Enhancing learners' awareness of oral presentation (delivery) skills in
Oral presentations, activities often assessed and also a means by which learning could take place, are commonplace in higher education. General (delivery) skills in presentations are particularly useful beyond university such as in job interviews and communication with clients and colleagues in the workplace.
Student fears of oral presentations and public speaking in higher
ABSTRACT. Oral presentations and public speaking are an important aspect of the student experience in the United Kingdom higher education. Many modules (self-contained units normally within a programme of study) use presentations as a form of assessment and require students to verbally engage in small and large group settings to enhance learning.
How effective are self- and peer assessment of oral presentation skills
De Grez L, Valcke M, Roozen I (2009a) The impact of an innovative instructional intervention on the acquisition of oral presentation skills in higher education. Computers and Education 53: 112-20. Crossref. ... Assessment of oral presentation skills is an underexplored area. The study described here focuses on the agreement between ...
PDF Self- and peer assessment of oral presentation skills in higher
1 Self- and peer assessment of oral presentation skills in higher education LUC DE GREZ a*, MARTIN VALCKE b and IRENE ROOZEN a aDepartment of economics and management, University College Brussels, Brussels, Belgium; bDepartment of educational studies, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium Abstract Assessment of oral presentation skills is an under explored area.
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support the argument for embedding communication skills in the higher-education curriculum, but fail to articulate what they mean by communication skills. The identification of oral communication skills "will better enable the successful teaching, learning and assessment of the skill set in [higher education]" (Jackson 2014, p. 24).
PDF How effective are self- and peer assessment of oral presentation skills
The study described here focuses on the agreement between professional assessment and self- and peer assessment of oral presentation skills and explores student perceptions about peer assessment ...
Oral presentations in higher education: a comparison of the impact of
These results support the idea that undergraduates' evaluations of their peers can be effective in improving oral presentation skills, especially when they are provided with some support instruments (videos and rubrics). However, the improvements in the peer assessment with rubric group were not maintained in the follow-up re-test.
PDF Oral presentations in higher education: a comparison of the impact of
The typical peer assessment process usually involves the following steps (Oser and Baeriswyl 2001): (i) individual execution of some task or product presentation, (ii) evaluation and feedback from ...
Rubric formats for the formative assessment of oral presentation skills
Acquiring complex oral presentation skills is cognitively demanding for students and demands intensive teacher guidance. The aim of this study was twofold: (a) to identify and apply design guidelines in developing an effective formative assessment method for oral presentation skills during classroom practice, and (b) to develop and compare two analytic rubric formats as part of that assessment ...
Peer assessment of oral presentation skills
Abstract. Feedback and assessment play an important role in teaching and learning. Peer assessment is presented as an additional alternative to strengthen this central role of assessment. The present study investigates the reliability and validity of peer assessments of oral presentation skills. A large number of oral presentations were ...
PDF Facilitating oral skills development: a guide for practitioners in
oral presentation assessment practices in UK higher education. She has experience working as an English for Academic Purposes practitioner in the UK and an English teacher in Russia. Dr Jill Doubleday is a Senior Teaching Fellow in the School of Humanities, University of Southampton. She teaches and researches in the areas of academic
Oral presentations
Oral presentations are a form of assessment that calls on students to use the spoken word to express their knowledge and understanding of a topic. It allows capture of not only the research that the students have done but also a range of cognitive and transferable skills. Different types of oral presentations. ... in higher education some ...
Positive effects of a programme on oral presentation skills: high- and
Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education Volume 43, 2018 - Issue 5. Submit an article Journal homepage. ... The study set out to facilitate tertiary learners' development of oral presentation skills within the self-regulated-learning framework. A published, relatively comprehensive inventory of presentation (delivery) skills was adopted in ...
Student response system and learning oral presentation skills
Keywords: Student response system; peer assessment; oral presentation skills; higher education; feedback; learning from assessment. 1. Problem statement Oral presentation skills are recognised as a central professional skill, but the learning and teaching of these skills have hardly been researched (e.g. Levasseur, Dean, & Pfaff, 2004).
Assessing what we have taught: The challenges faced with the assessment
In a range of higher education curricula, courses are incorporated that centre on oral presentation skills (Cooper, 2005; Morreale, Hugenberg, & Worley, 2006). A number of studies have examined ...
How effective are self- and peer assessment of oral presentation skills
Key words: oral presentation skills, assessment, peer assessment, self-assessment, student perception Qual it y of assessment Recent approaches towards assessment s tress the le arning potential ...
