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Peer reviewedBenoit, William L.; And Others – Journal of the American Forensic Association, 1986
Outlines the need to develop specific decision rules for the various judging paradigms in academic debate. Uses the policy-making metaphor as an example. (PD)
Descriptors: Debate, Decision Making, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education
Follert, Vincent F.; Benoit, William L. – 1981
The recent innovation of adapting the debate to the judge's preferred philosophy appears to have been supplanted by a converse trend: advocates now attempt to force the judge to adopt the paradigm dictated by the strategies of the debate round. The existence of such a widespread dispute over the appropriate decision making system in debate…
Descriptors: Debate, Decision Making, Evaluation Criteria, Guidelines
