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Peer reviewedColbert, Kent R. – Journal of the American Forensic Association, 1987
Focuses on the relationship between debate training and critical thinking ability, and examines whether Cross-Examination Debate Association (CEDA) debaters, National Debate Tournament (NDT) debaters, and nondebaters differ significantly on the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal. Indicates no significant difference between NDT debaters and…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Critical Thinking, Debate, Higher Education
Colbert, Kent R. – 1988
Over recent years critics of debate have expressed disenchantment with the rate of delivery used by intercollegiate debaters. To determine how fast Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) debaters speak compared to normal public speaking rates, and whether CEDA has met its goal of providing a forum that is consistent with the rate of public…
Descriptors: College Students, Communication Research, Debate, Higher Education
Colbert, Kent R.; Dorff, Todd – 1991
A study focused on the effects of forensic participation on two specific traits--argumentativeness and verbal aggression. Two hundred eighty-one high school forensic students participating at a large western forensic tournament in the beginning of the 1990 academic year completed D. A. Infante's Argumentative and Verbal Aggression Scales. Results…
Descriptors: Aggression, Communication Research, Debate, High School Students
Colbert, Kent R. – 1987
Existing theories of value debating (resolutions dealing with values rather than policy) may be more effectively applied and developed when viewed as stock issues paradigms for debating values in competitive situations. Issues are vital to an advocate's cause because they are essential to the meaning of a proposition and can also provide an…
Descriptors: Debate, Evaluation Criteria, Judges, Performance Factors
Colbert, Kent R.; Biggers, Thompson – 1985
The educational benefits of debate suggest several reasons for funding debate programs on college campuses. First, debate training improves communication skills (analysis, delivery, and organization) and helps students in other communication situations. Second, debate promotes depth of educational experience by exposing students to important…
Descriptors: College Programs, Debate, Financial Support, Higher Education
Colbert, Kent R. – 1987
A study examined whether intercollegiate debating enhances the critical thinking ability of participants and investigated whether users of the two existing styles--National Debate Tournament (NDT) and Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA)--differed significantly from each other and from nondebaters in their critical thinking skills. Four…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Critical Thinking, Debate
