TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE Ph.D. PROGRAM DISSERTATION ASSESSMENT FORM: ORAL DEFENSE OF DISSERTATION STUDENT: DATE OF EXAM: Does Not Meet Expectations Expectations Exceeds Expectations Content Inaccurate or incomplete Adequate understanding of Thorough understanding explanations of key discipline and/or of discipline and Knowledge concepts and/or theories in discipline or Some explanation of key Precise explanation and concepts application of key scientific Little to no attempt to tie Lacking application or use of principles and research theory to practice specific examples methods Slides are read almost Appears prepared Evidence of preparation Presentation verbatim Presentation follows an and practice beforehand Skills No apparent logical understandable and Very clear, organized progression reasonable sequence presentation paced for Little attempt to engage Natural non-verbal audience understanding audience verbally or communication most of the Appropriate use of time communication Difficulty keeping calm Some apprehension or Confident and poised Professional and assured nervousness in mannerisms throughout, both during Composure or speech presentation and when responding to questions Creativity Explanations are imitative Explanations are resourceful Explanations are and/or literal and informative but not and imaginative necessarily clever or inspired Evidence of flexible understanding of knowledge Little to no demonstration Evidence of making Attempts to solve Independent of critical analysis connections and exploring problems or take risks to Thinking possibilities related to content make original contributions to the field Relevance to Student is not able to Demonstration or explanation Relevance of the research demonstrate relevance of of the relevance of the to TS is clear and TS the research to TS research to TS is adequate demonstrates a thorough understanding OVERALL ASSESSMENT (based on above criteria) PASS FAIL PROVISIONAL PASS COMMENTS REGARDING STUDENT’S ORAL PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH PROPOSAL AND/OR PROVISIONAL PASS (use additional sheets if needed):
TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE Ph.D. PROGRAM DISSERTATION ASSESSMENT FORM: ORAL DEFENSE OF DISSERTATION STUDENT: DATE OF EXAM: Does Not Meet Expectations Expectations Exceeds Expectations Content Knowledge Inaccurate or incomplete explanations of key concepts and/or theories in discipline or Little to no attempt to tie theory to practice Adequate understanding of discipline and/or Some explanation of key concepts Lacking application or use of specific examples Thorough understanding of discipline and Precise explanation and application of key scientific principles and research methods Presentation Skills Slides are read almost verbatim No apparent logical progression Little attempt to engage audience verbally or Appears prepared Presentation follows an understandable and reasonable sequence Natural non-verbal communication most of the time Evidence of preparation and practice beforehand Very clear, organized presentation paced for audience understanding Appropriate use of communication Professional Composure Difficulty keeping calm and assured Some apprehension or nervousness in mannerisms or speech Confident and poised throughout, both during presentation and when responding to questions Creativity Explanations are imitative and/or literal Explanations are resourceful and informative but not necessarily clever or inspired Explanations are and imaginative Evidence of flexible understanding of knowledge Independent Thinking Little to no demonstration of critical analysis Evidence of making connections and exploring possibilities related to content Attempts to solve problems or take risks to make original contributions to the field Relevance to TS Student is not able to demonstrate relevance of the research to TS Demonstration or explanation of the relevance of the research to TS is adequate Relevance of the research to TS is clear and demonstrates a thorough understanding OVERALL ASSESSMENT (based on above criteria) PASS FAIL PROVISIONAL PASS COMMENTS REGARDING STUDENT’S ORAL PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH PROPOSAL AND/OR PROVISIONAL PASS (use additional sheets if needed):