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Neer, Michael R.; Kircher, W. Faye – 1989
A study tested a delivery skills method of instruction for reducing public speaking anxiety. Subjects were 59 male and 71 female undergraduates (ranging in age from 17-49) enrolled in a basic public speaking course at a midwestern university during the 1986-87 academic year. The Personal Report of Public Speaking Apprehension (PRPSA) which…
Descriptors: Communication Apprehension, Communication Problems, Communication Research, Communication Skills
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Weber, Patricia; Weber, Fred – Educational Leadership, 1990
When two upstate New York teachers analyzed the problems attending student presentations, it became clear that only students with Quadrant 2 (analytical) learning styles were comfortable listening to an oral report. After their gifted fifth and seventh graders created a 4MAT wheel, their new insights helped generate possible solutions to common…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Communication Problems, Gifted, Grade 5