In-Class Debates: Fertile Ground for Active Learning and the Cultivation of Critical Thinking and Oral Communication Skills

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Business graduate performance in oral communication skills and strategies for improvement (2014, unknown): “Class debates and discussions, also considered important for fostering informal, verbal communication skills (Dallimore, Hertenstein, & Platt, 2008; Kennedy, 2007), can be designed to formally grade students and use pre-assigned roles to ensure equal participation among”
Students' Perceptions toward Using Classroom Debate to Develop Critical Thinking and Oral Communication Ability (2015, background): “Kennedy (2007) argues that classroom debate can get the students actively engaged in the process of learning and also place more responsibility of comprehension on them.”
The Importance Of Oral Presentations For University Students (2014, background): “It has been observed by Kim et al. (1999) that students have more positive attitude towards learning as they share their experiences with their peers and the teacher, as well as they experience increasing discussions in the classroom.”