We asked debate teachers what were some of the challenges their teams faced during the year. Here are some responses:
- Making the information relevent for students in an alternate assess programing;
- Winning the comprehension portion vs students who are stardard assess cognitively several grades above;
- Not wining to go on to round three;
- Arguing points that they didn’t believe in;
- Open ended debating with no notes;
- Relating to most of the debate topics;
- Answering other teams questions;
- Answering rebuttal questions;
- Reading aloud during the debates;
- Reading as well as the ability to speak in an emotionally charged fashion;
- Arguing for a side they didn’t personally agree with was challenging for many students;
- The researching and organizing.
What do you think? Did you also experience these challenges with your team?