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The Status of Instruction in Introductory Undergraduate Communication Research Methods.
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Frey, Lawrence R.; Botan, Carl H. – Communication Education, 1988
Assesses, through a survey, whether instruction in research methods has filtered down to the undergraduate level. Finds that the introductory communication research methods course on the undergraduate level appears to be growing rapidly, and that there is general agreement about purpose, content, problems, and plans for it. (MS)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Higher Education, National Surveys, Research Methodology
Providing Undergraduate Research Opportunities for Communication Students: A Curricular Approach.
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Rodrick, Rick; Dickmeyer, Linda – Communication Education, 2002
Notes that undergraduate research can provide transformative educational experiences and profoundly impact the teaching of communication. Discusses the benefits of undergraduate research experiences and the challenges of teaching research methods in communication. Presents a structure for incorporating a capstone undergraduate research experience…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Research, Curriculum Enrichment, Evaluation
Cornerstones and Capstones: A Case Study on the Value of a Holistic Core in the Discipline of Communication Studies.
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Olsen, Richard K.; Weber, David E.; Trimble, Frank P. – Communication Education, 2002
Argues for a holistic core that balances the dialectic tensions between social science and humanities, scholarly discipline and craft/praxis, and common and special topics within the discipline. Offers rationales for two other unique features of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington curriculum: research methods at the front end of the…
Descriptors: Capstone Experiences, Case Studies, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Research