BCCA Contents & Abstracts, Volume 21, 2009

Editor Paul Turman
ISBN 978-0-89641-467-9

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    Hunt, Stephen K., Cheri J. Simonds, Brent K. Simonds Uniquely Qualified, Distinctively Competent: Delivering 21st Century Skills in the Basic Course — In this manuscript we argue that the communication discipline’s pedagogical content knowledge should be expanded to include educational strategies for advancing students’ critical thinking, information literacy, and political engagement skills. Further, we argue that the discipline should explicitly position itself as uniquely qualified to address these skills. (pp 1-29)

  • Bingham, Shereen G. , Robert E. Carlson, Karen K. Dwyer, Marshall Prisbell —  Student Misbehaviors, Instructor Responses, and Connected Classroom Climate: Implications for the Basic Course — The concept of connected classroom climate focuses on student-to-student communication behaviors that are paramount in creating the climate of a class, especially in the basic course. While previous studies have focused on the positive and cooperative behaviors of students and instructors that may contribute to perceptions of classroom connectedness, the role that in¬civilities may play in detracting from or undermining a connected classroom climate has not been investigated. This study examines perceptions of a connected classroom climate and its relationships to student misbehaviors and instructor responses. (pp 30-68)

  • Simonds, Cheri J., Kevin R. Meyer, Stephen K. Hunt, Brent K. Simonds — Speech Evaluation Assessment: An Analysis of Written Speech Feedback on Instructor Evaluation Forms in the Basic Communication Course — As a critical component of many general education programs, the basic communication course is at the forefront of many assessment efforts. Five years after conducting extensive program assessment using student portfolios, and after implementing revisions to the instructor training program, course directors at Illinois State University conducted another round of portfolio assessment. (pp 69-96)

  • Morreale, Sherwyn, David Worley, Lawrence Hugenberg — Follow-up to the NCA Basic Communication Course Survey VII: Using Learning Objectives in the Course — Respondents to the seventh national survey of the basic communication course at two and four-year colleges and universities identified administrative and pedagogical problems that challenge effective management and teaching in the course. This new study investigates how learning objectives in the basic course are related to one of the most salient problems identified in the earlier 2006 survey, consistency and reliability across multiple sections of the basic course at any institution. (pp 99-133)

  • Sellnow, Deanna, Stephanie Ahlfeldt — Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and Student Engagement in the Public Speaking Classroom — Problem-based learning (PBL) is an instructional strategy designed to foster student engagement. This study examined the effectiveness of PBL to actively engage students in a basic public speaking course. (pp 134-150)

  • Prisbell, Marshall, Karen K. Dwyer, Robert E. Carlson, Shereen G. Bingham, Ana M. Cruz — Connected Classroom Climate and Communication in the Basic Course: Associations with Learning — Most research on the association between classroom climate and student learning has emphasized the instructor’s role in creating a positive learning environment. The role students play in fostering a classroom climate that promotes learning has received less attention, particularly in the basic course. This study examined the relationship between perceptions of a connected classroom climate and students’ cognitive and affective learning. (pp 151-172)

  • Pensoneau-Conway, Sandra L. — Desire and Passion as Foundation for Teaching and Learning: A Pedagogy of the Erotic — In this narrative essay, the author uses her experiences as a communication educator to theorize the roles of desire and passion within the classroom. (pp. 173-206)
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