criteria for Evaluating a scientific poster
1. Is the research question and problem clear?
2. Does the question/problem matter?
3. Did you generally understand what the author of the poster did (e.g., research design, methods)?
4. Did you generally understand the results of the study?
5. Was the "take away" clear?
6. Did the design of the poster add to or detract from communicating these things?
For another way of thinking about the evaluation of your poster, please see the Society for American Archaeology website criteria for judging the "Student Poster Award." In brief the criteria include two weighted themes: presentation of information (70%) and the originality and significance of research (30%).
Posters that receive high scores for presentation of information will have excellent graphics with large fonts and images, nice backgrounds, and good readability from at least one meter, precise text, and logical flow to the information.
Posters that receive high scores for originality and significance of research should have focused problems, innovative solutions, rigorous methodologies, and contributions to the theme of the session.
2. Does the question/problem matter?
3. Did you generally understand what the author of the poster did (e.g., research design, methods)?
4. Did you generally understand the results of the study?
5. Was the "take away" clear?
6. Did the design of the poster add to or detract from communicating these things?
For another way of thinking about the evaluation of your poster, please see the Society for American Archaeology website criteria for judging the "Student Poster Award." In brief the criteria include two weighted themes: presentation of information (70%) and the originality and significance of research (30%).
Posters that receive high scores for presentation of information will have excellent graphics with large fonts and images, nice backgrounds, and good readability from at least one meter, precise text, and logical flow to the information.
Posters that receive high scores for originality and significance of research should have focused problems, innovative solutions, rigorous methodologies, and contributions to the theme of the session.
