• Guide to Constructive Critique

• Did the Presenters Show Research and
Preparation?

• Context Adequately Established?

• Were the Principal Issues Associated with the topic
Clearly Identified?

• If Positions Were Taken, Were They Well
Supported With Good Reasons?

• Did the Presenters Show Familiarity With Moral
Arguments?

• If Graphics Were Used, Did They Contribute to
Understanding?

• Were Questions Raised That Were New (Wholly 01
Partly) To You?

• Did You Receive Information, Points of View or
Arguments That You Had Not Considered Before?

• Did the Presentation Encourage You to do More
Work On Your Own?

In Your Critique, Try To Answer Such Questions
Using a Relative Scale, Say From One To Five, With
Five Being The Strongest And One Being the
Weakest.  However do not treat this Guide as a form to be filled in with numbers. You are to turn in a reasoned critiques bearing in mind all the factors suggested above, in the course of which you may rate each point you think relevant, on a scale of one to five.  It is not an absolute measure of judgment.