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Kisker, Carrie B. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
This speech, given at the 2014 Council for the Study of Community Colleges annual Awards Luncheon, describes three of the major changes in the sixth edition of "The American Community College". The speech also describes what those changes can tell us about the directions in which our colleges are moving and the ways in which community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Awards, Educational Change, Educational Trends
Kealoha, Michiko – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2023
Throughout history, people have united to demand change and accountability in the face of injustice. Although freedom of speech and assembly rights have been essential in uplifting and empowering marginalized communities throughout history, it is important to name the existence of speech that seeks to expand rights and speech which aims to…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Workers, Minority Groups, Racism, COVID-19
Osmond, Erica R. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study addressed pedagogical practices in the public speaking classroom in an attempt to help control communication apprehension (CA) levels and improve retention rates among college students in the basic public speaking course. Guided by the theoretical frameworks of Berger and Calabrese's uncertainty reduction theory and Weiner's attribution…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, Public Speaking, Anxiety
LeFebvre, Luke; LeFebvre, Leah E.; Allen, Mike – Basic Communication Course Annual, 2016
Students often hold overly favorable views of their public speaking skills. In this study, students set goals prior to speaking, and then assess the presentation via video replay. Although some basic courses use video, the technology is not standard practice nor consistently utilized to aid student skill development for speechmaking. Differences…
Descriptors: Public Speaking, Speech Communication, Communication Skills, Video Technology
Merceron, Kristopher; Herd-Clark, Dawn; Mavour, Monique; Santiago, Miguel – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
Civic engagement and social justice are topics that maintain the ability to impact individuals personally, professionally, and academically. This article outlines the importance of having discussions centered on equality, integrity, and community involvement in two-year institutional classrooms. Examinations are conducted on moments in history…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Integrity, Community Involvement, Two Year College Students
Dana, Heather; Hancock, Carol; Phillips, JoDee – American Journal of Business Education, 2011
As a direct response to higher education's challenge to produce more engineers, scientists, and business professionals, universities have increased the numbers of degrees and continue to focus on increasing the numbers of students in these areas. As recently as the 2011 State of the Union speech by President Obama, the United States is posed to…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Business Administration Education, Educational Trends, Writing Across the Curriculum
Tinberg, Howard – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2011
Over the years, the author has tried to make the case that literacy instruction for faculty does not end at the point of hire, just as it does not end for students at the point of graduation. In fact, for both, the journey toward literacy has really just begun. This article was originally delivered as the College Celebration speech at the 2010…
Descriptors: Literacy, Reading Instruction, Literacy Education, College Faculty
Interlante, Lindsey; De Riemer, Cynthia; Palomino, Araceli; Tirpak, Philip C. – Inquiry, 2016
A full-scale oral communication assessment was conducted by the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) during the academic year 2013-14. Key components of this assessment included faculty involvement at all stages of assessment and collaboration with assessment coordinators and lead staff personnel. The VCCS Office of Institutional Research and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Speech Communication, Communication Skills
Glaser, Hollis F.; Bingham, Shereen – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2009
This study explores what classroom behaviors and activities in the basic speech course contribute to student connectedness. The results indicate that student encouragement, humor, honesty, interactive exercises and individual speeches, can help student bonding and motivation, and impacts their overall college experience.
Descriptors: Public Speaking, Student Attitudes, Speech Curriculum, Two Year College Students
Ferrari-Bridgers, Franca; Vogel, Rosanne; Lynch, Barbara – International Journal of Listening, 2017
In this article we present the results of two listening assessments conducted in spring 2013 and fall 2013. Our primary goal is of a pedagogical nature and is concerned with the design and the testing of a tool that could measure students' critical listening skill improvement during the span of a semester. A total of N = 370 students participated…
Descriptors: Listening Skills, Speech Instruction, Quasiexperimental Design, Undergraduate Students
Varratos Diamantidis, Joanne – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The research study reviewed the high impact contextualized support English Second Language (ESL) Speech Health Profession (HP) course and how it affected the student's progress into the health professions at Bergen Community College (BCC). The pilot course offered at BCC during three semesters, Fall 2016, Spring 2017 and Fall 2017 introduced…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Occupations Education, Community Colleges
Marcus, Sara; Beck, Sheila – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2011
The researchers surveyed English and Speech & Theater faculty members at Queensborough Community College on their perceptions of and attitudes toward plagiarism. The researchers used the Queensborough Community College Academic Integrity Policy as the basis for their analysis. Based on the responses received, it was determined that 50% of the…
Descriptors: Plagiarism, Community Colleges, Integrity, Faculty Development
The White House, 2011
In his State of the Union, the President made it clear that the most important contest this country faces today is not between Democrats and Republicans, but with competitors around the world for the jobs and industries of our time. To win that contest and secure prosperity for all Americans, the nation must out-innovate, out-educate, and…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Educational Attainment, Educational Improvement, Early Childhood Education
Nielson, Katharine B. – Language Teaching Research, 2014
Language learners with high working memory capacity have an advantage, all other factors being equal, during the second language acquisition (SLA) process; therefore, identifying a pedagogical intervention that can compensate for low working memory capacity would be advantageous to language learners and instructors. Extensive research on the…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Individual Differences, Second Language Learning, Short Term Memory
Student Attitudes toward Instructor Assessment in Higher Education: Does the Delivery Method Matter?
Kormos, Erik; Julio, Liliana – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
This study investigated 113 community college students enrolled in face-to-face and online speech communication courses and their perceptions of instructor speech assessments. Each course completed a self-inventory questionnaire using Google Forms at the completion of the semester. Descriptive statistics and an independent samples t-test analyzed…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Student Attitudes, Student Satisfaction