Oral Communication Skills in Higher Education: Using a Performance
This study used The Competent Speaker, a rubric developed by the National Communication Association (S. P. Morreale, M. R. Moore, K. P. Taylor, D. Surges-Tatum, & R. Hulbert-Johnson, 1993), to evaluate student performance in general education public speaking courses as a case study of student skills and programmatic assessment. Results indicate that students taking the general education public ...
Student fears of oral presentations and public speaking in higher
The aims of this qualitative survey were two-fold. First, it sought to gather further insight into the fears experienced and strategies used by students who fear public speaking, including oral presentations. The second objective was to determine whether their fear afected their experience of higher education.
Development and validation of the oral presentation evaluation scale
A self-assessment instrument for oral presentations could provide students with insight into what skills need improvement. ... The impact of an innovative instructional intervention on the acquisition of oral presentation skills in higher education. Comput Educ. 2009; 53 (1):112-120. doi: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.01.005. [Google Scholar]
Fostering oral presentation performance: does the quality of feedback
Quality criteria for feedback. A recently published review study on assessment and evaluation in higher education (Pereira, Flores, and Niklasson Citation 2015) revealed that many recent articles have addressed formative assessment, modes of assessment (i.e. peer- and self-assessment) and their (assumed) effectiveness.While empirical evidence on the effectiveness of formative assessment in ...
Using Oral Assessments to Collect Evidence of Learning
Oral assessments can serve as a great method to collect another type of evidence of student learning. It typically consists of a time-limited interview with a student to verbally confirm to what degree they've met one or more course outcomes through a series of questions and prompts to guide the conversation.
(PDF) Oral presentations in higher education: a comparison of the
Oral presentation is one of the most important tools that is employed to assess learning at higher education. Students in many educational fields are required to make oral presentations.
(PDF) Oral Communication Skills in Higher Education: Using a
This study used The Competent Speaker, a rubric developed by the National Communication Association (S. P. Morreale, M. R. Moore, K. P. Taylor, D. Surges-Tatum, & R. Hulbert-Johnson, 1993), to evaluate student performance in general education public speaking courses as a case study of student skills and programmatic assessment.
Oral presentations in higher education: a comparison of the impact of
Abstract In this paper the authors analyse the competency of a sample of economics and business students in orally presenting academic content, as well as the changes that occurred after receiving feedback. The students' presentations were videotaped, and a total of 96 were analysed at three stages: pre-test, post-test and follow-up. The participants were divided into two groups. In one ...
How to conduct a cardiovascular assessment in advanced practice
A cardiovascular assessment can reveal cardiac abnormalities and give an understanding of associated symptoms and risk factors to aid early diagnosis. This article, the sixth in a series on assessment and interpretation for advanced clinical practitioners, shows how to take an accurate history and complete a structured physical examination.
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Oral presentations, activities often assessed and also a means by which learning could take place, are commonplace in higher education. General (delivery) skills in presentations are particularly useful beyond university such as in job interviews and communication with clients and colleagues in the workplace.
ABSTRACT. Oral presentations and public speaking are an important aspect of the student experience in the United Kingdom higher education. Many modules (self-contained units normally within a programme of study) use presentations as a form of assessment and require students to verbally engage in small and large group settings to enhance learning.
De Grez L, Valcke M, Roozen I (2009a) The impact of an innovative instructional intervention on the acquisition of oral presentation skills in higher education. Computers and Education 53: 112-20. Crossref. ... Assessment of oral presentation skills is an underexplored area. The study described here focuses on the agreement between ...
1 Self- and peer assessment of oral presentation skills in higher education LUC DE GREZ a*, MARTIN VALCKE b and IRENE ROOZEN a aDepartment of economics and management, University College Brussels, Brussels, Belgium; bDepartment of educational studies, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium Abstract Assessment of oral presentation skills is an under explored area.
support the argument for embedding communication skills in the higher-education curriculum, but fail to articulate what they mean by communication skills. The identification of oral communication skills "will better enable the successful teaching, learning and assessment of the skill set in [higher education]" (Jackson 2014, p. 24).
The study described here focuses on the agreement between professional assessment and self- and peer assessment of oral presentation skills and explores student perceptions about peer assessment ...
These results support the idea that undergraduates' evaluations of their peers can be effective in improving oral presentation skills, especially when they are provided with some support instruments (videos and rubrics). However, the improvements in the peer assessment with rubric group were not maintained in the follow-up re-test.
