Today includes another grueling day of lectures and debates. This morning, the debaters started out by going to the library. Students were introduced to library resources and given presentations on researching. In addition, the students received a lecture on writing blocks and were shown examples of blocks that the staff has written for their own use. After lunch, the students were presented with a series of disadvantage lectures including impacts and turns, specific vs. generic links, weighing disads, and kritiking disads. The beginner students will also receive lectures on advanced research and card cutting. This will help them with the research aspect of debate.
Throughout the day, the advanced students have also been working on cutting a fiscal discipline disadvantage. They have approximately three hours to do the research and put the cards together in file form. It’s a lot to do, but they are working hard.
After some free time and supper, the students will do a practicum on disadvantages to put together everything they have learned about them through the day. Once that is done, they will hear an introductory presentation to counterplans.
Later that night, the students will have intra-lab practice rounds. After that, it will be time to call it a night.
3 comments:
The DA lectures were really good I thought. I liked how each one tried to actuvely engage the students even though it was considered a "lecture." The staff has relaly got it together this year as both new and old debaters are expanding their skill sets through active learning. Two Thumbs up for CDI!!!
who are the advanced students? all the non 1st years?
Students were placed into lectures based on their performance on the diagnostic test that was given on the first night. We tried to appropriately place them in these presentations to make sure they would learn the most while not being overwhelmed.
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