Mastering Debate Techniques for Effective Judging and Participation

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Enhance your debate skills by following a structured approach that includes preparation steps, active listening during debates, and providing constructive feedback as a peer judge. Learn how to evaluate arguments, identify strengths, and suggest improvements for debaters. Practice decision-making based on compelling arguments presented during debates.

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LETS DEBATE! Jim Hanson

PREPARING FOR DEBATES! It is important for you to do the left column on the Climb web page Before each class. Who is the 1 and who is the 2?

1. SHOW YOUR FLOWSHEET! Pro Case Flowsheet Con Case Flowsheet Note: No Margins. Try to use Print Paper (with no lines, no holes).

2. SHOW YOUR CASES AND REBUTTALS! Not done? Get the Short File you are hereby using the Contentions and Rebuttals in that file.

3. SHOW YOUR SCRIPT!

BEFORE WE START THE FOLLOW THE FLOW DEBATES . . . WE ARE GOING TO LEARN HOW DEBATES ARE JUDGED Knowing how judging works helps your own debating.

WATCHING THE DEBATE Listen and take notes USE TWO FLOWSHEETS! Be thinking which specific arguments convince you most Be thinking which specific responses against arguments convince you most Keep your own ideas and arguments to yourself you aren t judging your own thoughts YOU ARE JUDGING THE DEBATER S ARGUMENTS Be thinking what is each debaters doing well Be thinking what could each debater do to improve.

AFTER THE LAST SPEECH IN THE DEBATE: Fill out the Peer Judge Comments Form Your comments are HIGHLY PRIZED and really wanted Please provide specific, detailed but concise feedback You can also win an award for Best Peer Judging.

MAKING A DECISION What topic specific argument convinced you to vote? Pro wins better access for people with serious illnesses who need drugs--by having price caps. What response convinced you to not vote for the losing team s best arguments? Con tried to say price caps reduce development of new drugs. Pro showed the caps would just stop high profits-not new drugs-and even if fewer drugs are developed--at least they are affordable.

EXAMPLES OF NOT SO GOOD/GOOD DECISIONS NOT SO GOOD: I voted pro because they had more arguments that were stronger. --which specific arguments? In what way were they stronger? Which responses convinced you to not vote for the losing team s best argument? GOOD JOB: The pro showed drug prices would drop because of competition that means more access for poor people and thus less disease. The con did have a good point on companies hurt by the price caps but as the pro responded they can handle the reduced profits and the companies are in some cases abusing the prices. So I voted pro.

GIVING FEEDBACK TO DEBATERS Give them Compliments! You have a great voice! Your response to the access contention was strong. Give them Improvement Suggestions! Practice reading more so you say it more fluently. You should practice better responses in question and answer. Improvement Comments show you care about the speaker!

EXAMPLES OF NOT SO GOOD/GOOD COMMENTS NOT SO GOOD: You were good but need to speak better. --what specifically was good? what aspect of speaking needs to be better? What should the debater do to speak better? GOOD IMPROVE: You have excellent rebuttals directly answering each of their contention with evidence. GOOD IMPROVE: You need to speak louder push your voice to do that. GOOD IMPROVE: You need a stronger impact to your price caps hurt companies argument. Show how that will affect employment, company s ability to produce new drugs that can help people, etc.

BEGIN A ONE CONTENTION PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE 2 minute cases and 2 minute rebuttals 1.5 minute crossfires 1.5 minute summaries and final focuses Who is Debating First? Okay the other debaters are peer judging EVERYONE FLOWS!!!

1 PRO AND 1 CON: PRE-FLOW YOUR CONTENTION YOU VE GOT 2 MINUTES TO SHOW ME YOUR FLOWSHEET! 2 PRO AND 2 CON FIND AND BE READY WITH REBUTTALS 1

1 PRO PRESENT YOUR PRO CONTENTION while 2 CON FLOW YOUR RESPONSES: 90%!

1 CON PRESENT YOUR CON CONTENTION While 2 PROP FLOW YOUR RESPONSES: 90%!

CROSSFIRE! 1 PRO AND 1 CON May I have the first question? You can have the first question.

2 PRO RESPOND TO CON CONTENTION While 1 CON PREP RESPONSES TO DEFEND CONTENTION: 90%!

2 CON RESPOND TO PRO CONTENTION 1 PRO PREP RESPONSES TO DEFEND CONTENTION: 90%!

CROSSFIRE! 2 PRO AND 2 CON May I have the first question? You can have the first question.

AFTER THE CROSSFIRE OF THE 2S We re now going to talk about doing the summary and final focus speeches in the debate They are the toughest speeches to give in Public Forum Debate Especially to do them right.

SUMMARYLOOK AT YOUR SCRIPT In our first contention ____________ (name your contention in 2 to 5 words) We showed (concisely list off reasons/experts/studies/stats you presented in your contention): ________________(Use your flowsheet to write the reasons)____________ They tried to argue ________________. That s wrong __________. Then, they tried to argue ______________. That s not true ___________. Use your flowsheet, read _short_ evidence from your file. So, ___________ (sum up this contention/arguments).

FINAL FOCUSLOOK AT YOUR SCRIPT We win our first contention ________ (name your contention in 2 to 5 words) We showed (concisely list off reasons/experts/studies/stats you presented in your contention): _____________________________(Use your flowsheet to write the reasons) As you do this show you beat their best responses. Keep it short so you have time to weigh! We defeated their first contention ___ (name their contention in 2 to 5 words) We showed (concisely list off your best response(s) to the contention including with reasons/ experts/studies/stats you presented in your contention): ________________________(Use your flowsheet to write the reasons) As you do this show you beat their arguments. Weigh: Even if they win _______ (their best argument), we still win because __________ (explain why your argument has more impact or is stronger).