If first-year students are afraid of public speaking assessments what can teachers do to alleviate such anxiety?

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 586-600

  Nash, Gregory ^a   Crimmins, Gail ^a   Oprescu, Florin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

assessment anxiety; public speaking; public speaking assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928776419     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2015.1032212     Document Type: Article

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