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Do it Yourself Oral Assessment: An Experiment in Evaluation

Conducted by:  Daryle Nagano-Krier & Teeanna Rizkallah

Abstract

This workshop will cover the development and administration of a course-embedded oral assessment measure. Since the assessment of communication skills in students is highly subjective and many instructors are uncomfortable evaluating such skills, the workshop will provide tools to administer an objective assessment with measurable outcomes.

Target Audience:

Assessment administrators and faculty who are developing new assessments, or teaching Communication will find this tool-box approach useful in the creation of needs-specific assessments. This workshop provides a pragmatic approach to developing a workable model of course-embedded assessment.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this workshop, participants should be able to

• adapt or adopt the SPEAKS rubric for their own use.

• socialize (norm) instructors and/or evaluators appropriately

• organize a baseline communication assessment.

• anticipate and address communication/presentation issues on a departmental level.

Biographies

Daryle Nagano-Krier, MA

- I have a B.A. in Communications from CSUF concentrating in Public Relations and an M.A. in Speech Communication from CSUF concentrating in Argumentation and Persuasion and Interpersonal Communication.
- I currently teach Business Communication 201, 301 and 501 at CSUF. In addition, I also teach courses in Small Group Communication, Argumentation & Debate, Interpersonal Communication, and Effective Speaking at El Camino College.
- When I am not teaching, I spend my time coaching the El Camino College Forensics Team (currently number one in the nation)! I teach students how to compete in individual platform speaking events and debate rounds