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Why the Range in Grades? An Attempt to Explain the Variance in Students' Public Speaking Grades.

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Title: Why the Range in Grades? An Attempt to Explain the Variance in Students' Public Speaking Grades.
Authors: Pearson, JudyC.1 (AUTHOR) Judy.Pearson@ndsu.edu, Carmon, AnnaF.2 (AUTHOR), Child, JeffreyT.2 (AUTHOR), Semlak, JulieL.2 (AUTHOR)
Source: Communication Quarterly. Nov2008, Vol. 56 Issue 4, p392-406. 15p. 1 Chart.
Subject Terms: *Public speaking, *Grading of students, Oral communication ability testing, Extemporaneous speaking, Forensics (Public speaking), Speech anxiety
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of student motivation, unwillingness to communicate, first-generation college status, and biological sex on students' public speaking grades. A standard multiple regression analysis tested the hypothesis. Participants were enrolled in public speaking courses at two midwestern universities. The only independent variable with a significant main effect was biological sex. While this finding was consistent with earlier research, biological sex differences outweighed other understudied variables. These results require further investigation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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