The typical peer assessment process usually involves the following steps (Oser and Baeriswyl 2001): (i) individual execution of some task or product presentation, (ii) evaluation and feedback from ...
Acquiring complex oral presentation skills is cognitively demanding for students and demands intensive teacher guidance. The aim of this study was twofold: (a) to identify and apply design guidelines in developing an effective formative assessment method for oral presentation skills during classroom practice, and (b) to develop and compare two analytic rubric formats as part of that assessment ...
Abstract. Feedback and assessment play an important role in teaching and learning. Peer assessment is presented as an additional alternative to strengthen this central role of assessment. The present study investigates the reliability and validity of peer assessments of oral presentation skills. A large number of oral presentations were ...
oral presentation assessment practices in UK higher education. She has experience working as an English for Academic Purposes practitioner in the UK and an English teacher in Russia. Dr Jill Doubleday is a Senior Teaching Fellow in the School of Humanities, University of Southampton. She teaches and researches in the areas of academic
Oral presentations are a form of assessment that calls on students to use the spoken word to express their knowledge and understanding of a topic. It allows capture of not only the research that the students have done but also a range of cognitive and transferable skills. Different types of oral presentations. ... in higher education some ...
Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education Volume 43, 2018 - Issue 5. Submit an article Journal homepage. ... The study set out to facilitate tertiary learners' development of oral presentation skills within the self-regulated-learning framework. A published, relatively comprehensive inventory of presentation (delivery) skills was adopted in ...
Keywords: Student response system; peer assessment; oral presentation skills; higher education; feedback; learning from assessment. 1. Problem statement Oral presentation skills are recognised as a central professional skill, but the learning and teaching of these skills have hardly been researched (e.g. Levasseur, Dean, & Pfaff, 2004).
In a range of higher education curricula, courses are incorporated that centre on oral presentation skills (Cooper, 2005; Morreale, Hugenberg, & Worley, 2006). A number of studies have examined ...
Key words: oral presentation skills, assessment, peer assessment, self-assessment, student perception Qual it y of assessment Recent approaches towards assessment s tress the le arning potential ...
This study used The Competent Speaker, a rubric developed by the National Communication Association (S. P. Morreale, M. R. Moore, K. P. Taylor, D. Surges-Tatum, & R. Hulbert-Johnson, 1993), to evaluate student performance in general education public speaking courses as a case study of student skills and programmatic assessment. Results indicate that students taking the general education public ...
The aims of this qualitative survey were two-fold. First, it sought to gather further insight into the fears experienced and strategies used by students who fear public speaking, including oral presentations. The second objective was to determine whether their fear afected their experience of higher education.
A self-assessment instrument for oral presentations could provide students with insight into what skills need improvement. ... The impact of an innovative instructional intervention on the acquisition of oral presentation skills in higher education. Comput Educ. 2009; 53 (1):112-120. doi: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.01.005. [Google Scholar]
Quality criteria for feedback. A recently published review study on assessment and evaluation in higher education (Pereira, Flores, and Niklasson Citation 2015) revealed that many recent articles have addressed formative assessment, modes of assessment (i.e. peer- and self-assessment) and their (assumed) effectiveness.While empirical evidence on the effectiveness of formative assessment in ...
Oral assessments can serve as a great method to collect another type of evidence of student learning. It typically consists of a time-limited interview with a student to verbally confirm to what degree they've met one or more course outcomes through a series of questions and prompts to guide the conversation.
Oral presentation is one of the most important tools that is employed to assess learning at higher education. Students in many educational fields are required to make oral presentations.
This study used The Competent Speaker, a rubric developed by the National Communication Association (S. P. Morreale, M. R. Moore, K. P. Taylor, D. Surges-Tatum, & R. Hulbert-Johnson, 1993), to evaluate student performance in general education public speaking courses as a case study of student skills and programmatic assessment.
Abstract In this paper the authors analyse the competency of a sample of economics and business students in orally presenting academic content, as well as the changes that occurred after receiving feedback. The students' presentations were videotaped, and a total of 96 were analysed at three stages: pre-test, post-test and follow-up. The participants were divided into two groups. In one ...
A cardiovascular assessment can reveal cardiac abnormalities and give an understanding of associated symptoms and risk factors to aid early diagnosis. This article, the sixth in a series on assessment and interpretation for advanced clinical practitioners, shows how to take an accurate history and complete a structured physical examination.