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Minei, Elizabeth M.; Juvan, Elise – Communication Teacher, 2023
This teaching activity builds students' interpersonal competencies in identifying Mark Knapp's Stages of Relationships (Adler, Rosenfeld, Towne, & Scott, 2012, Interplay: The process of interpersonal communication, p. 504, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston). The activity establishes a theoretical understanding of each stage and asks students to use…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Music Activities, Interpersonal Communication, Singing
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Gallegos, Monica L. – Communication Teacher, 2020
Courses: Interpersonal Communication; Relational Communication. Objectives: Students who complete this activity should be able to: (1) understand the staircase model of relationships; (2) explain how social media has influenced the ways in which relationships develop and dissolve; (3) discuss advantages and limitations of the staircase model; and…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Social Media, Models, Communication Strategies
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Ledford, Christy J. W.; Saperstein, Adam K.; Cafferty, Lauren A.; McClintick, Stacey H.; Bernstein, Ethan M. – Communication Teacher, 2015
Microblogs, with their interactive nature, can engage students in community building and sensemaking. Using Weick's model of organizing as a framework, we integrated the use of micromessaging to increase student engagement in the large-lecture classroom. Students asked significantly more questions and asked a greater diversity of questions…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Large Group Instruction, Models, Lecture Method
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Thompson-Hayes, Marceline; Moore, Nerma – Communication Teacher, 2012
As noted by Proctor (1999), "a quick perusal of communication textbooks, instructors manuals, and conference papers suggests that film use is common in contemporary communication courses." One reason the use of film is popular is that it can engage students in higher learning processes such as applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating…
Descriptors: Films, Personal Narratives, Interpersonal Relationship, Interpersonal Communication
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Suter, Elizabeth A.; West, Carrie L. – Communication Teacher, 2011
Although directly related to students' everyday lives, the abstract and even intimidating nature of relational theories often bars students from recognizing the immediate relevance to their relationships. The theories of symbolic interactionism, social exchange, relational dialectics, social penetration, and uncertainty reduction offer students…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Social Exchange Theory, Interpersonal Communication
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Cooper, Lynn O. – Communication Teacher, 2011
"WebGrader" is an online instrument developed to evaluate and assess oral competency in the basic course. It is the result of a 15-year study, using Morreale and Hackman's (1994) work as a general model, and "The Competent Speaker" speech rating criteria in particular (Morreale, Moore, Taylor, Surges-Tatum, & Hulbert-Johnson, 1990; Morreale,…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Speech Communication, Evaluation Methods, Cultural Awareness