Increasing speech evaluation fidelity between instructors and students through in-class peer workshops and assessment
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This study investigates the role of speech evaluation training in a) creating speech evaluation fidelity between instructor scores and student self-evaluation scores and b) facilitating the type and quality of written feedback on speeches by both students and instructors. The results suggest that students who undergo speech evaluation training achieve a higher level of evaluation fidelity with their instructors. Second, negative feedback comments by instructors and students significantly predicted the score provided on the speeches by both parties, respectively. Finally, students who received speech evaluation training provided significantly more constructive comments on their evaluations than students who did not receive training. These findings reiterate the necessity for speech evaluation training with the basic communication course classroom while also offering several practical implications in terms of revising training methods and preparing individuals within a classroom for providing effective feedback.