TY - JOUR
T1 - Oral communication skills in higher education
T2 - Using a performance-based evaluation rubric to assess communication skills
AU - Dunbar, Norah E.
AU - Brooks, Catherine F.
AU - Kubicka-Miller, Tara
PY - 2006/8/1
Y1 - 2006/8/1
N2 - This study used The Competent Speaker, a rubric developed by the National Communication Association (S. P. Morreale, M. R. Moore, K. P. Taylor, D. Surges-Tatum, & R. Hulbert-Johnson, 1993), to evaluate student performance in general education public speaking courses as a case study of student skills and programmatic assessment. Results indicate that students taking the general education public speaking course are below satisfactory standards on five of the eight competencies defined by the National Communication Association and are above satisfactory standards on two of the eight competencies. Implications for this particular program, other communication departments, and communication across the curriculum in general education are discussed. We also offer suggestions for those in other disciplines or educational settings in the use of performance evaluation rubrics for assessing other student skills/knowledge and for training new teachers.
AB - This study used The Competent Speaker, a rubric developed by the National Communication Association (S. P. Morreale, M. R. Moore, K. P. Taylor, D. Surges-Tatum, & R. Hulbert-Johnson, 1993), to evaluate student performance in general education public speaking courses as a case study of student skills and programmatic assessment. Results indicate that students taking the general education public speaking course are below satisfactory standards on five of the eight competencies defined by the National Communication Association and are above satisfactory standards on two of the eight competencies. Implications for this particular program, other communication departments, and communication across the curriculum in general education are discussed. We also offer suggestions for those in other disciplines or educational settings in the use of performance evaluation rubrics for assessing other student skills/knowledge and for training new teachers.
KW - Assessment
KW - Evaluation rubrics
KW - Faculty development
KW - General education
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U2 - 10.1007/s10755-006-9012-x
DO - 10.1007/s10755-006-9012-x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33746784250
VL - 31
SP - 115
EP - 128
JO - Innovative Higher Education
JF - Innovative Higher Education
SN - 0742-5627
IS - 2
ER -