1. Sixth Debate of the Semester
Juding

2. What do judges do? Call 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Feedback Speaker points
On what you did well
On what you can do better
Speaker points
theoretically
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3. Four Criteria for BPS-Judging
Role Fulfillment
Depth of Analysis
Engagement with the other side
Rebuttal
POI’s
Relevant arguments
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4. Role Fulfilment: The short version
Prime Minister
Set up the debate, define the relevant terms, propose measures
Deputy
Elaborate the arguments of the PM, rebutt arguments of the OppLeader
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5. Role Fulfilment: The short version
Member of the Government
Bring in new arguments or
provide sbstantially more analysis on previously mentioned arguments, fundamental principles
Rebutt the Deputy Leader of the Opposition
Whip
Rebuttal, Summarise the debate and show why your side and your team in particular has won.
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6. Analysis in Context As a Judge, ask yourself:
Analysis is about getting from Point A to Point B
Providing a place where Herion addicts can shoot up (Point A)
will lead to fewer Heroin addicts (Point B)
As a Judge, ask yourself:
Has the speaker shown that it works and how?
a.k.a. Do I believe him/her?
Has the speaker shown that this is important?
a.k.a. Do I care?
Use this as an example:
Statement: The NASA-mission to land on a comet was not a waste of money because TV-Shows about comets are good for our society
Analysis:
TV-Shows reach children and know how to present stuff in such a way that they will like it.
TV-Shows about comets can interest children in science.
Therefore more Scientists,
Therefore better science
Therefore more technological progress/more knowledge/better economy
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7. Engagement
Did the team try to counter rebuttal from the other side? Where they sucessful?
Did they offer good rebuttal themselves?
Did they offer and take a reasonable number POI’s?
How did they deal with them? Where they good POI’s?
Did the team identify and use clashes or did they try to dodge them?
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8. NOT Criteria for BPS-Judging
Personal Knowledge
Style
Personal convicitions about how to best argue that motion
Personal convicitions
Personal convicitions about how to best argue that motion
Though these might pop up in feedback
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9. How do you get to a call? Take notes during the debate
Mark out points that were convincing (!) and
points that didn’t have enoug analysis (? Or ~)
Make a note when a point is disproven by the other side.
Whatever helps you remeber the debate
Comparative analysis between the teams
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10. OG OO CO CG How do you get to a call
Did Opening Gov do a good job setting up the debate?
Did their proposal make sense?
Did they grasp the spirit of the motion?
How did they deal with Opening Opposition?
Where the arguments of Opening gov or Closing gov more well developped/convinving?
Which arguments still stood at the end of the debate?
where any of those made by Opening Gov?
What about the long diagonal between Opening Gov and Closing Opp? CO CG
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11. Questions to ask yourself
Did Opening Gov do a good job setting up the debate? Did their proposal make sense? Did they grasp the spirit of the motion?
How did they deal with Opening Opposition?
Where the arguments of Opening gov or Closing gov more well developped/convinving?
Which arguments still stood at the end of the debate, where any of those made by Opening Gov?
What about the long diagonal between Opening Gov and Closing Opp?
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12. Comparing your call with that of the other judges
Reaching a consesus or taking a vote if necessary
Verbal adjudication and feedback on the call.
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13. Or sometimes just feedback
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14. Who wants to be a Judge?
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15. This house would ban technologies which replace human labor.
This House believes that it is sometimes right for the government to restrict freedom of speech
This House believes we're too late on global climate change
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16. 15 minutes Prep Time
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17. MOTION
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