Tag: Democratic Presidential Primaries
Questions for the Debate Question Ranking Study
[editor's note, by Ross Smith] David Thomas's contribution below contains a rich set of questions for people interested in pursuing the study of what makes a good debate question. Our exercise earlier this week was meant to raise the question of questions and to serve as a demonstration project for educators. If more people pick up where we left off and take up David Thomas's challenges, numerous fruitful projects will be undertaken.
This is my second contribution.
Here I comment on the research project in which Youtube Debate questions are rank ordered by a set of criteria.
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I Got "Off the Bus" During the YouTube Debate!
[ED} The article below by Sue Peterson, Director of Forensics at CSU Chico, is a testament to the combined power of debate and networks. I posted about the Huffington Post "Off the Bus" project on the e-debate listserv on the weekend, encouraging people to participate and to let me know if they did. Sue took the ball and ran it way down field. Her write up below is proof of the power and potential of networking and debate education. --Ross
I participated in the online chat room (using Campfire) sponsored by Off the Bus last night. It was an interesting process that I thought had both strengths and weaknesses and a few things that surprised me. It definitely got me thinking about the applicability and importance of these kinds of activities to both debate and general communication studies.
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Youtube Debates from an educational debate viewpoint
This is my first foray into Debate Scoop. I am a retired debate coach and rhetoric professor. My initial submission here consists of my perspective towards the Youtube debate format, and I make some suggestions for debate educators and college (and HS) debaters to consider when they watch the debates.
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