<p> Rubric for Team Performance in Debate Discipline in the Classroom</p><p>Criteria:</p><p>1. Team engaged in preparation; analyzed readings for perspectives and researched their ideas 2. Team presents case for or opposed to perspective in coherent, cogent manner 3. Team demonstrated understanding of the Rules of Debate 4. Team disagreed with the idea—not the person </p><p>Not Yet Almost There Got It!! Score Here 1 3 5 Performance by team No evidence that team Team clearly demonstrated Preparation: analyzed demonstrated exceptional members and completed evidence that team members knowledge acquired through readings and readings and research on had completed and research readings and analysis of perspectives developed perspectives on perspectives research on perspectives. Case presentation addresses Presented the case or Case presentation addresses Case presentation addresses opposition argument in an opposition argument but opposition argument in opposition in coherent, mostly clear and relevant it is unclear and irrelevant highly cogent and clear way cogent manner manner Demonstrated Team demonstrated an Team applies the rules of Team effectively applies the inability to apply the rules of understanding of the debate rules of debate Rules of Debate debate. The team demonstrates a The team demonstrates The team demonstrates professional capability to Disagreed with the difficulty in expressing ability to express remain positive when disagreement with the ideas disagreement with the ideas idea—not the person expressing disagreement rather than the opposing presented by opposing team with the ideas presented by team members. members.. opposing team members. A = 16-20 B = 11-15 C = 7-10 </p>