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Ashlock, Mary Z.; Brantley, William A.; Taylor, Katherine B. – Basic Communication Course Annual, 2015
Students of public speaking are often asked if a basic public speaking course helped them deal with their fear of public speaking. Comparisons of anxiety levels between students enrolled in traditional 15-week semester courses and those enrolled in intensive courses has received little attention. The purpose of this exploratory, quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Public Speaking, Semester System, Summer Programs
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Mohrweis, Lawrence C.; Pitt, Kay C. – American Journal of Business Education, 2010
This paper explores the issue of whether assimilation time has any bearing on the performance of students. Assimilation time is defined as the number of times during the week that a class meets. This study examined whether students would perform better in a 50-minute class that met three days a week versus a 75-minute class that met just two days…
Descriptors: Scheduling, Time Factors (Learning), Program Length, Academic Achievement