elements of a strong presentation Knowledge and explanation of conveys big picture understanding subject matter presents the essential information saves minor details for Q A accurate description of facts procedures hypotheses etc Introduction introduce yourself and credit the authors of the paper clear and concise description of the central question addressed by the paper and its significance contains sufficient background needed to understand the results Methods gives information necessary and no more to understand results shows overiew of experimental flow approach if appropriate Data related to central question complete and concise explanations integrated results discussion Summary Conclusions key findings reiterated and put into context of past and or future work Q A answers that convey understanding admit when you lack knowledge tell how you would approach the question based on what you know Overall organization of talk content introduced in logical easyto follow sequence main points emphasized repeated preview tell review transition statements between ideas Overall effectiveness of slides slide titles convey key message text and visuals good balance of text and figures text figures large enough to be seen considered use of color not too many or too few slides Overall effectiveness of confident enthusiastic delivery delivery main points verbally emphasized get to main points quickly strong eye contact limited gestures use of both technical and informal language as appropriate 10 length 0 5 min Weight 65 15 10 30 5 5 10 15 10 MIT OpenCourseWare http ocw mit edu 20 109 Laboratory Fundamentals in Biological Engineering Spring 2010 For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use visit http ocw mit edu terms
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