The impact of goal orientation, self-reflection and personal characteristics on the acquisition of oral presentation skills

• Published in: European journal of psychology of education Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 293 - 306
• Main Authors: De Grez, Luc, Valcke, Martin, Roozen, Irene
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht I.S.P.A. / Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada 01.09.2009; Springer Netherlands; Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Academic learning; Banduras; Biological and medical sciences; College Freshmen; Education; Educational environment; Educational Psychology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Goal Orientation; Goal setting; Higher education; Individual Characteristics; Instructional design; Instructional Effectiveness; Learning; Patterns of Adaptive Learning Survey; Pedagogic Psychology; Perceptual learning; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Public Speaking; Pupil and student. Academic achievement and failure; Reflection; Self Concept; Self Efficacy; Speech Skills; Teacher education; Universities; Learning Conception; Instructional Intervention; Goal Orientation; Student Characteristic; Oral Presentation; Human; Evaluation; Performance assessment; University environment; Goal pursuit; Self perception; Verbal production; Student; Learning; Verbal ability; Acquisition process; Language; Higher education; Instructional design/development; Performance
• ISSN: 0256-2928; 1878-5174
• DOI: 10.1007/BF03174762

Although many educators help others to develop oral presentation skills, little research is available to direct the instructional design activities of these educators. In the present article an explorative study on university freshman is described, in which goal-setting, self-reflection, and several characteristics of the subjects during oral presentations were analysed. The research results emphasize the critical impact of motivational constructs, such as self-efficacy and goal orientation, next to the topic of the oral presentation on the acquisition of oral presentation skills. Bien que beaucoup d'éducateurs aident d'autres pour développer des qualifications orales de présentation, peu de recherche est disponible pour diriger les activités de conception d'instruction de ces éducateurs. Dans l'article une étude exploratoire des étudiants de première année d'université est décrite, dans laquelle 'goal-setting', 'self-reflection', et plusieurs caractéristiques des participants ont été analysés. Les résultats de la recherche soulignent l'impact critique des constructions de motivation, telles que 'self-efficacy' et 'goal orientation' en plus de la matière de la présentation orale.