Assessing Goal 4 Communication Skills for Psychology Across Audience, Purpose, and Context

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 296-304
Author(s):  
Stephen L. Chew ◽  
Garth Neufeld ◽  
Sharon Hamill ◽  
Annette Taylor ◽  
Salvador Macias
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Communication Skill ◽  
Undergraduate Psychology ◽  
Psychology Major ◽  
Multiple Assessment

The challenge of teaching communication skills outlined in Goal 4 of the APA Guidelines for the Undergraduate Psychology Major is that it occurs in many contexts and the communicator must adapt the form to match both context and purpose. We created a taxonomy of dimensions and kinds of communication that represents the various contexts in communication assignments in psychology classes. We propose a curricular-level solution to assessing the development of communication skill, including multiple assessment opportunities in both course and curriculum with progressively higher standards. We discuss how different forms of rubrics can be used to assess communication and created a “common” rubric that can be adapted and used to assess communication across many different contexts. Finally, since social media have increased the frequency of exposure to often engaging, but misleading or inaccurate communication, we discuss the value of being able to judge the validity of received communications and the importance of teaching students how to evaluate messages critically.

Empathic Communication Skills Across Applied Undergraduate Psychology Courses: A Replication Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 009862832199543
Author(s):  
Catherine M. Reich ◽  
Lara J. LaCaille ◽  
Katherine E. Axford ◽  
Natalina R. Slaughter
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Communication Competence ◽  
Learning Gains ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Helping Skills ◽  
Empathic Communication ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Psychology Courses ◽  
Undergraduate Psychology ◽  
Over Time

Background: Although undergraduate psychology curriculum should cultivate performance-based skills to prepare students for helping professions, little work to date has addressed this standard. Objective: This research replicates the methods used in a previous study by examining pre-post changes in empathic communication skills and perceived communication competence across two applied psychology courses: Basic Helping Skills and Internship. This study extended this work by also exploring learning gains from different formats (i.e., face-to-face vs. online), internship types (mental health-related vs. not mental health-related), and the longevity of learning gains. Method: Psychology students ( N = 171) completed a measure of communication competence and provided written empathic responses on a vignette-based performance measure at the start and end of the semester. Results: Students perceived their communication skills as improving over time; however, only students in the Basic Helping Skills course showed improved empathic communication skills, especially when the instruction was in a face-to-face format. Students with previous skill training maintained their learning gains over time. Conclusion: Student empathic communication improves most with face-to-face instruction in Basic Helping Skills rather than an internship experience. Teaching Implications: For the development of empathic communication skills, prerequisite requirements for Internship and instructive scaffolding for the application of skills may be recommended.

scholarly journals Science, Story, and Structure: Framing the Conversation for Psychology Faculty and Librarian Information Literacy Collaboration

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loretta L. C. Brady ◽  
Melinda Malik
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Literacy Skill ◽  
Psychology Faculty ◽  
Science Story ◽  
Writing Assignment ◽  
Undergraduate Psychology ◽  
Psychology Major ◽  
Literacy Skill Development

This case study illuminates the effectiveness of collaboration between a librarian and psychology faculty as they use the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education and the Guidelines for the Undergraduate Psychology Major to improve an assignment and frame their conversation on scaffolding students’ information literacy skill development. Faculty and librarian collaboration is critical to supporting student learning. Disciplinary standards may be effective tools for librarians and faculty to frame their collaboration, using a shared vocabulary to engage in meaningful conversation about the planning and implementation of course assignments in order to facilitate student learning. Through examination of an undergraduate psychology writing assignment, a librarian and psychology faculty critically examine various paths to information literacy.

scholarly journals Pengembangan perangkat pembelajaran berbasis masalah berorientasi pada kemampuan komunikasi dan prestasi belajar matematika siswa SMP

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Fitratul Wulan Fatmasuci
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Communication Skill ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Mathematical Communication ◽  
Learning Achievement ◽  
Skill Test ◽  
Learning Mathematics ◽  
Skills Learning

