Developing oral presentation competence is an essential objective in higher education.
However, a comprehensive picture of effective learning environment characteristics for …

In response to the demand for increased accountability within the university classroom, there
have been calls for a new generation of rubrics that effectively assess students' competence …

Continuing a tradition dating back to 1968, this tenth study in a longitudinal series of surveys
of the basic communication course has two goals:(a) to provide descriptive information …

This study examined teaching assistant's immediacy in lecture/laboratory and self-contained
classes. Two hundred fifty-six students responded to instruments measuring teachers' …

This study gathered longitudinal and descriptive data on the nature of the basic
communication course, continuing a tradition dating back to 1968. Now in its ninth iteration …

Interpersonal communication is a skill that is crucial to successful leaders (Brownell, 1992;
Scudder and Guinan, 1989); however, English et al.(2007) found that most college …

This eighth in a series of surveys of the basic communication course, begun in 1968, has as
its purpose to gather longitudinal and descriptive data on the nature of the course. The latest …

Increased public speaking confidence is often cited as a major benefit for undergraduates
taking the basic communication course. Several scholars have reported that the state …

The history of the academic discipline of communication and the subsequent departments
that followed are linked in some form or fashion to the evolution of the introductory …

Rubrics are a commonly used tool to evaluate student work in the introductory
communication course. Although rubrics may appear objective, they are continually …