The Development and Test of the Public Speaking Competence Rubric

Communication Education

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 205-233

  Schreiber, Lisa M ^a   Paul, Gregory D ^b   Shibley, Lisa R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Competence; Effectiveness; Pedagogy; Public Speaking; Rubric; Speech

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863335539     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: 14795795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634523.2012.670709     Document Type: Article

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