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menghasilkan perangkat pembelajaran matematika berbasis masalah yang berorientasi pada kemampuan komunikasi dan prestasi belajar matematika yang mempunyai kualitas baik yang terdiri atas rencana pelakanaan pembelajaran (RPP), lembar kerja siswa (LKS), tes kemampuan komunikasi, dan tes prestasi belajar. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian dan pengembangan. Prosedur yang diadaptasi tersebut meliputi tiga tahap yaitu studi pendahuluan, desain produk, dan pengembangan produk. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa perangkat pembelajaran matematika yang dikembangkan masing-masing memenuhi kriteria valid dengan kategori “baik”. Perangkat pembelajaran yang dikembangkan praktis dengan hasil penilaian kepraktisan oleh guru pada kategori “baik”, kategori “sangat baik” berdasarkan respon siswa dan kategori “sangat baik” berdasarkan hasil observasi keterlaksanaan pembelajaran. Perangkat pembelajaran yang dikembangkan efektif berdasarkan ketuntasan belajar siswa. Persentase siswa yang tuntas pada tes kemampuan komunikasi matematika mencapai 84,38% dan pada tes prestasi belajar mencapai 81,25%.Kata Kunci: perangkat pembelajaran, pembelajaran berbasis masalah, kemampuan komunikasi matematika, prestasi belajar Developing a Problem-Based Learning Instructional Kit Oriented to Junior High School of Mathematical Communication Skills and Learning Achievement AbstractThe research aims to produce a good quality problem-based learning mathematics instructional kit oriented to mathematical communication skills and learning achievement consisting of lesson plans, student worksheets, communication skill test, and learning achievement test. This study was a research and development. The procedure of this model consisted of three steps are define, design and develop. The result shows that the mathematics instructional kit is valid with a “good” category. Learning kit that has been developed was practically shown by results of practicality votes by teachers in category “good”, “very good” category based on student’s responses and “very good” category based on the observation of learning implementation. Learning kit that has been developed was effective based on student’s learning mastery. The percentage of students who achieved the mastery level in communication test is 84.38% and in learning achievement test is 81.25%.Keywords: instructional kits, problem-based learning, mathematical communication skills, learning achievement

scholarly journals The Power of Interpersonal Communication Skill in Enhancing Service Provision

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 3192-3199
Author(s):  
Roziana Febrianita ◽  
Susi Hardjati
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Communication Skill ◽  
Interpersonal Relationship ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Soft Skill ◽  
Examination Result ◽  
Educational Staff ◽  
Depth Interviews

One of interpersonal soft skill is a skill of interpersonal communication; that is the focus of this research. The purpose of this paper are defined in two parts. First, to explore the interpersonal communication skills of the educational staff. Second, to recognize the power of this interpersonal communication. The research of this paper has been studied by means of qualitative method. The approach of this study is a sequences of in-depth interviews with 4 informants of each faculty with A credit for accreditation examination result. This research result finds that there are 3 interpersonal communication skills of educational staff area. Secondly, there are power of the interpersonal communication skill which have made improvement to service providing in the work unit. The results of this research also explain whether maintaining interpersonal relationship enhances  the service providing.

scholarly journals KETERAMPILAN KOMUNIKASI MATEMATIS SISWA PADA MATERI BANGUN RUANG SISI DATAR DITINJAU DARI SELF EFFICACY

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-73
Author(s):  
Nur Asri Melawati ◽  
Erdawati Nurdin
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Communication Skill ◽  
Mathematical Communication ◽  
Data Presentation ◽  
Online Test ◽  
Design Learning ◽  
Support Students

Mathematical communication skills are one of the competencies that students must have in the 21st century.  This study aims to anylize and describe students’ mathematical communication skills in terms of self efficacy on the polyhedrons material. The research used descriptive qualitative methods. The subjects were 9 grade students of An nashichah private junior high school selected purposively.  Data was collected through online test, questionnaires and interviews using WhatsApp. The data analyzed through 3 stages, namely data reduction, data presentation and conclusions. The results showed that the students’ mathematical communication skills were low. When viewed from students’ self efficacy, high self efficacy students have high mathematical communication. Meanwhile, low and moderate self efficacy students have low mathematical communication skills. The use of Whatsapp media is not able to support students mathematical communication skill and self efficacy. The tachers need to design learning media to help students improve their mathematical communication skills and self efiicacy.

scholarly journals KOMUNIKASI VERBAL ANAK PESISIR USIA 7-8 TAHUN PADA TRANSAKSI PENJUALAN PRODUK KEBUDAYAAN DENGAN TURIS MANCANEGARA

