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Seeger, Matthew W. – Communication Education, 1985
Traces the movement away from the classical model of speechwriting and proposes a new rationale for viewing ghostwritten speeches as organizational products. Notes the implications for speech pedagogy. (PD)
Descriptors: Leadership, Models, Organizational Communication, Rhetoric

Buerkel-Rothfuss, Nancy L.; And Others – Communication Education, 1993
Describes the Structured Model of Competency-Based Instruction, an instructional model designed for performance-based, hybrid basic communication courses, and based in part on the Personalized System of Instruction. (SR)
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Higher Education, Introductory Courses, Models

Cronin, Michael W.; Grice, George L. – Communication Education, 1993
Examines advantages, disadvantages, and preliminary assessments of the training model and the consulting/training (CONTRA) model approaches to providing oral communication instruction in Oral Communication across the Curriculum programs. Recommends the CONTRA model. (SR)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Higher Education, Models, Speech Communication

Brummett, Barry – Communication Education, 1986
Develops a model of the stages of student rhetorical development and relates it to public speaking instruction. Suggests teaching strategies designed to lead students to each successive level of the model. (MS)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Higher Education, Models, Public Speaking

Makau, Josina M. – Communication Education, 1985
Uses the judicial model of reasoning employed by the Supreme Court as an exemplar in teaching critical skills in the basic argumentation and debate course. Describes the model and course highlights. (PD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Course Content, Court Litigation, Critical Thinking

Beatty, Michael J. – Communication Education, 1988
Indicates that situational factors such as perceived novelty, subordinate status, conspicuousness, dissimilarity and prior history correlate significantly with public speaking anxiety. Presents a causal model based on a confluence of previous research and the results of the present study. Includes classroom implications.(NH)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Communication Apprehension, Communication Research, Communication Skills

Tuttle, George E. – Communication Education, 1984
Reports the results of stage two of a three-stage project designed to develop, through field testing, a model for determining the norms of general adult communication behavior. Discusses implications of this study, including those for planners of communication instruction. (PD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Age Differences, Behavior Patterns

Gray, Pamela L.; And Others – Communication Education, 1986
Findings suggest that the Personalized System of Instruction in the introductory speech communication course tends to equal or be more effective than the lecture-recitation format in (1) attitudes toward and satisfaction with the course; (2) academic achievement; (3) alleviating communication apprehension; and (4) growth in communication skills.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Communication Apprehension, Communication Research