Written Feedback in the Basic Course: What Instructors Provide and What Students Deem Helpful

Although the issue of speech evaluation has been a mainstay in our discipline, an updated discussion of written feedback merits our attention. To revisit this topic, this two-part content analysis first reveals the type of written feedback instructors offer students in basic public speaking classes. Building on these findings, the second part focuses on student perceptions of the helpfulness of the written feedback. The findings are collectively discussed and their implications for written evaluations of students\u27 oral performances are considered. Any instructor who has labored over written critiques, wondering whether students actually read and/or use the comments can value from this discussion