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ERIC ED340078: How Educational Are the Educators: A Content Analysi...
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A study investigated the extent to which forensic judges
used educational comments when writing ballots. A total
of 140 informative speaking ballots were collected from
tournaments in Mississippi, Colorado, and Arkansas. After
the ballot comments were sorted into five categories
(basic comments, educational comments, descriptive
comments, personal comments, and questions), the coded
information was entered into the Statistical Package for
the Social Sciences (SPSS) computer statistics program.
The SPSS program was used to figure the percentage of
each categorized comment per ballot, and the average of
each category overall. Results showed that basic comments
made up almost one-half (47%) of the comments, followed
by educational comments (30%), and with the other 3
categories totaling 22% of all comments. This meant that
over two-thirds of all comments were non-educational in
nature. Results also showed a definite relationship
between ballot rank and the number of comments in
specific categories. Results imply that the only way to
solve the problems of inadequate comments on judging
ballots is through awareness and training, as some judges
are unaware of the importance and value of educational
comments. Three approaches may help to overcome these
problems; (1) provide ballot inserts that explain how to
effectively write comments; (2) offer judging workshops;
and (3) allow extra time for judges to write comments.
(PRA)
Date Published: 2014-11-02 22:34:40
Identifier: ERIC_ED340078
Item Size: 21087248
Language: english
Media Type: texts
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