Assessment of Student Learning Gains in Oral Competency

Autor/inn/en	Cooper, Lynn O.; Sietman, Rebecca
Titel	Assessment of Student Learning Gains in Oral Competency
Quelle	In: Basic Communication Course Annual, 28 (2016), S.166-205, Artikel 14 (41 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1546-2331
Schlagwörter	Oral Language; Achievement Gains; Teaching Methods; Speech Communication; Likert Scales; Pretests Posttests; Learning Motivation; Student Attitudes; Scores; Student Evaluation; Liberal Arts; College Students; Skill Development; Course Descriptions + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Likert-Skala; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Schülerverhalten; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Collegestudent; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Kursstrukturplan
Abstract	The basic course in communication has a well-established record of enhancing oral competency, which plays a primary role in personal, academic, and professional success. However, there is limited empirical support to substantiate that the ways we teach this course are responsible for these gains. A 24-item Likert- like scale instrument developed from the eight Competent Speaker categories (Morreale, Moore, Taylor, Surges-Tatum, & Hulbert-Johnson, 1990; Morreale, Moore, Surges-Tatum, & Webster, 2007; SCA, 1993) has been reliably used for the past decade in campus pre- and post-assessments. In Study One, measures of 2485 students taking the basic course over the past six years suggest that students are learning what we think they are learning, and retain knowledge, skills, and motivation after taking the basic course in oral communication. Importantly, Study Two measures post-post-assessment of 468 students that confirmed learning gains in knowledge and skills were maintained over time. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Dayton Department of Communication at eCommons. 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469. e-mail: BCCAeditor@clemson.edu; Web site: https://ecommons.udayton.edu/bcca/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01