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Rudick, C. Kyle; Golsan, Kathryn B.; Freitag, Jennifer – Communication Teacher, 2018
Course: Mixed-Method Communication Research Methods. Objective: The purpose of this semester-long activity is to provide students with opportunities to cultivate mixed-method communication research skills through a social justice-informed service-learning format. Completing this course, students will be able to: recognize the unique strengths of…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Mixed Methods Research, Communication Research, Critical Theory
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Gray, Jennifer B. – Communication Teacher, 2014
The subject of research methods is often unknown, foreboding, and unappealing to undergraduate communication majors. Thus, in the research methods course, two ways to overcome such issues and achieve learning are by: (1) making the unfamiliar more familiar and accessible; and (2) placing abstract knowledge in its useful real-world context. Making…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Methods Courses, Learning Activities, Research Design
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DeGroot, Jocelyn M. – Communication Teacher, 2011
Information spreads online at a much faster rate than ever before, often without being confirmed by trustworthy sources. Students must be able to evaluate the online source and the online source's information for accuracy and credibility. In public speaking, argumentation, and persuasion classes (among others), students are taught to use confirmed…
Descriptors: Evidence, Communication Research, Internet, Online Searching
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Liu, Min – Communication Teacher, 2011
Civic engagement has become an essential learning goal for institutions throughout higher education. Communication scholars employ various pedagogical tools to foster civic engagement. For instance, service learning has been shown to increase political and community engagement in courses such as family communication and public relations. Teachers…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Communication Research, Research Methodology, Public Relations
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Bodie, Graham D. – Communication Teacher, 2008
Although textbooks are filled with practical communication advice, many students overlook the importance of basing practical advice about communication on quality research. This oversight is important for two reasons. First, given the explosion of self-help remedies focused on communication, students should learn to distinguish between…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Learning Activities, Communication Research, Training
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Olswang, Lesley B.; Coggins, Truman E.; Svensson, Liselotte – Topics in Language Disorders, 2007
This article describes a new construct for coding the social communicative performance of school-aged children as they interact with peers and teachers in the classroom. The Social Communication Coding System (SCCS) allows clinicians a way of describing how children actually spend their time during the school day by observing ongoing behaviors…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Interaction Process Analysis