An Analysis of the Effectiveness of the Alameda County Oral Communication Program in Listening

<p>There is concern among educators that students are not as skilled in the area of listening as they could or should be. As a result of this concern an oral communication program was developed in Alameda County, California to improve students' listening skills. It was the purpose of the study to determine the effectiveness of the Alameda County Oral Communication Program in an itinerant speech and hearing program in Central Washington. The study sought to answer the question: 1. Does the use of the Alameda County Oral Communication Program in Listening effect a change in the language skills of public school age children? 2. Does the program have greater effect at one grade level than at another?</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Education (MEd)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Year dc:date.available

1970

Author dc:creator

• Poe, James Wiliam, Jr.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Walter L. LaDue
• Jeanette S. Johnson
• Katherine S. Egan

• Oral communication
• education
• listening skills
• Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
• Elementary Education

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/1407

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.cwu.edu:etd-2432