Thesis Project:  Ryan Sylvester

Question:  How strongly do you feel about any conclusions, statements, or arguments you will make during your presentation?

 

Rating Scale:  ( 0 = Not Very Strong and 10 = Very Strong)

 

Out of 235 people who presented at the conference, 65 completed the pre-conference survey and 45 completed the post-conference survey.  However out of the data submitted only 39 records were usable.

 

 

Participant Pre-Conference Survey (22) Post-Conference Survey (30) Because of your experience at the Student Academic Conference, did your confidence in your conclusions, statements, or arguments  (increase, decrease, no change) (Post 31) Briefly explain how speaking at the Student Academic Conference either made you feel more confident or less confident in your conclusions, statements, or arguments  (Post 32)
02 8 9 increase Because looking back by answering questions and explaining my poster my conclusions became more concrete and correct to me.
03 9 8 no change no change
04 9 9 increase I feel that I have a better ability and understanding after the types of questions that I answered and the feedback I received from the audience, that I knew more about the topic than I realized. So I feel much more confident about my ability to argue a
05 8 7 no change Since my research was not yet fully complete, I was not completely confident in the results presented at my presentation.
06 10 9 no change  
07 8 9 increase I guess more people were on hand to understand the situation, so it reinforced my points all the more to me when they nodded in agreement and seemed interested in what I had to say.
08 8 9 no change no change
09 6 6 no change no changes
10 8 9 no change  
11 8 8 increase  
12 5 5 no change I didn't feel more confident with my conclusions b/c I didn't exactly know about them.
13 8 9 no change  
14 10 10 increase Being able to explain my presentation to others made me more confident in my knowledge of the topic.
15 10 9 no change I didn't present an argument.
16 8 8 increase The overall positive comments about my work made me feel more confident with the results
17 10 10 no change  
18 10 8 no change  
19 6 9 no change none
21 8 10 no change Well, my speech is informative; it doesn't make arguments. However, I was confident in my research.
22 9 7 no change My topic is an ongoing research topic. I will not be finished until the end of school. The conclusion stated that I have work yet to perform.
23 10 10 increase I felt confident in my topic and its statements and conclusions both before and after the conference.
24 8 9 increase My audience, as I said before, had never heard of music therapy, and all responded positively to my statements about music therapy. I didn't have anything real controversial, but just talking about it with other people who are enthusiastic about the mate
25 10 8 no change  
26 8 7 no change  
28 8 9 no change  
29 8 6 no change  
30 10 10 no change  
31 10 9 increase I was more confident about my conclusions and statements and arguments because for the most part people were informed becuase they weren't aware about who the actual Columbus was and they all except one, agreed with what I had presented.
32 9 6 no change  
33 9 8 no change  
34 4 8 increase ?
35 9 9 increase I think by presenting my conclusions before a group I didn't know increased my confidence, because until they started asking questions I had no idea how knowledgable the audience was about the subject. Up to that point I was concerned that someone wh
36 5 9 no change No change.
37 6 5 no change there's always both views on a topic--i chose to talk about the neg. so ppl brought up the positive views
38 10 10 increase I felt more confident because other people agreed with me and my conclusions and can see that a change is needed
39 8 9 increase By just learning to state things differently, in a more clear and concise way, I am able to be more comfortable and confident.
40 9 9 increase Seeing people's reactions to what I presented definately made me realize even more how horrifying FGM is. After being buried in research on the subject for some time, I think I became a little desensitized to it, but after seeing a few jaws drop during m
41 10 10 increase This is an area I have very strong feelings that are unlikely to be easily changed by speaking at a conference.
42 10 10 increase I gave everyone a Universal Declaration of Human Rights passport booklet which explains each of the articles. I then asked everyone to share it with one other person. Later, I overheard one gal say she would share it with her boyfriend. That was neat.