The first course in speech: A survey of U.S. colleges and universities

Communication Apprehension and Achievement in a Performance-Oriented Basic Communication Course

“…Data for this study were collected from the enrollment in a multisection basic speech communication course. In most salient aspects, the course could be described as typical of the fundamentals of speech communication courses in colleges and universities (Gibson, Kline, & Gruner, 1974). Briefly, the course entailed the fol!owing elements and procedures:…”

Speech communication class size in the community college

“…In 72 percent of the universities, 70 percent of the colleges, and 76 percent of the junior colleges class enrollments average 17 to 22 students. 8 This finding led the authors to conclude that, "Apparently, the basic course in speech has resisted the move toward large sections so common in the basic courses of other disciplines." 9…”

Trends in the Introductory Communication Course from 1956 to 2016: A Systematic Review of the Results of 11 National Survey Studies

“…For more than 60 years, communication researchers have conducted and published a series of national surveys of the introductory communication course, starting with two early seminal studies, by Hargis (1956) and Dedmon and Frandsen (1964). A series of nine replicative studies, extending from 1970 to 2016, focused on the careful examination of the nature and content of the introductory course (Gibson, Gruner, Brooks, & Petrie, 1970;Gibson, Gruner, Hanna, et al, 1980;Gibson, Hanna, & Huddleston, 1985; Gibson, Hanna, & Leichty, 1990; Gibson, Kline, & Gruner, 1974;Morreale, Hanna, et al, 1999;Morreale, Hugenberg, & Worley, 2006;Morreale, Myers, et al, 2016;Morreale, Worley, & Hugenberg, 2010). In essence, each of the 11 surveys serves as a snapshot of the introductory course at a particular moment in time.…”