Adjudication Briefing

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1 Adjudication Briefing

2 Schedule The role of the adjudicator Basic rules Administrative overview Judging guidelines Team roles Deliberation and delivery Ballots Adjudication Test True and false Test Result Scale

3 Scratches It is the responsibility of adjudicators not debaters to list any scratches Any scratches other than your institution need to be communicated to the tab room Judges test In person Failure to list your scratches will adversely effect your judge ranking Information will be held in the strictest confidence

4 The Role of the Adjudicator Role of adjudicator Principles of adjudication Holistic adjudication Leave yourself out of debate Professionalism Rankings Trainees Rotation Feedback

5 Quick Rules Debaters (4 x 2) Timing 7 min (7:20 with grace period) Protected time PoIs Take 3 per team, minimum 1 per speaker, 1 from each team No heckling or badgering Call to Order

6 Quick Rules Challenging Definitions: Highly inadvisable If definition is debatable stick with it Must be in LO: Explain why definition is wholly unreasonable Present a reasonable definition and engage Subsequent teams: May challenge if the previous team challenged

7 Administrative Overview Check-in Panel: Chair, 1st/2nd panelist, trainees Go to room, debates start 15 minutes after announcement Ballot should be in room if not contact FM Missing team Contact FM Swing team/team race to the room Missing panelist chair has deciding vote Watch debate Take notes

8 Administrative Overview 15 minute deliberation Before adjudication give ballot to Runner/FM/Panelist Oral adjudication Rounds 7-9 closed Feedback (teams, panelists, trainees)

9 Judging Guidelines Focus on persuasiveness Matter/manner Comparative Burdens Team positions Don t involve yourself in the debate Biases Knowledge Analyse using the reasonable person standard

10 Judging Guidelines Content: Different styles Accents Order of arguments/rebuttal Systematic/thematic rebuttal PoI evaluation No automatic positions Role of facts/evidence/lies Evaluate contextually (ability to respond) Weight against a reasonable person standard of knowledge

11 Team Roles Front Half Definition/Model: Provide common ground for the debate Not necessarily a detailed plan (context) Spec knowledge/truism/squirrel/time-set Spirit of the motion Early in PM speech First opp: positive stance (status quo/alternative) Deputy: Must introduce new matter Do not need to introduce new arguments, but advisable

12 Roles Extension Speeches Extension Propel the debate forward New analysis, arguments, rebuttal, examples Does not need to be an entirely new argument, but recommended Make it clear what you extension is Consistency Engagement

13 Roles - Whips Win arguments and determine what arguments matter Summary Defend/Emphasise Partner New matter: GW: new arguments allowed but discouraged OW: new analysis, rebuttal, examples NOT arguments Matter in whip is worth less than in extension

14 Deliberation and Delivery Chair facilitates and guides but does not dominate adjudication Allow open discussion Attempt to comes to consensus Otherwise vote Even panel chair casts deciding vote

15 Deliberation and Delivery Chair delivers oral adjudication Even if in the minority, preference is for the chair to deliver the adjudication Otherwise panelists decide Comparative No longer than the deliberation Silent rounds 7-9

16 Ballot Add correctly Write in team names Write legibly Make sure speaker points are associated with the correct speaker

17 Ballot

18 Adjudication test True and False 1) The Opening Government team must provide a detailed policy when debating under the motion THW legalize prostitution 2) The OG clearly squirrels the debate, the OO complain, but doesn t challenge and chooses to continue the debate. The CO can challenge the definition through a PoI 3) If it helps clarify the debate, PoIs may be offered to speakers on your own bench

19 Adjudication test True and False 4) A speaker must rebut all the points of the previous speaker, and should be penalized if he hasn t done so 5) A speaker that is more fluent gets more points for style, and hence, will always be ranked higher than a speaker who isn t fluent 6) Rebuttal must be done at the beginning of a speech, and separated from constructive points

20 Adjudication test True and False 7) The opp whip may add new points of rebuttal and examples True 8) Principled points should always be valued as more significant than practical points 9) An extension must include new arguments that weren t discussed in the debate 10) An argument should be deemed more important if it contains lots of facts and statistics

21 Adjudication test True and False 11) The highest speaker mark should always be allocated to a speaker form the winning team 12) An OO that successfully challenged the effectiveness of the proposition will always be ranked higher than the OP 13) The member of opposition must present an extension True

22 Adjudication test True and False 14) Whip speakers must only summarize the closing half of the debate if the first half of the debate was weak 15) If any government team places first, the other government team must place 2nd 16) If the DLO contradicts the LO, the OO must place 4th

23 Test Results

24 Test Results-Speaker points OG: : : OO: : : CG: : : CO: : : 80-82

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