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Wieczorkowski, Deborah A. – 1988
The win-win approach, as discussed in negotiating and bargaining theory, addresses a way of thinking in which a win for one party does not necessarily mean a loss for the other--both parties are able to win. The win-win approach can be applied to the evaluation of public-speaking skills, where numerous ways exist of evaluating students and…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Peer Evaluation
Download full textMichel, Thomas A.; Weaver, Richard L., II – 1986
Developed as a result of the growing interest in public speaking in business and other professional sectors, this annotated bibliography contains recent citations of public speaking and related subjects in the popular press. The citations are drawn from trade journals, magazines, and books in print, rather than from scholarly or academic works.…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Business Communication, Communication Skills, Humor
Rasmuson, Todd J. – 1985
By exploring the relationship between competition theory and forensic speech contests, three benefits can be clearly identified: (1) students learn communication theory, (2) students who most accurately follow what is taught are awarded, and (3) students modify speeches by studying judges' comments, imitating winners, and utilizing selective…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Competition, Higher Education, Motivation Techniques
Weaver, Richard L., II; Michel, Thomas A. – 1984
No teaching method is more widely used and yet more strongly criticized than the lecture. Yet, an examination of more than 40 basic public speaking textbooks reveals that lecturing is seldom mentioned. There are, perhaps, several reasons for this omission. For example, authors of textbooks might feel that (1) material on lecturing duplicates their…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Higher Education, Lecture Method, Public Speaking
Braden, Waldo W. – Speech Teacher, 1974
Four teaching approaches are discussed. (CH)
Descriptors: Courses, Curriculum Design, Higher Education, History
Bock, E. Hope; Pitts, James H. – Speech Teacher, 1975
Reports a study dealing with the effects of three different Black dialects on perceived speaker image by a Black audience. Research methods, procedures and results are discussed. (MH)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Credibility, Dialect Studies, Educational Research
Wheeless, Lawrence R. – Speech Teacher, 1975
Deals with the nature of communication apprehension and self-report instruments designed to measure it. (MH)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Patterns, Communication (Thought Transfer), Educational Research
Mitchell, Anne G. – Speech Teacher, 1969
Based upon author's Ph.D. dissertation, Louisiana State University, 1968.
Descriptors: Creativity, Cultural Context, Educational Philosophy, Evaluation Criteria
Shulman, Gary M.; Cahn, Dudley D. – 1981
Teaching a unit on effective briefing techniques early in a basic speech class can develop in the student a sense of time consciousness, verbal conciseness, objectivity, appreciation for documentation, and logical organization. Briefing in this sense is a type of informative speech in which selected and compressed information is presented to one's…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Job Skills, Public Speaking, Speech Communication
Ryckman, W. G. – 1980
Intended for professionals who wish to improve their confidence as well as their ability to speak and write clearly, this book contains practical information about effective communication. The first section of the book discusses the techniques of persuasive public speaking, including ways to break the ice, formal speeches, presentations, other…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Communication Skills, Guides, Persuasive Discourse
Fitzgerald, Jon M., Ed. – 1980
Rules and regulations for debate and individual speech event activities are provided in this guide, which is designed for use by members of the Michigan Interscholastic Forensic Association (MIFA). The guide contains (1) a calendar of speech events, (2) regulations governing event participation and conduct, (3) school membership requirements, (4)…
Descriptors: Competition, Debate, Group Activities, Guidelines
Gruner, Charles R.; Freshley, Dwight L. – 1979
College students in nine intact beginning speech classes served as subjects for a study testing the effects of humor on student recall of lecture information. The 156 subjects were exposed to one of three versions of an audiotaped lecture. One version amplified eight points in the subject matter with humorous material; and a third version (the…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Higher Education, Humor, Lecture Method
Lewis, James J.; Larsen, Janet K. – 1980
A study was designed to see how judge experience and training sessions influenced interjudge agreement during high school speech contests. Three groups of six judges each viewed a videotape of five poetry readings, gave the performers ratings and rankings, engaged in 30-minute group training sessions, viewed a second videotape of five poetry…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Individual Differences
Johnson, Ralph A. – 1979
Just as strong limbs do not ensure self-defense in an age of modern warfare, so strong persuasive appeals do not ensure self-defense in an age of highly technologized communication systems. The fragmentation of the audience, the inherent loss of credibility associated with the decreased status of rhetoric, and the competition among messages all…
Descriptors: Audience Participation, Audiences, Communication Skills, Critical Thinking
Goldhaber, Gerald M.; And Others – 1977
After 750 combined hours of analysis, the authors discovered major verbal and nonverbal communication differences between the candidates in the three Ford/Carter debates. The research was based on an analysis of 7,378 specific nonverbal behaviors and on 955 verbal references found in the 30,852 word transcripts. The researchers found differences…
Descriptors: Body Language, Comparative Analysis, Debate, Interaction Process Analysis
