Deborah Reisinger and Joan Clifford, Romance Studies

This project explores having students play a greater role in the assessment process and asks whether this role results in improved (or a perceived improvement in) oral presentation skills. The project goals are multiple:

  • to bring student awareness to specific aspects of oral performance and presentation,
  • to improve oral presentation skills, and
  • to increase student engagement in unmonitored class assignments such as pair work.

The presentation will include results from pre- and post- attitude assessments, class-created and revised rubrics, samples of videotaped presentations with embedded self-assessments (via VoiceThread) and faculty conclusions.