Pays attention to details; Generally pays Appears to find some ideas Appears uninvolved writes down questions; attention and responds unimportant while in the seminar; Listening responses take into account thoughtfully to ideas responding to others; may comments display all participants; and questions of other have to have questions or complete demonstrates that he/she participants and the confusions repeated due to misinterpretation of has kept up; points out leader; absorption in inattention; takes few notes questions or faulty logic respectfully; own ideas may during the seminar in comments of other overcomes distractions. distract the participant response to ideas and participants. from the ideas of comments. others. Thoroughly familiar with Has read the text and Appears to have read or Student is the text; has notations and comes with some skimmed the text but has not unprepared for the questions in the margins; ideas from it but these marked the text or made seminar; important key words, phrases, and may not be written meaningful notes or words, phrases, ideas ideas are highlighted; out in advance; good questions; shows difficulty in the text are possible contradictions understanding of the with vocabulary; unfamiliar; no notes identified; pronounces vocabulary but may mispronounces important or questions marked words correctly. mispronounce some words; key concepts in the text; no new or foreign words. misunderstood; little attempt made to get evidence of serious reflection help with difficult prior to the seminar. material. (Adapted with permission from Paul Raider)
Listening Pays attention to details; writes down questions; responses take into account all participants; demonstrates that he/she has kept up; points out faulty logic respectfully; overcomes distractions. Generally pays attention and responds thoughtfully to ideas and questions of other participants and the leader; absorption in own ideas may distract the participant from the ideas of others. Appears to find some ideas unimportant while responding to others; may have to have questions or confusions repeated due to inattention; takes few notes during the seminar in response to ideas and comments. Appears uninvolved in the seminar; comments display complete misinterpretation of questions or comments of other participants. Thoroughly familiar with the text; has notations and questions in the margins; key words, phrases, and ideas are highlighted; possible contradictions identified; pronounces words correctly. Has read the text and comes with some ideas from it but these may not be written out in advance; good understanding of the vocabulary but may mispronounce some new or foreign words. Appears to have read or skimmed the text but has not marked the text or made meaningful notes or questions; shows difficulty with vocabulary; mispronounces important words; key concepts misunderstood; little evidence of serious reflection prior to the seminar. Student is unprepared for the seminar; important words, phrases, ideas in the text are unfamiliar; no notes or questions marked in the text; no attempt made to get help with difficult material. (Adapted with permission from Paul Raider)