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edhy Rustan ◽  
Subhan Subhan
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Data Model ◽  
Communication Skill ◽  
Verbal Communication ◽  
Spoken Word ◽  
Communication Patterns ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Two Factors

This study aims to obtain a description of children’s second language verbal communication skills aged 7-8 years in the activity of buying and selling transactions with foreign tourists. This research was conducted in South Coastal Coast of Central Lombok Regency of West Nusa Tenggara. This research is a qualitative study of case study by Milles and Hubberman model data analysis technique with four stages of interalain analysis (1) data collection, (2) data reduction, (3) data display and (4) drawing conclusion. The results of this study indicate that the verbal communication skills of coastal children are obtained partially covering three linguistic components; vocabulary, shipping and grammatical arrangement. The process of acquiring verbal communication skills is influenced by two factors, namely family pressure and self-exposure of children to the coastal tourism environment that encourages children to sell cultural products to foreign tourists. For these purposes, coastal children use two common patterns of second language verbal communication, ie direct verbal communication patterns (spoken word) and indirect verbal communication patterns (writing word). Keyword: Verbal communication skill, Children aged 7-8 years. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memeroleh gambaran kemampuan komunikasi verbal bahasa kedua anak usia 7-8 tahun dalam kegiatan transaksi jual beli dengan turis mancanegara. Penelitian ini dilakukan di Pesisir Pantai Selatan Kabupaten Lombok Tengah Nusa Tenggara Barat. Penelitian ini adalah studi kasus dengan teknik analisis data model Milles dan Hubberman dengan empat tahapan analisis yang meliputi (1) pengumpulan data, (2) reduksi data, (3) display data, dan (4) penarikan kesimpulan. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa kemampuan komunikasi verbal anak pesisir pantai cenderung diperoleh secara parsial; mencakup tiga komponen kebahasaan antaralain kosakata, pelafalan  dan susunan gramatikal. Adapun proses pemerolehan kemampuan komunikasi verbal tersebut dipengaruhi oleh dua faktor yaitu tekanan keluarga dan ekspos diri anak pada lingkungan pariwisata pantai yang mendorong anak untuk berjualan produk-produk kebudayaan kepada para turis mancanegara. Untuk kepentingan tersebut, anak pesisir pantai menggunakan dua pola umum komunikasi verbal bahasa kedua, yaitu pola komunikasi verbal langsung (spoken word) dan pola komunikasi verbal tidak langsung (writing word). Kata Kunci: kemampuan komunikasi verbal, anak usia 7-8 tahun

scholarly journals Pengembangan Instrumen Keterampilan Komunikasi Ilmiah dalam Pembelajaran Fisika

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susi Fenti ◽  
Siti Patonah ◽  
Harto Nuroso
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Communication Skill ◽  
Scientific Communication ◽  
Development Stage ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Skill Assessment ◽  
Assessment Instruments ◽  
Planning Stage ◽  
Average Percentage ◽  
Concept Definition

This aims of this research is to develop and produce assessment  scientific communication skills instruments in physics learning of X grade senior high school is valid so it can be used to measure the scientific communication skills possessed and controlled by the students.This research is development of research use 4D model. This research is done through 4 stages, which are (1) analysis stage, (2) planning stage, (3) development stage, and (4) spread stage.This instrument assessment contains a descriptiontheory,concept definition, operationaldefinition, the latice instrument assessment scientific communication skill, assessment sheets of scientific communication skill, rubric assessment,scoring, and recapitulation score of scientific communication skill than have been validated by experts and tested.From the results of expert validation obtained an average 75,55% percentage which show the criteria of scientific communication skill assessment instrument is very valid. This instrument is tried of 32 students of class X MIA 1 in SMA N 3 Demak and done by conducted by 1 physics teacher. The results of trial shown that percentage of products developed base on response obtained average percentage of 88,83% with very valid criteria. While, the result of validity analysis show that there are 4 (9,3%) item statement is not valid because rxy <0,35, whereas 39 (90,7%) Other statement items are valid with rxy> 0,35. Invalid statements include item number 24, 29, 36, and 43. In the reliability analysis obtain value result rcritic = 0,84432, while rtable = 0,35. From the analysis of the reliability values obtained rcritic > rtable it can be concluded that the assessment instruments already reliable scientific communication skills.

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