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1705137461 Beyond the need to become familiar with principles of debate, a teacher-coach will almost certainly be called on to judge debates at tournaments that his or her students attend. Chapter 22 is about the subject of judging and evaluating debates. Some, but not all, teacher-coaches will be called on to help administer and conduct debate tournaments. Sometimes the tournament will be on the teacher-coach’s campus so he or she will be the primary tournament administrator. Other times, he or she will be asked by some other tournament host to help administer a tournament. Chapter 23 focuses on the skills needed to be an effective tournament administrator.

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1705137467 思辨精英：英语辩论-构筑全球视角 Chapter 22Judging and Evaluating Debates

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1705137469 Una Kimokeo-Goes

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1705137471 Chapter Outline

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1705137473 22.1 Mechanics of Judging Worlds-Style Debate

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1705137475 22.2 Guidelines for Speaker Points

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1705137477 22.3 Judge as Educator

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1705137479 22.4 Summary

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1705137481 22.5 Terms and Concepts from Chapter 22

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1705137483 22.6 Discussion Questions for Chapter 22

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1705137485 The previous chapters outlined practical and conceptual ideas that help students become strong debaters. Since educational debate is a competition, it cannot take place without at least one judge. The judge makes sure that students adhere to the fundamental guidelines of the activity, and ranks the teams so that a winner can eventually be determined. Without the judge, students would have less incentive to address the topic, follow time limits, or engage one another; thus, the judge is of the utmost importance. Another important function performed by the judge is facilitating debates. Judges also serve a separate, crucial purpose—to educate debaters. Good judges not only help tournaments run on time, they help debaters improve, and, thus, can affect the quality of future debates. This chapter will explore the basic mechanics of judging and the role of the judge as educator. Included in this exploration will be some unique elements that complicate and enrich judging in Worlds-Style debate.

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1705137489 One of the unique features of Worlds-Style debate is that almost anyone can be a judge. Students, for example, are sometimes used as judges. Some judges are former debaters or debate teachers, and others hold university or community leadership positions. This variety works well for Worlds-Style debate partially because multiple judges are ordinarily assigned to adjudicate a single debate, with an experienced judge designated as Chair of the judging panel. Although many judges are current or former debaters, they should not think of themselves as being in a debate role. Instead, they should envision themselves as being in the role of a teacher. While judges need to help maintain order in the debate and rank teams to decide a winner, their most important roles are to give the debaters advice to help them improve their understanding of argumentation and their abilities, and to help students understand the decision that is made. In order for judges to be effective educators, they must first consider basic practicalities regarding the mechanics of judging.

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1705137492 22.1 Mechanics of Judging Worlds-Style Debate

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1705137494 Once the draw is posted and the topic announced, all judges should make note of the topic, look at the posted draw to see which debate they are assigned to judge, and keep track of when the debate is to begin. A Worlds-Style debate is usually adjudicated by a panel of judges rather than by a single judge. The panel consists of a Chair, usually the most experienced of the panel, and one or two other judges called panelists. So, a judging panel will consist of a Chair and one or two panelists. The Chair will then go to a ballot table to collect a ballot before the beginning of the debate; the other judges may or may not have one, depending on the tournament. Having collected the ballot or ballots, all judges should then go to the room assigned for the debate at the appropriate time. Once all judges and teams are at the room, the Chair of the panel will convene the debate.

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1705137496 The Chair has an important role above and beyond serving as one of the judges: the Chair’s role is to help conduct the debate. The debate cannot start until all of the debaters and judges are present. The Chair must make sure all four teams and all judges are present before starting the debate. The Chair must then mark on the ballot which debater on each team is speaking first and second, confirm that the correct teams are in the room, and make any necessary changes to correct spelling errors of the students’ names or institutions. Once everyone is ready, the Chair will also introduce the topic of the debate, and introduce each speaker prior to his or her speech.

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1705137498 One of the judges must keep time if a timekeeper is not provided. In Worlds-Style debate, the timer must knock on the table after the first minute of each speech and again before the last minute, indicating that the speaker is open to points of information from the speakers on the other side of the issue. If debaters are talking too loudly during someone else’s speech, or if points of information take longer than the allowable fifteen seconds, the Chair may interject a comment, because his or her responsibility is to keep order during the debate.

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1705137500 Just as the debaters need to take notes to help keep track of important arguments, judges should also write down the major ideas of each speech in order to fulfill their responsibilities as judges. Although no single method is the “right” way to take notes, judges need to have sufficient notes to allow them to recall the major claims that each speaker has made, indicate how those claims engage other ideas presented in the debate, and, whenever possible, keep track of suggestions they might have for specific speakers regarding their argumentation or delivery. Keeping sufficient notes will take practice. At the very least, when the debate has concluded, judges need adequate notes to help determine how the teams should be ranked, to determine individual points for each debater, and to provide constructive feedback to each of the debaters.

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1705137502 Through a process of deliberation, judges determine both the rank of the teams and each individual’s speaker points. Teams are ranked 1-4 (1 is the highest) and ties are not allowed. Each individual debater is awarded speaker points that are between 0-100 (100 being the highest) but, generally, the range is considered to be between 65 and 85. Only full points are allowed (no half points) with a score of 75 considered average. The total of individual speaker points of the two debaters on a team must correspond with their ranking. Thus, the highest ranked team must receive the highest combined individual speaker points. Two speakers can have the same number of points, but the total speaker points awarded to any team must be different by at least one point. Panelists should double-check the math to make sure it is accurate and that the speaker points correspond to the team ranks.

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1705137507 Speaker points do not just represent a speaker’s delivery, style, or mastery of language; they represent the quality of the debater’s arguments and their verbal and non-verbal skills. Individual speaker points represent an equal combination of the manner in which debaters speak and the content of their speeches. Speaker points help show the relative position of debater as well as the quality of that debate when compared to other debates. Thus, judges must think carefully about the points that each speaker receives and should try to be consistent in how they evaluate debaters. A speaker who receives an 85 should be very engaging, well organized, and have sound organization. Such a speaker is a one who the judges believe would be in elimination rounds; 85 is a score that should generally only be awarded in rare situations. A speaker who receives a 65 is considered poor—perhaps he or she was disorganized, lacked support for his or her arguments, and/or did not speak for the complete seven minutes.

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1705137509 The two tables below, prepared by Professor Eric Barnes, provide more specifics regarding awarding speaker points.

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